Wilga 2000MA - G-RTRT

I recently visited the small airfield at Oaksey Park, a couple of miles south of Kemble airport ( Gloucestershire, UK ) and was lucky to see the only Wilga 2000 currently registered in the UK on maintenance - G-RTRT.

G-RTRT was built at the PZL factory at Warsaw-Okecie in 2006 and is construction number 00060021, ie #021.

This aircraft first flew in Spring 2006 registered in Poland as SP-WHO - it was exhibited at the Berlin ILA aero trade show in May 2006 painted all red with a yellow trim. The aircraft came to the UK shortly afterwards and was registered with the UK CAA on 8th June 2006 as G-RTRT owned by the local agent PZL International Aviation Marketing and Sales at North Weald airfield in Essex. 

In July 2007 this Wilga 2000 was sold by the local dealer to it's current owner in Gloucestershire ( note this owner had previously owned Wilga 2000MN G-RIIN c/n 010 ) - G-RTRT operates from a private strip not far from Oaksey Park.

Wilga G-RTRT does not fly a great deal - the UK CAA website shows that it had accumulated only 35 flying hours by December 2011 - as you can see from the photo it looks in perfect condition, the Lycoming engine virtually spotless.

At the moment G-RTRT is the only Wilga 2000 in the UK - the two previous examples G-RRIN and G-RIIN were both exported onto Canada.


Steve

Wilga 2000 - C-GRJK for sale

Currently shown for sale in Canada is PZL Okecie Wilga 2000 C-GRJK - there are some great photos of this aircraft operating in the rugged wilderness of Canada, on floats and with very large tundra tyres.

C-GRJK is c/n 00010014 and originally test flew as SP-WDR in June 2001  - it was exhibited at the Paris Air Show that same month painted in a red colour scheme. In early 2002 this Wilga 2000 was sold to the USA and became N214AL based in New Mexico - however in July 2003 it had an accident ending up going through a fence.

The damaged aircraft was rebuilt in Canada and ready to fly again by summer 2004 registered as C-GRJK.

See the link below for more details and to see the photos of C-GRJK operating in Canada.


http://www.aztecnomad.com/rjk_page.html



Steve

UK "G-..." register - 3 Polish aircraft exported - November 2009

The latest UK CAA "G-...." aircraft register shows three Polish built aircraft and gliders have been exported from the UK.


G-CHWX SZD 59 Acro c/n B-2170- cancelled on 26.11.09 as exported to Germany ( D ). This glider was built in 1996


G-CKBZ SZD 50-3 Puchacz c/n B-2043 - cancelled on as exported to Poland ( SP ). This glider was built in 1991 and is now back in its homeland.

UPDATE - this Puchacz has become SP-3788 and was seen flying at Bialystok in 8.10


G-RIIN PZL 104MN Wilga 2000 c/n 00010010 - cancelled on 27.11.09 as exported to Canada. This Wilga was built in 2001 and test flown as SP-WEI - it arrived in the UK in May 2001 and became G-RIIN on 27.6.01.

UPDATE - See LINK below to show this aircraft fitted with floats in Canada in summer 2009 - looks great


http://myaviation.net/?pid=01676967



Steve