G-ADPR Engine log book

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-2017-22.27

Maker

Great Britain. Ministry of Civil Aviation
The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited
Hunting Percival Aircraft Limited
Warden Aviation and Engineering Company
The Shuttleworth Collection of Old Warden Aerodrome

Description

Log book for Gipsy Six I engine in Percival Gull G-ADPR. Engine date of construction listed as September 1938. De Havilland acceptance and test certification stuck into log book (1943). Entries brought forward from RAF log to April 1945 when aircraft was received by Percival Airport Ltd at Luton. Entries from 1961 - 1990 when engine and aircraft endowed to the Shuttleworth Collection. Entry for aircraft and engine transfer to New Zealand (July 1990). Engine subsequently returned to England in April 1991. Last entry 2 October 1994 stating engine on display at "Old Warden."
Also includes loose maintenance and repair entries by Warden Aviation and Engineering Company and Hants and Sussex Aviation Ltd.
Engine now in MOTAT Collection. See related object.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 volume ; 19.5 x 25.5 cm

Record level

Item

Collection

Auckland International Airport Limited Donation

Credit line

Great Britain. Ministry of Civil Aviation et al. 1943-1994. G-ADPR Engine log book, MSS-2017-22.27. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Log Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject: all levels

Percival Gull Maintenance and repair Motors Airplanes Log books Aeronautics Registration and transfer Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 De Havilland Aircraft Company

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

Related highlights

Related objects

Aero Engine [Gipsy Six]; The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited; Circa 1935

Name/Title: Aero Engine [Gipsy Six] Maker: The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited Production date: Circa 1935 Accession number: 2011.499 See full details

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