VH-RVG (2) DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk
21
(c/n C1-0162)
This was ex WB714 and to
have been civilianized as
G-AOUB, but this was ntu. It
went instead to the Royal Newcastle Aero Club as VH-RNE. . It was acquired by
the Royal Victorian Aero
Club in October 1961 and reregistered -RVG. Above shot
at Moorabbin just after it had come down from NSW. A couple
of days after this
photo was taken (on 10
December 1961) whilst flying above
Fern Tree Gully, the engine
fell out. The aircraft then
spun down bu the pilot(s) managed to successfully level out
and perform an emergency crash landing in a paddock.
The aircraft was stricken
from the register the same
day.