VH-RAQ (2)   Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee B                            (c/n  25-3806)

                                    

                                         I assume this Pawnee was originally a Robbys machine.  When Mike Madden took the above
                                         shot at Toowoomba in January 1973 it was based there for Rural Aviation.    By that time the
                                         poor old thing had been considerably patched up.   On 12 August 1986, -RAQ hit the top of
                                         a ridge line at Brady Creek, SA.  It then cartwheeled down the slope until crashing  into a tree.
                                         The aircraft was a complete write off and the pilot was killed.     Thermal turbulence in the lee
                                         of the ridge line was suspected as the reason for the loss of control.