VH-SFN  SIAI-Marchetti SF.260                                (c/n  122)

                                    

                                         VH-SFN came in as a contestant of the 1969 England-Australia Air Race.  David Carter saw
                                         it at Bankstown (photo below) right after its arrival.      The photo above is by Mick Madden
                                         at Moorabbin in 1970. Bankstown   This SF.260 was one of only two such machines register-
                                         ed in Australia.  This0 one was initially registered OO-HEI when new, before going to the UK
                                         as G-AXKA.  It only remained in Australia for just over a year having been registered -SFN
                                         in January 1972.  It was sold overseas (possibly in the Philippines) in February 1973