VH-RVY   DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10                                      (c/n  C1/0472)

                              

                                     Ex WG 398, this Chippie was delivered to the Royal Vic is 1954.  My shot above was at
                                     Moorabbin just after it arrived (no tail stripes).    I saw it the again the next January looking
                                     much more spruce.  In 1977 it was fitted with a Lycoming IO-360 engine. 
                                     -RVY crashed at Luskintyre, NSW on 14 November 2014 and sustained serious damage. 
                                    I understand it is to be restored in static condition for a Queensland museum.