VH-FWT Beech E33A
Bonanza
(c/n CE-212)
Flown to Australia as N2876B, VH-FWT was registered to Hawker de
Havilland, the Beech
agent, in
November 1968. David Carter’s picture was taken on July 7, 1984
at the then new
Hamilton Island airport. The Bonanza was withdrawn
from use between May and October
1983 and its registration was revoked by authorities in September
2002 . It did not return to
the register until November 2009. In September 2016 –FWT was
based at Tocumwal, NSW,
the site of a wartime bomber base,
a post-war aircraft graveyard and a centre for gliding excellence.