VH-ROC Piper PA-22-160
Tri-Pacer
(c/n 22-5757)
This was the former Royal Queensland Aero Club's VH-RQC (registered in
February 1959) with
the 'Q' tick
eliminated when it was sold off in July 1960. David Carter
photographed it in a hangar
at Camden in
early 1970. Tragically, on August 6 that year, the aircraft
crashed into the sea near
Umboi Island,
Papua New Guinea. The only trace
found of the aircraft and its two occupants
was the nose wheel.