VH-KKZ Callair A-9A Quail
(c/n 1218)
This shot, by Ian McDonnell, taken at
Bankstown in December 1965 is rare inasmuch as VH-KKZ
was the shortest-lived of all the 25 Callairs imported into Australia
by the distributor, Aerial Agricul-
ture Pty
Ltd.. It was registered to Kun-Air Krop Kontrol of
Kunumurra, WA on 23 December 1965
and destroyed in a crash near that
Western Australian locale on 2 January 1966. While engaged
in
spraying work,
engine power was lost during a low turn and the machine dived into the
ground and was
destroyed by the resultant fire. Pilot C. Wolfe was not injured.