VH-CBS Corby CJ-1
Starlet
(c/n N.32)
John Corby, a Sydney
consulting aero-engineer designed the Starlet for a UK competition
called
for by Rollason Aircraft Ltd in
1964. The design placed 8th in the
competition
(although was
actually the first to fly, doing
so on 9 August 1967). VH-CBS was the
prototype,
and is seen
above in this image from the Daryl Mackenzie collection, probably at
Hoxton Park, where it was
built and
just before it first flew. . Rowan Hughes indicates that is shown
equipped with the original
engine
which was later swapped for a VW motor. VH-CBS was
withdrawn from use in 1984
and is in
the Australian Aviation Museum at
Bankstown.