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|Aircraft CNAC Start Service Date=1940/01/25 | |Aircraft CNAC Start Service Date=1940/01/25 | ||
|Aircraft CNAC End Service Date=1940/08/23 | |Aircraft CNAC End Service Date=1940/08/23 | ||
| − | |Aircraft CNAC Cause of End=Sold at Singapore? | + | |Aircraft CNAC Cause of End=Sold at Singapore? To Wearnes Air Services? |
| − | |Notes=CNAC have been reported as operating two Rapides, with fleet nos. 38 & 43 “Fuling” and a CNAC record shows that “43” was received 1.40 and sold in Singapore, although with the type “Dragon” crossed out and Beech Staggerwing entered in place. A report in the Straits Times for 23.8.40 states that Wearnes Air Services had bought a “practically new” Rapide from CNAC and it would be flown to Singapore by a Chinese pilot “early next month”. This may have been allocated VR-SBG and probably became MVAF “18”.<ref | + | |Notes=CNAC have been reported as operating two Rapides, with fleet nos. 38 & 43 “Fuling” and a CNAC record shows that “43” was received 1.40 and sold in Singapore, although with the type “Dragon” crossed out and Beech Staggerwing entered in place. A report in the Straits Times for 23.8.40 states that Wearnes Air Services had bought a “practically new” Rapide from CNAC and it would be flown to Singapore by a Chinese pilot “early next month”. This may have been allocated VR-SBG and probably became MVAF “18”.<ref>https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/18753</ref> |
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| Tail Number | Nickname | Maker Number | Start Service Date | End Service Date | Cause of End | Crew Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Unknown | January 1939 | 1940/01/27 | Burnt in fire in Eurasia hangar |
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| Tail Number | Nickname | Maker Number | Start Service Date | End Service Date | Cause of End | Crew Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Fuling | Unknown | 1940/01/25 | 1940/08/23 | Sold at Singapore? To Wearnes Air Services? | CNAC have been reported as operating two Rapides, with fleet nos. 38 & 43 “Fuling” and a CNAC record shows that “43” was received 1.40 and sold in Singapore, although with the type “Dragon” crossed out and Beech Staggerwing entered in place. A report in the Straits Times for 23.8.40 states that Wearnes Air Services had bought a “practically new” Rapide from CNAC and it would be flown to Singapore by a Chinese pilot “early next month”. This may have been allocated VR-SBG and probably became MVAF “18”.[1] |
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