VH-BCI (2) de Havilland
D.H.82A Tiger Moth (c/n LES
11)
The late Barry Hempel owned this
immaculate Tiger when Phil Vabre shot this photo in his
hangar at Archerfield in
June 2006. It was the second Tiger to bear this rego and was the
last one produced by
Lawrence Engineering and Sales of Camden, NSW from a cache of
parts it had acquired in the
1960s. The aircraft is no longer on the current register
(Nov
2008) probably as a result of Barry's
accident. Hempel was unfortunately killed in August
2008 when the Yak 52 he was flying (with one
passenger) crashed off the Queensland coast
while performing aerobatics.