VH-EIY Cessna 172K
Skyhawk
(c/n 17258492)
Photographed by David Carter soon after being rolled out of the Rex
Aviation assembly hangar
at Bankstown in 1970, VH-EIY was added to the register in March .
In 1976 it was operated
by Rural
Investments, one of the big cattle firms in North Queensland and Papua
New Guinea.
In September 2016 –EIY was being
operated by Wrightsair, of William Creek, South Australia,
for scenic
flights over the Outback and Lake Eyre. By 2016 it was still
owned by Mr.Wright