G-AGSR
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Manufacturer: | Benes-Mraz |
Model: | BE550 BIBI Search all Benes-Mraz BE550 BIBI |
Year built: | 0000 |
Construction Number (C/N): | 02 |
Number of Seats: | N/A |
Number of Engines: | 1 |
Registration Number: | G-AGSR |
Address: | , United Kingdom |
jean-louis Bleneau, 2010-08-17 00:00:00 | |
OK-BET, was registered on September 22nd, 1937 and removed from the czech register on January 10th, 1940. OK-BET was used as a racer and won the Czechoslovak National Flight in 1937. Bearing race number “53” she finished 9th in the Small Treaty Race the next year, outclassed by much more powerful military planes. Was then sold to UK but remained crated till the end of the war. Then flew until destroyed in fatal crash at White Waltham (UK) 25 October 1951. |