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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-114 Heron
    Latest Model:Heron C.4
    Last Military Serial:XM296 RN
    Construction Number:14130
    Last Civil Registration:N82D
    Latest Owner or Location:R and R Holdings Inc, Spanaway, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Heron CC.4.

    17 April 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM296.

    17 April 1958

    Transferred to Queens Flight.

    1968

    Transferred to RAF Germany Communications Flight.

    3 February 1969

    Transferred to 60SQN.
    RAF Germany Comms Squadron renamed 60 Squadron.

    9 June 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XM296.

    Converted to a Heron C.4.

    By 1981

    Transferred to Flag Officer Naval Air Command (FONAC), RNAS Yeovilton.

    22 July 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    By December 1989

    Withdrawn from use.

    18 July 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day

    Circa 22 July 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-BVBI (DH114 HERON 2X, 14130) issued.

    22 July 1993

    To Gloster Aviation Services Ltd, Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with c/r G-BVBI.

    29 August 1996

    Civil registration, G-BVBI, cancelled.

    30 August 1996

    To R and R Holdings Inc, Spanaway, WA with c/r N82D.

    2 September 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N82D (DH-114, 14130) issued.

    31 August 2000


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2001 photo at Winnipeg

    1 January 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N82D (DH-114, 14130) issued.

    To Paine Field, Everett, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    25 August 2009

    To Happy H. Miles, Albany, OR with c/r N82D.

    Based at Airport, Albany, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    16 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    1 November 2014

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. This was a ferrying/positioning flight. The accident occurred at Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) (Bolivia) while en route. Narrative: A de Havilland DH-114 Heron four engined aircraft made an emergency landing at Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) in Bolivia following the in flight separation of the no. 3 prop. The prop struck engine no. 4, causing substantial damage to that engine. The airplane reportedly operated on a ferry flight to a new owner...

    14 May 2015

    To R and R Holdings Inc, Spanaway, WA.

    29 March 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N82D.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aviation Safety Network
    Aviation Web Deja Vu by Jack Wolbrink
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    de Havilland Aircraft Production
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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