After much research, it was decided to paint the aircraft in the 1950s scheme of Cambridge University Air Squadron. The opportunity was taken at this time to refurbish the Chipmunk and change its livery. There was some opposition to this amongst the JAC membership and to counter this, an arrangement was made whereby a group would be set up within the Club to raise a certain amount of money each year specifically to cover the aircraft's operating and maintenance costs. However by late 1980 the aircraft was becoming comparatively expensive to operate and it was put up for sale. A variety of Jersey residents owned the machine over the next decade including latterly, the Jersey Aero Club. 'G-APLO' was sold again in October 1969, going to the opposite end of the country. It would spend the next nine years being used to train budding BOAC, BEA and BUA airline pilots, including Air Atlantique's Mike Collett. Its nomadic lifestyle came to an end on 10th October 1960 when it returned to Perth once again, now under the ownership of Air Service Training (AST). This history of short term ownership continued over the next few years as it was registered to Bahamas Helicopters on 2nd March 1959 and then to Andrew Roberts of Strathallan Castle on 13th May 1960. Its Irish registration was cancelled on 21st April and it was placed on the British civil aircraft register as 'G-APLO' with Derby Aviation of Burnaston, Derby on 1st May. No record of its service in Ireland survives, but its stay was a short one as it was sold on 21st January 1958 and ferried back to the UK on 3rd March. It was subsequently registered to D Montgomery in Ireland as 'EI-AHU' and delivered to Ireland via Liverpool's Speke Airport. 'WB696' was eventually offered for sale on 20th February 1956 and struck off charge on 27th June that same year. It continued to serve at Scone until 5th June 1953 when it was delivered to 9 MU (Maintenance Unit) at RAF Cosford, Shropshire and transferred to 'non-effective-stock' on 17th August 1955. Again it was a short stay and exactly a year later it had been reallocated to RAF Scone. 'WB696' only stayed at Perth for a year as it moved to Dyce airfield on 30th November 1951 to serve with Aberdeen University Air Squadron. Here it was allocated the unit code 'RCR-C' and later re-coded as '61'. The aircraft was accepted into service on 19th September and immediately issued to RAF Perth in Scotland. Classic Air Force's Chipmunk trainer was built at the de Havilland factory at Hawarden, Chester in 1950 and given the RAF serial number 'WB696'.
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