VH-BGY Percival P.28B Proctor
1
(c/n K.244)
This rare shot, from the Geoff
Goodall collection, was taken by Alistair Coutts at Maylands,
Perth in May 1963. The Proctor was ex
G-AHUX (P6185 in the RAF) and was originally
imported into
Australia in May 1955 for Perth charter outfit Air Activities Pty Ltd
and flown
until May 1960 when it was retired in a
hangar at Maylands and advertised for sale The DCA
grounding order for glue-bonded
aircraft seriously affected the viability of owning such machines
and -BGY was
offered for a mere 300 quid. There were no takers and it sat in
the hangar for
three
years. Two months after this photo was taken Air Activities brought it
back onto the register
and
sold it to the Paynter Brothers at Coolah, NSW who obtained a ferry
permit for the delivery
flight to the East. VH-BGY crashed
and was destoyed on 21 December 1964. Location and
circumstances unknown. .