VH-FBN Piper PA-25 Pawnee 235B
(c/n 25-3166)
Imported new in July 1965, this Pawnee
was operated by Farmair when Geoff Goodall took the
above shot at Pithara,
WA in June 1970: By the time Geoff saw it again at
Farm Hill airstrip, near
Kununurra, WA in January
1979 (below) it had sprouted new wing tips. At that time it was
owned
by
Super Spray of Kununurra. These droop wing tip modifications were
quite common on Pawnees
and
were designed as "fences" to control vortex activity at the tip.
Until recently VH-FBN was
registered to Border Air Services of Camperdown, Victoria, but appears
(late 2007) to be no longer
current.