SOCATA Minerva for sale - belongs to Tony Crook

legavroche · #1 (**permalink**) 29-01-12, 02:15 PM

This one is for aviators and collectors of Bristol ephemera! Tony Crook has been advertising his aircraft for sale in Flyer magazine. With a new engine and prop, IFR equipped, it will get you in and out of the shortest fields imaginable, second only to a helicopter in this regard. It even has ' Bristol Cars' painted on the fin. He once told me he had done more take offs and landings at Filton airport than anyone else!

Gavin

Calibrator · #2 (**permalink**) 29-01-12, 02:39 PM

Anyone know how much Mr Crook is looking for?

legavroche · #3 (**permalink**) 30-01-12, 12:17 AM

The advert did not say, the aircraft has been languishing at the back of a hangar at White Waltham for some years, I guess he has had it spruced up since then, with new C of A. The avionics are probably quite old and the paintwork is faded. I always liked these aircraft and once toyed with the idea of buying G-AVIN, it was going cheap but was one of the low powered versions!

Gavin