VH-CGG
Piper J-3C65
(c/n 2381)
Oddly, very few true "Piper Cubs" were
imported into Australia until, that is, the sport and vintage
aircraft
enthusiast movement gained momentum after 1980 or so. This one,
however, was photo-
graphed
much earlier at Mildura, Victoria by Bob Neate (via Geoff Goodall) in
September 1962.
It was previously
N21529, and had been imported by a farmer in Horsham Victoria.
A year
after this image was taken it was re-registered VH-APO with new owner
Queensland Airplanters
at
Bundaberg, as an air taxi to carry pilots and engineers between its
agricultural seeding fleet of
DH
Dragons, Tiger Moths and later Callairs. As VH-APO, it is still
current.