Sources: ¨Woman and Flying¨ by Lady Heath and Stella Wolf Murray, 1929
Numerous biographies of Amelia Earhart
Federal Aviation Authority (USA) and Civil Aviation Authority (UK) archives
| All dates quoted are dd/mm/yy | |
| Avro 594 Avian III - Construction number (c/n) R.3/AV/412 | |
| 29.10.27 | Registered G-EBUG, Certificate of Registration No.1510 to Lady Heath, |
| Manchester, 85hp A.D.C. Cirrus II engine | |
| 10.27 | First flight at Hamble, pilot Bert Hinkler |
| 17.11.27 | Certificate of Airworthiness No.1245 to Lady Mary Heath (formerly Mrs. |
| Elliott-Lynn) | |
| 18.11.27 | Shipped to South Africa, arrived in Cape Town 6.12.27 |
| 5.1.28 | Cape Town-Port Elizabeth, to East London on 9th |
| 28.1.28 | 24 mile race, Baragwanath, 1st |
| 25.2.28 | Pretoria-Bulawayo, delayed at Bulawayo by sun-stroke |
| 28.2.28 | Bulawayo-Livingstone, continued to Broken Hill next day |
| 4.3.28 | Broken Hill-N´dola, to Abercorn next day |
| 7.3.28 | Abercorn-Tabora, to Mwanza next day |
| 14.3.28 | Mwanza-Nairobi |
| 22.3.28 | Nairobi-Jinja via Kisumu |
| 28.3.28 | Junja-Mongalla |
| 30.3.28 | Mongalla-Kosti via Malakal, to Khartoum next day |
| 2.4.28 | Khartoum-Atbara, to Wadi Halfa next day, escorted by 47 Sqn Fairey IIIF, Sgt Baker |
| 4.4.28 | Wadi Halfa-Cairo |
| 15.4.28 | Cairo-Sollum |
| 16.4.28 | Damaged rear fuselage while taxying for take-off at Sollum, left |
| on 23rd for Benghazi | |
| 24.4.28 | Bengazi-Serti via Aghaila, to Tripoli next day, delayed in Tripoli by fever |
| 5.5.28 | Tripoli-Tunis via Sfax, to Naples via Catania next day |
| 7.5.28 | Naples-Rome |
| 14.5.28 | Rome-Marseilles, to Dijon next day, to Paris on the 16th |
| 17.5.28 | Arrived at Croydon via Lympne after 5,132 miles in 72 flying hours |
| 6.28 | Overhauled by makers, fitted with new engine, s//n 423/2 |
| c24.6.28 | Flown by Amelia Earhart (AE) at Croydon, bought by her on condition |
| that Lady Heath might buy it back when she arrived in USA |
| AE prepares to fly G-EBUG (photo via John W. Underwood) |
| 29.6.28 | U.K. marks cancelled "Withdrawn from use" |
| 1.7.28 | Bought by AE from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. (on U.S. Application |
| document, from Lady Heath on a later accident report) | |
| 7.7.28 | Shipped to USA from Liverpool on White Star liner "Baltic" |
| 15.8.28 | Application for Identified Aircraft status, c/n number given as |
| "None", 100 substituted, became Identified Aircraft 7083, c/n 100 (Sub) | |
| to Amelia Earhart, Boston, Mass on 1.9.28 | |
| 31.8.28 | Ground-looped on landing at Rodgers Field, Pittsburg, u/c, |
| propeller and port wing damaged, AE and George Putnam, still | |
| carrying G-EBUG with 7083 on tail | |
| 1.9.28 | Repaired with parts from a new Avian bought by AE, possibly |
| NC541E, c/n 196 | |
| 3.9.28 | Arrived Belleville, IL, ex Dayton, to Hat Box Field, Muskogee, |
| OK next day via a forced-landing near Cuba, MO | |
| 6.9.28 | Force-landed at Pecos, TX with engine trouble |
| 13.9.28 | Arrived Glendale, CA |
| 17.9.28 | Accident at Glendale |
| Glendale accident (photo via John W. Underwood) |
| 30.9.28 | Force-landed at Tintic, Utah, nosed over and broke propeller |
| Repaired in Salt Lake City, arrived New York on 16.10.28 | |
| 3-9.12.28 | Exhibited at Chicago International Aeronautical Exposition by |
| Air Associates Inc | |
| 4.3.29 | Broke prop at Garden City, NY |
| 1929 | Force-landed near Utica, NY, AE |
| 30.7.29 | Sold to Whittelsey Manufacturing Co. Inc., Bridgeport, CN |
| 11.9.29 | Identification 7083 to Whittelsey Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, CN, |
| engine now quoted as Cirrus III, but still s/n 423/2 | |
| 2.30 | Being overhauled |
| 27.10.30 | Sold to William J. Buckley, Bridgeport, CN |
| 11.30 | Cirrus III s/n 331 fitted by Northeastern Air Service Inc., |
| Boston, MA, also braced tailplane, new rudder post, u/c | |
| strengthened | |
| 21.1.31 | Identification 7083 registered to W.J. Buckley |
| 19.8.31 | Bought by G.B. Smith from Northeastern, later amended to Buckley |
| 7.10.31 | Granville B. Smith, New York |
| 11.31 | Right lower wing rebuilt |
| 30.12.31 | Inspected at Bridgeport, CN for upgrading to Licence status, in |
| poor condition, and did not conform to other Avians | |
| Continued as Identified Aircraft, in service 12.32 | |
| 1.5.33 | Sold to Ernest Curran, Beechurst, Long Island, NY |
| Moved by truck from Armonk, NY to Flushing, NY for overhaul | |
| 18.8.33 | Identification Mark 7083 issued to E. Curran, considerable rebuilding |
| done including new upper wings, long range tank removed | |
| 3.5.34 | Sold to James H. Conklin, Roosevelt Field, NY, registered |
| 31.7.34 | |
| 11.7.34 | Became NC7083 under Group 2 Approval 2-39, Licence expiry |
| 15.7.35 | |
| 22.8.34 | Sold to Maxime Belin, Mitchel Field, LI, registered on 27th |
| 10.34 | Fitted with aero wheels by General Sheet Metal & Welding, |
| Roosevelt Field | |
| 17.10.34 | Accident |
| 30.4.35 | Inspected after accident, new starboard u/c, starboard lower |
| wing and new propeller | |
| 2.7.35 | Relicenced to 15.7.36 |
| 29.8.35 | Accident at Chaumont, NY (?), propeller, port u/c damaged |
| Repaired by General Sheet Metal & Welding | |
| 26.12.35 | Sold to Paul Rizzo and Charles Mantaras, Floyd Bennett Field, |
| NY, registered 14.1.36 | |
| 27.1.36 | Sold to Arthur N. Dibs, Brooklyn, NY, registered on 29th |
| 5.7.36 | Accident at Fallsburgh, NY |
| 28.7.36 | Sold to Dr Harold W. Trott, Hemlock, NY, to be sold for spares |
| 11.8.36 | U.S. marks cancelled ¨Dismantled or salvaged¨ |
| 14.6.01 | Avro 594 Avian IV c/n R3/AV/127, ex VH-UFZ, registered as N7083 to |
| Yellowstone Aviation Inc. Jackson, WY for an AE commemorative | |
| flight |
| Avro Avian N7083, c/n R3/AV/127, Oshkosh, 27 August 2001 © V.N. Smith 2001 |