VH-FAT    Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer                              (c/n  22-6710)

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                                  Two shots of this 1959 Tri-Pacer taken almost fifty years apart.     Above, from the Ian McDonell
                                  collection, showing it at Cairns in 1959 when brand new and below by Phil Vabre at the AAAA
                                  Fly-In at Echuca in March 2007.     It is still current (2009).