VH-DFO Cessna 180G Skywagon
(c/n
18051427)
Here's a nice Mike
Vincent shot of a Hazelton Air Services Skywagon at home base Cudal, NSW
on October
1976. By that time it had been with the company for a dozen
years, having been first
registered in October 1964. On 3
October 1987 it suffered an engine failure over Berrigen, NSW
whilst on
a parachutist dropping run. It nosed over on crash landing in a
wheat field. Several years
later it
was repaired and is still current, being now based in the Traralgon
area in the
Gippsland region
of Victoria, where
it is available for renting through the
Latrobe Valley Aero
Club. Martin Covey
saw it (below)
at Shepparton in March 2009.