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RESTORATION PROJECT

G-BLWH Restoration

Fournier RF6B G-BLWH, “Whisky Hotel” — a long-running rebuild, photographed in workshops, containers and hangars.

About this report: this page is put together from photographs of the rebuild, plus the owner’s own account in Pilot magazine (linked below). The dates, workshops and details of each stage haven’t been recorded here yet. If you know them, or have more photographs, please get in touch and this report can be completed and credited properly.
RegistrationG-BLWH (“Whisky Hotel”)
TypeFournier RF6B
Owner / restorerBob Grimstead
StatusNow due to be de-registered to Australia
Update, 23 September 2026: G-BLWH is soon to be de-registered from the UK to Australia. This page still describes the UK rebuild; if you know more about the move — or a change of plan — please get in touch.
In the workshop

The fuselage in black and yellow

The rebuilt fuselage in its black and yellow scheme, photographed in a garage workshop and later in a hangar.

G-BLWH fuselage in the black and yellow scheme, inside a crowded garage workshop
G-BLWH fuselage in the black and yellow scheme, inside a crowded garage workshop
G-BLWH fuselage, black with yellow stripes, canopy fitted, in the workshop
G-BLWH fuselage, black with yellow stripes, canopy fitted, in the workshop
G-BLWH lettering on the black and yellow fuselage, wing parts stored alongside
G-BLWH lettering on the black and yellow fuselage, wing parts stored alongside
G-BLWH fuselage on a workbench in a hangar, an owner standing alongside
G-BLWH fuselage on a workbench in a hangar, an owner standing alongside
Black and yellow wing lying in the hangar
Black and yellow wing lying in the hangar
Storage and transport

Parts on the move

Wings and tail surfaces stored in a shipping container and carried on a road trailer.

Black and yellow wing on a road trailer beside a shipping container
Black and yellow wing on a road trailer beside a shipping container
Yellow-tipped black wing panel inside a shipping container
Yellow-tipped black wing panel inside a shipping container
Wing stored on a stand inside the container, straps and tools alongside
Wing stored on a stand inside the container, straps and tools alongside
Black and yellow tail surfaces and wing panels in the container
Black and yellow tail surfaces and wing panels in the container
France

At Aéro-Club du Vexin

Two photographs taken at the Aéro-Club du Vexin, showing a fuselage being handled and loaded. The owner’s Pilot articles below describe recovering an RF6B from a French club.

At Aéro-Club du Vexin: two men celebrating over a fuselage tub on a wing
At Aéro-Club du Vexin: two men celebrating over a fuselage tub on a wing
At Aéro-Club du Vexin: a fuselage being loaded onto a trailer
At Aéro-Club du Vexin: a fuselage being loaded onto a trailer
The prototype

RF6B F-BPXV — now G-RFGB

F-BPXV is the 1973 RF6B prototype (c/n 001) that the owner recovered from a French club, as told in the Pilot articles below. It's now on the UK register as G-RFGB, registered 2 January 2019 — though the CAA's records currently show it de-registered again, possibly in error. Its wing and fuselage form the basis of an LAA project, alongside parts from two other RF6B wrecks, G-BKIF and G-GANJ. These photographs show it in its earlier life, and its manufacturer’s plate.

RF6B F-BPXV in flight over snow-covered mountains (archive photograph)
RF6B F-BPXV in flight over snow-covered mountains (archive photograph)
F-BPXV, white with green stripes, in a hangar
F-BPXV, white with green stripes, in a hangar
Avions Fournier data plate: Type R.F.6 B, immatriculation F-BPXV
Avions Fournier data plate: Type R.F.6 B, immatriculation F-BPXV
The story in the owner’s words

The RF6B saga, from Pilot magazine

Bob Grimstead’s five-part account, as scanned in the club’s magazine archive.

The RF6 page and the register have more on the type and the aircraft.

Sources and credits: photographs supplied to the club; photographer credits still to be added — tell us who took them. The Pilot articles remain the copyright of their author and publisher.