VH-ELK  Piper PA-22-160 Tripacer                               (c/n  22-6084)

                             

                                     Like several other PA-22s in Australia, VH-ELK has now been converted to a taildragger.
                                     When David Carter photographed it at Griffith in 1977 it was still on its nose wheel and in its
                                     original 1958 factory colour scheme.      At the time –ELK  was based at Balranald and had
                                     flown to Griffith for work at one the small engineering shops at the airport.    It was originally
                                     registered in June 1958 and was current 58 years later with an owner in Victoria’s Gippsland
                                     region.