EoN Olympia 4 production list


Elliotts of Newbury Olympia 4 - Initial version; converted from an Olympia 2 in 1954, with a new laminar flow wing section
Olympia 401 - modified nose and squared-off tail surfaces
Olympia 402 - modification of Olympia 4 with span increased from 15 to 17 metres
Olympia 403 - Version with 17 metre span, modified fuselage and a repositioned, all-moving tailplane
Olympia 415 - 15 metre equivalent of Olympia 419. Fuselage reduced in length.
Olympia 419 - Olympia 403 with span increased to 19 metres


Year Type Ser No. Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 / Remarks
1948 2; 4; 402 EoN/O/096 G-ALNF

Crashed near Crest, France 11.7.56
1957 403 EoN/4/001 G-APEW RAFGSA 306 BGA 1278 Airworthy at Camphill
1958 419 EoN/4/002 G-APLD BGA 1022 AGA ZS-GKX; Wrecked on the ground by a storm
1958 415 EoN/4/003 G-APLS

Cancelled
1958 419 EoN/4/004 G-APLT IGA 105 BGA 1403 Crashed, Booker 21.7.68
1959 401 EoN/4/005 G-APSI RAFGSA 252 NEJSGSA 7 BGA 2372 - airworthy at Ringmer
1959 419 EoN/4/006 RAFGSA 249 BGA 1923
Cancelled
1959 419 EoN/4/007 G-APSX BGA 1052
"Wild Goose" - current at Seighford as "BLK"
1959 419 EoN/4/008 USSR

Believed lost in collision
1959 419 EoN/4/009 BGA 1051

"Big Bird" / "BLJ"
1959 419 EoN/4/010 RAFGSA 301 BGA 1960
"DAL" - airworthy in Ljubljana, Slovenia



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