Vintage aircraft to take to skies for air rally
The wooden-bodied plane last visited Guernsey in 1966
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A historic biplane will be flying into Guernsey for an air rally on Saturday.
It is the 50th time the Guernsey Aero Club has held the event, which attracts pilots from across the Channel Islands, the UK and France.
The club said a 79-year-old De Havilland, which is said to be the oldest passenger carrying airliner in the UK, would fly six times on the first day of the rally.
The event, which finishes on Monday, is not open to the public but enthusiasts can view the aircraft from outside the boundary fences at Guernsey Airport.
The wooden-bodied twin-engine DH89A model was designed in the 1930s and used throughout World War Two.
It said the specific plane visiting the rally, registration G-AHAG, last visited Guernsey in 1966, when it stopped to refuel while searching for a lost pleasure boat in the English Channel.
The rally will also host the only World War Two Hurricane fighter plane still flying.
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