THURSTON TSC-1A/1 TEAL # 15

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 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

Aircraft Data

Manufacturer: Thurston Aircraft Corporation, Sanford, Maine, USA
Model: TSC-1A/1 Teal
Type Certificate No: A15EA
Serial Number: 15
Manufacturing Date: 1971-
Engine:

Avco Lycoming O-320-A3B 150 hp @ 2700 RPM

Modifications: Converted from Model TSC-1A to Model TSC-1A1 with the installation of wing fuel tanks.  Wingspan extended by 4 ft, tailplane span extended 2 ft.
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
N2015T 1971- Manufacturing date.  Reserved registration number at factory.
1971- FAA C of A issued.
1971- First flight from Sanford Airport; Sanford, Maine.
1971- US owner?
   
   
C-GDQD 1975-12-31 Registered on Canadian CAR to:
Mr. Roy T. Williams; Walkerton, Ontario, Canada.  Aircraft TOT 97.5 hrs.
1984-12-07 Sale reported to Canadian CAR.
1985-01-10 Mr. Leon Gratton; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1990-08-15 Sale reported to Canadian CAR.
1990-08-20 798792 Ontario Ltd.; Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
1992-01-10 Sale reported to Canadian CAR.
1992-01-10 Oxford Air Services; Thomas H. Martindale, Springfield, Ontario, Canada.
1992-05-01 Installation of extended wings, extended tailplane and ferry tanks completed. Wing span extended 4 ft and tailplane extended 2 ft.  Modifications signed off by Allen Woytaz (AME No MO38505), under Canadian DOT Approval No; 0-LSA-92-072.
1992-05-14 Ferry flight from Canada to England started.  Ferry pilot was well known flying boat legend Keith Sissons.  The route flown was;  Brantford - Peterborough (1.3 hrs), Peterborough - Baie-Comeau ( 5.6 hrs), Baie-Comeau - Goose Bay (4.1 hrs), Goose Bay - Narsarsuak (7.9 hrs), Narsarsuak - Reykjavik (10.25 hrs), Reykjavik - Hornafjordur  (3.1 hrs), Hornafjordur - Glasgow (9.4 hrs), Glasgow - Huddersfield (2.8 hrs).  The Keith Sissons arrived at Huddersfield on 26 May 1992, after at total flight time of 44.45 hrs.
1992-11-23 Sale reported to Canadian CAR.
1992-12-07 Cancelled from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.  
   
G-TEAL 1992-12-08 C of R issue date.  Registered on the UK CAR to: Mr. Kenneth Heeley; Meltham, Huddersfield, England.
1993-01- Damaged by wind storm when flipped over on its back at parking.  UK registration marks were never applied.   Wreckage stored at Crosland Moor, West Yorkshire, UK.
2001-12-16 Mr. Rodney Heaton; Oxenhope, Keighley, Yorkshire, England. 
2002-05-24 Cancelled from UK Register.
(N897TB) 2002-09-07 Mr. Tom Beck; Green Ridges, Brook Street, Cuckfield, Sussex, England RH17 5JJ. 
Tel: 01444-456866.
  Under restoration in Sussex since September 2002.

Aircraft will be shipped to Florida, March 2003.  Will be registered on US CAR for; Tom Beck; 117 Eagles Nest Drive, Crescent City, Florida 32112, USA.

2003-03-13 Shipped from England, destined for Florida, USA.
   
   
N897TB 2005-01-12 Officially registered on US CAR to:
Floridair Inc. (Tom Beck); 117 Eagles Nest Lane, Crescent City, FL 32112-4501, USA.
2005-01-12 C of A issued.
2005-07-18 Air Worthiness Test.
     
     

C-GDQD at Crosland Moor, West Yorkshire, UK, on 1993-03-20.
Photo: © Keith V. Tayles

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

 N897TB (s/n 15)
Photo: © Tom Beck / Ian Callier 

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