VH-KHP Victor Airtourer
115
(c/n 113)
VH-KHP had been intended for export as
ZK-CLD, but this did not happen and it was
registered VH-MTJ in May 1965 . In November the following
year it was reregistered
VH-KHP for the Hoxton Park Flying
School . It was operated by the school for at least
10
years , David Carter’s picture above shows it at Hoxton
Park in 1976 . In the 1990s
–KHP
suffered two accidents The first, on January 13, 1990,
was a forced landing in
a rough paddock
at Maitland. The next accident was at Torquay,
Victoria, on 3 Jan,
1993, when it
landed heavily and ended up on its back . Again
it was repaired and in
October 2016 was
based at Bega, its owner active with the Airtourer Association.