VH-AJB
(2) Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee
Six
(c/n 32-40224)
The above shot is by David Carter who apologizes for the quality of the
print but indicates that it was
extracted with some difficulty from a negative that was almost
black. He had made the long drive to
Bathurst on 4
October 1970 just to shoot the car race day visitors, only to suffer a
technical problem
that left
pictures grossly overexposed. Few were as bad as VH-AJB,
which had to be scanned as a
“positive”
because the software refused to believe it was a neg.
Considering that, it's pretty good.
(as
you may have realized, if you have come across them, David's photos are
exemplary). Anyway,
VH-AJB was part of the fleet of Moorabbin-based Australian Air
Charters, first registered in Septem-
ber 1967. It was damaged beyond repair on take
off from Walkers Island, Tasmania on 1 May 1971
when it failed to get properly airborne and ended up in
the sea.