VH-FDH Cessna 180C
Skywagon
(c/n 50680)
This 180C is still current and still in
WA. It has been restored it to its
original RFDS red, white
and
black livery and it is a frequent visitor
to air shows. Lachlan Brendan took a contemporary
shot of it
(below) at Jandakot in June 2009, whilst Geoff Goodall's photo above
was forty years
earlier
in June 1968 at the same locale, when the aircraft really was employed
with the WA Section
of the
Royal Flying Doctor Service. First registered
in 1960 (ex N9180T) it was sold
off by the
Service in 1976, and was
withdrawn from use in 1983. It then appears to
have languished
some-
where until 1996
when it
was completely restored and re-registered., regaining its original
rego.
(The
Robinson R22 which had used the second iteration
of -FDH having presumably been de-
registered).