VH-IAM Cessna 180 Skywagon
(c/n 32590)
With its paint work aft of the trailing
edge showing severe signs of contamination from its spraying
operation, this 180 duster was seen at Parafield in April of 1963 by
Geoff Goodall. VH-IAM was
formerly
another missionary aircraft which had come in from Dutch New Guinea
(West Irian today)
where it
had been registered JZ-PTF to the Christian and Missionary
Alliance. It was first registered
in
Australia in June of 1962, so it probably went straight to Air Mist for
agricultural work rather than
performing
more missionary duties on the Australian Territory side of the border
before moving south,
as did
most of the aircraft of its ilk. The cropduster was written
off in an accident in March 1969.