VH-MIT (1) de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth
(c/n LES5)
Despite its bedraggled look seen in the above
shot by Geoff Goodall, taken at Bathurst, NSW
in
September1965, this old lady was restored and was re- registered
VH-WFD. Mitair was a
Cowra,
NSW based company, and Geoff's shot shows it at the end of its
agricultural career.
For a
duster, this Tiger was somewhat unique inasmuch as it sported a
canopy. It was one of
the hybrid
Tigers made up of bits and pieces by Lawrence Engineering & Sales
Pty Ltd of
Camden,
NSW in the early 1960s. Although active into the new millennium,
the current status
of VH-WFD is unknown.