VH-EXR Aero Commander 500S
(c/n 1847-36)
Formerly N9022N, VH-EXR was registered to
leading Aero Commander operator Executive
Air
Services at Essendon on May 1969. Now, just
why Executive insisted on putting the
Aussie rego in the same tiny lettering and ridiculous top of the fin
location as the factory did
on all Aero Commanders, I cannot
imagine. Actually, I'm surprised that DCA
allowed that.
Anyway, close up of offending identity below. David
Carter’s photo shows it at Essendon in
December 1969. In
November 1998 it was reregistered VH-WPX and flew with Aero Tropic
Air
Services of Cairns . It was reregistered again in February
2006 to become VH-WZQ. In
September
2016 it was owned by Flightech Air Logistics and being operated under
the
Townsville
Airlines banner.