VH-BVP  DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10                        (c/n  C1/0474)

                               

                                   Above is seen VH-BVP at Bankstown in 1965 in this nice shot by Bob Neate (via Geoff Goodall).
                                   Its owner, Hockey Treloar re-engined it in 1960 with a 230 hp Continental O-470 and accordingly
                                   modified cowling.   It also sported a Canadian style one piece bubble canopy, as seen in Barry
                                   Maclean's shot (below) taken at Nowra, NSW in the 1990s.   The spats completed its identity
                                   crisis makeover.  This Chippie was originally the RAF's WG400 and was imported in 1956.