<p>c/n 4377
Built 1918
A genuine WW1 aeroplane, restored and operated by the Memorial Flight Association.
2019 Fête Aérienne Le Temps Des helices (Aerial Festival – The Time of the Propellers).
Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Alais, Cerny, France
9th June 2019
</p><p>The following information on ‘4377’ is from the Memorial Flight Association website:-
</p><p>“SPAD XIII C 1 #4377 is the oldest known survivor. Built in February 1918 by Société KELLNER Frères Constructeurs at 185 Rue de Versailles, Billancourt, Seine, near Paris, France. 
The well worn aircraft was recovered from an attic by Jean Salis in the 1970s. Restoration work started slowly in 1988 and gained pace when the aircraft was donated to the Memorial Flight Association in 1990. The first post restoration flight took place on the 3rd of May 1991. The aeroplane wore the colours of Charles Henri Dolan, last survivor of the Escadrille Lafayette. 
10 years after her first reborn, the Spad XIII has returned in our workshop for a complete overhaul (engine, airframe, new fabric and radiator) and an upgrade to a higher standard of restoration. 
Now she's wearing the colours of brigadier Trémeau, SPA 83 "Dragon", January 1918. 
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This airplane is the oldest airframe known and the only original in flying condition”
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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