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Piston Provosts in America

Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:18 am

Seeking information on non airworthy Piston Provosts that are about in the U.S - does anyone have any information?

Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:40 am

I know of one off hand, when I get home I'll post pictures of it. Its in out side storage near Springfield MA.

Tim

Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:21 am

DJB,

As a starting point, David Gouldsmith had three ex Burmese Provosts on site when I visited his facility at Cassville, Missouri, in June 1999. These two in Burmese digits and one in Arabic digits - UB212.

One may have gone to New Zealand.

The gentleman who heads up, or used to head up, the Jaguar Cars operation in the US has/had a Provost.

PeterA

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Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:44 am

Thanks Peter - I had forgotten about the Burmese examples! Mike Dale is the owner of the U.S based flyer from memory. There was a rebuild project aircraft available on the East coast which lacked paperwork.

Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:17 am

PeterA wrote:DJB,

As a starting point, David Gouldsmith had three ex Burmese Provosts on site when I visited his facility at Cassville, Missouri, in June 1999...


David Gouldsmith...Hmmm

Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:21 am

David J Burke wrote:Thanks Peter - I had forgotten about the Burmese examples! Mike Dale is the owner of the U.S based flyer from memory. There was a rebuild project aircraft available on the East coast which lacked paperwork.

DJB

Mike Dale, yes, he headed up Jaguar US until about 2000.

I met him at Oshkosh one year.

I think he had trained on Provosts in the RAF.

PeterA
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