VH-MDF  Cessna 172                              (c/n  36745)

                                    

                                        VH-MDF was an early 172 imported in June 1958 as VH-RKW for the Royal Aero Club of WA.
                                        When sold in 1961 it went to iron ore magnate Lang Hancock's Hancock Prospecting Company,
                                        and re-registered -MDF.    When the above shot, from the Geoff Goodall collection was taken at
                                        Camden, NSW in Septermber 1966, it was owned by Wally Knight.   It went on to many owners
                                        around Australia and is today private owned in Queensland.     Clearly, at 55 years of age, now a
                                        Classic machine.