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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-112 Venom
    Latest Model:Venom FB.50
    Last Military Serial:J-1630 SwiAF
    Construction Number:840
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-VNM {3}
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Venom FB.50 sn J-1630...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wanganui Sea and Air Charters (2006) Ltd

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Venom FB.1R by FFW.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-1630.

    Converted to a Venom FB.50.

    From 14 July 1984 to By 1989

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered to Lausanne.

    To Halos AG/Foundation Pour Le Maintien Dupatrimoine Aeronautique, Lausanne with new c/r HB-RVA (DH-112 Venom FB50, 840).

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: J-1630

    22 June 1988

    First flight.
    Flown at Altenrhein, AB.

    By 1993

    To Wildhaber Sammlung, Altenrhein AB.

    From By 2000 to By 2002

    To Pegasus AG, Romanshorn.

    28 June 2003


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    To Verein Fliegermuseum Altenrhein, Altenrhein.

    Based at Fliegermuseum (Swiss Flying Museum), Altenrhein Airport, Altenrhein, Saint Gallen.
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    Markings Applied: J-1630
    Finished in a camouflage Swiss AF colour scheme.

    24 November 2011

    Civil registration, HB-RVA, cancelled.

    10 October 2012

    To Wanganui Sea and Air Charters (2006) Ltd with new c/r ZK-VNM {3} (De Havilland DH112 Venom Mk 1, 840).

    29 March 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the Classic Fighters Airshow at Blenheim, New Zealand
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    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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