VH-TTH Auster J-5G/A1 Autocar
(c/n 3097)
This Autocar has been modified so much it is hardly recognizable as an
Auster. It is seen above
at Bankstown in August 1971 in this shot by
Greg Banfield, and in the B&W one below, on the
banks of
the Georges River adjacent to
that airport, at about the same time. It had been
rebuilt
from the
former Bush Pilots Airways Auster J-5B Autocar VH-BPB (c/n 3097) which was
retired
in 1961, and re-registered VH-TTH to Sydney fish spotter
floatplane operator Tom
Harrison on
10
December 1971, with the new type designation Auster
J-5G/A1. It was,
unfortunately, short-
lived,
crashing on takeoff from the harbour at the
fishing port of Ulladula, NSW on 3
January 1973.
It overturned
and sank.