VH-IMP Cessna U206C Super Skywagon
(c/n U206-1006)
Originally intended to be VH-UCV, VH-IMP was registered to Industrial
Metal Protectives in July
1968. When David Carter photographed it at Griffith it had been
chartered by Renault as a support
aircraft
for the Australian section of the 1977 London-Sydney car rally which
passed through the town
. –IMP was damaged at
Jandakot on September 22, 1978 and spent four months off the register.
In
August
1991 it became VH-MRS and was reregistered again in September 1998 as
VH-TBY. It was
still
registered in September 2016 with Vic Bongiorno, who had been using it
for more than 10 years
on scenic
flights over Victoria’s Otway ranges and spectacular south-western
coast under a variety of
names –
Cape Otway Aviation, Bush Pilots Australia and most recently, Apollo
Bay Aviation.