VH-ARF de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth
(c/n DHA78/T184)
Here's VH-ARF of the North Queensland Aero Club
having its engine primed ('sucking in') prior
to a sortie from Cairns,
circa 1952. Photo via the John Hopton collection.
This aircraft was
written off following a
crash at nearby Port Douglas on 30 April 1955. The photo below,
from
the
John Oxley Library, State Library of
Queensland collection , shows its remains on the beach
at
Port Douglas following that accident. The Tiger was ex
A17-81 and had been
civilianized in
July 1946. So far as I
know it was never
repaired.