VH-KFB (1) Auster
J/4 Archer
(c/n 2352)
This photo was taken by
the late Peter R. Keating at Bankstown in May 1958, just after the
aircraft had
been re-registered froim VH-BDE.
It had been converted the month before from
J/2 Arrow configuration by the fitting of a Cirrus
Minor engine in place of the original horizontally
opposed Continental. Following the conversion it was
re-registered into KSAS' VH-K series
and retained
its blue and silver Kingsford Smith Flying Services training school.
paint scheme with
their RAAF style wings badge on the cowling. When sold by
KSAS in 1962 it became VH-CRR.