VH-FPB (2) Grumman AG-164 Agcat
(c/n 263)
VH-FPB was imported some two years before sister craft VH-FPA, being registered first on
9 June 1964. Like the
latter machine it, too, was based in Wagga, NSW where this color slide,
by Bob Neate, was taken. in
1965. It is still currently registered at Wagga and has been owned
by Fred Burke since 1993.
Fred advises me that -FPB flew her last ag job two years ago. She
is, however, kept
airworthy and Fred indicates that he is the process of designing a jump
seat to
slip into the hopper but without
losing the ability to carry liquid ( just in case ). It
still flies on the
original grade A cotton with
factory paint job. Phil Vabre saw it at Wagga in July 2010
(below). .