VH-SEB  Auster V                                    (c/n     1916)

                                                            
                              
                                      This Auster came to Australia at the end of 1958 from Singapore, where it had been registered
                                      VR-SEB.   For simplicity's sake it became VH-SEB.   Bob Neate's shot (above) was taken at
                                      Mildura in 1962.    At that time it was popular to dress up Austerrs in what I deem as "pseudo
                                      Piper" liveries!       Geoff Goodall took the photo (below) much later at St. Arnaud, Victoria in
                                      1983 wherein it at least looked like an Auster  . This aircraft was one of several which had been
                                      demobbed in Singapore.  During its time in the colony it was extensively rebuilt from an ex RAF
                                      Auster TW522 and another mark V, VR-SDL using a multitude of Taylorcraft parts.  So much
                                      so that its c/n is usually quoted as TAY983D.  It is still currently on the register.