VH-FDP (1) Cessna 180  Skywagon                          (c/n  32496)

                             

                                 This was the first "modern" all-metal aircraft to be acquired by the Western Section of the Royal
                                 Flying Doctor Service.   It is seen at Maylands, Perth on 29 July 1956 just two days after being
                                 registered.     In May 1964 it was re-registered as VH-FDN in May 1963 during a Flying Doctor
                                 fleet rego shuffle, and changed again in October 1967 to VH-BDN and placed up for sale and sold
                                 the following year.   Photo from the Geoff Goodall collection.