VH-RLM    Cessna 172D Skyhawk                                (c/n  17250110)

                                 

                                      The D model was the first of the 172s to feature the cut down rear fuselage (with accompanying
                                      rear window) and also, by Cessna drawing standards, the first of the to (officially) have the prefix
                                      '172' in the c/n.    Phil Vabre shot this example (first registered in September 1963) at Boort,
                                      Victoria in April of 2006.