VH-PUQ Grumman G-164 Ag
Cat
(c/n
I will enlarge the rego from
the original of this Greg Banfield photo. The 'P' is partially
obscured
by a tail
guide wire whilst the 'Q' is almost cast in what I would call 'wine
barrel stencil'. Greg saw
it new at Bankstown on 16
November 1966. It was sold in Queensland and crashed on
landing
at Archerfield on 10 July 1971. The aircraft had taken off from
an agricultural strip and bounced
onto a rocky surface in so
doing, cracking the landing gear. After completing his fertilizer
spread-
ing run the pilot elected to land at Archerfield with the damaged
undercarriage which then collapsed
sending the machine up on its nose. Whether this accident
resulted in its demise from the register
I am not
sure. .