<p>c/n 441
Built 1975 and operated by Norving as LN-MAF from 1975 to 1983.
On display in the Civil Aircraft Hall of the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum (Norwegian Aviation Museum).
Bodø, Northern Norway
24th May 2019
</p><p>The following information is from the Museum website:-
</p><p>“The museum’s aircraft was built in 1975 at Britten-Norman’s factory in Belgium. The machine flew in England for a short time before it was bought by Norving and registered as LN-MAF on 4 June 1975. 
LN-MAF was used as an aerial taxi, ambulance and for several other types of task. Much of the flying took place in Finnmark using simple airstrips that Norving itself had helped to build. The short-field characteristics came into their own here. “The fish crate”, as it was known, kept local communities in touch with one another and it became a vital link with hospitals and the rest of the airport network in Finnmark. For a period in 1976 the aircraft was also leased to Nordsjøfly, who used it on the air taxi route between Bergen and Haugesund.  
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When the aircraft came to Bodø it lacked both engines, a propeller, instrumentation, ailerons, a main undercarriage leg and parts of the interior. The fuselage had suffered damage in storage after the aircraft was taken out of use and there was minor damage to the wings. The aircraft on display still lacks engines, instrumentation and parts of the interior. The Aviation Museum has installed a new control column and propeller and has reconstructed the missing undercarriage component and parts of the interior. The damage to the fuselage has been repaired so that the aircraft still looks the same as when it was in use. Apart from these changes it is now in the same condition as when it was left Norving’s service in 1983, with Norving’s colours and markings.”
<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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