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    Airframe Family: Beagle Bulldog / Scottish Aviation Bulldog / Pup
    Latest Model:Bulldog T.1
    Last Military Serial:XX540 RAF
    Construction Number:BH120-232
    Last Civil Registration:N540BD
    Compressed ID:Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 sn XX...
    Latest Owner or Location:Brajer Animo Llc, Ostrander, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Bulldog T.1 by Scottish Aviation.

    14 August 1973

    First flight.

    22 August 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XX540.

    Circa 1983

    Transferred to 3 Flying Training School, RN Elementary Flying Training School, RAF Leeming.
    Operated with markings: 28

    Circa 1984

    Transferred to 1 Flying Training School, RN Elementary Flying Training School, RAF Topcliffe.
    Operated with markings: K

    29 July 1989


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow

    By 1994

    Transferred to RAF College Air Squadron, RAF Cranwell.
    Operated with markings: C2

    Circa 1995

    Transferred to 3 Flying Training School, RAF Cranwell.
    Operated with markings: 15

    Circa 1996

    Transferred to Central Flying School, RAF Cranwell.
    Operated with markings: 15

    6 January 2004

    To Philip V. Kingry, Gulf Breeze, FL with new c/r N540BD.

    7 September 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX540BD (BULLDOG MDL 120/121, BH120-232) issued.

    2 November 2009

    To Jennifer S. Ferguson, Pensacola, FL keeping c/r N540BD.

    20 September 2010

    To Gordon S. Bell, Burbank, CA keeping c/r N540BD.

    19 April 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Mojave Airport, California

    To Pensacola Regional Airport, Pensacola, FL.
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    Markings Applied: 15

    Based at Whiteman Airpark, Pacoima, CA.
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    3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Whiteman Airpark in Pacoima, CA.

    3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Whiteman Airpark in Pacoima, CA.

    8 August 2019

    To Brajer Animo Llc, Ostrander, OH keeping c/r N540BD.

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N540BD with re-positioned registration at Oshkosh, WI

    29 July 2023


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI.
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     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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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