VH-BDH de Havilland
D.H.82A Tiger Moth
(c/n 82254/T292)
This shot, from the John Patterson
collection, shows an Airfarm Associates Tiger in late 1950s.
John was a director of
the spreading company from 1983 to 2003, and managed to pull a few
images
from company archives. . This Tiger, a Hatfield-built machine was
one of those which
served
with the RAAF, but retained their RAF serials, in this case
N9135. It was civilianized in
October 1947 (after being overhauled by de Havilland's, hence the T292
bit of the c/n) and went
to the
Royal Newcastle Aero Club, along with VH-ADH. Were these pseudo
'customized' regos
i.e. 'A' de
Havilland and 'B' de Havilland? In 1956 it was sold to
Airfarm who ran it as an aerial
topdresser for nine years before selling it off to a private owner on
27 July 1964. It has had several
owners since then and is still on the register, being currently
registered to an owner in Stawell, Vic.