VH-IOF Victa Airtourer
115
(c/n 33)
It took some effort before VH-IOF found a
registration it was happy with. In quick succession it
was
VH-IPW (May 1965 to October 1965), VH-ICC (October 1965 to
November 1965) and
VH-ICF
(from November 1965 to March 1966) before it finally became VH-IOF,
which it has
worn for
more than 50 years. But before all these
it was VH-TPW with the Townsville Aero
Club from March 1964. The
club reallocated the registration to a new Musketeer the same
month as the Victa became
–IPW. David Carter’s picture of –IOF was
taken at Bankstown
in 1969.
It was based at Port Macquarie in the mid 1970s but later
returned to North Queens-
land.
In September 2016 it was registered to an owner at Cairns.