VH-ARR Ryan STM
(c/n 464)
This Ryan previously
served with the Netherlands East Indies as S-28. It was civilianized in
July
1946 as VH-ARR. The above shot
was taken at Geelong's Belmont Common, circa 1947 by
Bob Fripp. The
Ryan was owned, at the time, by Bill Meehan who operated on the
airfield as
Geelong Airways and
Geelong Flying School. It became VH-BNG in January
1949, and then
VH-RAF with Robbys
Aircraft at Adelaide. It crashed during an
airshow at Broken Hill on
8 June 1952.