VH-UAR Piper PA-24-250
Comanche
(c/n 24-2784)
Here's -UAR at Parafield
in November 1962, a month after it was added to the register to Brisbane
Piper agents
Commerce International. It was immediately leased it to
the newly formed SA Piper
agents United Aviation
at Parafield,
in front of whose hangar it is seen in
this shot by Geoff Goodall.
The top of tail reads "Fly
United Aviation Ltd". In 1964 it was entered into the Brisbane to
Adelaide
Ansett Air Race by D.A. Long of Quilpie, Qld. Greg Banfield's
shot (immediately below) was taken
during the overnight
stop at Bankstown on March 29, 1964. At the
foot of the page is another
Goodall shot showing
it at Port Hedland, WA in May
1971 in the early morning light when this airport
was a hive of
activity as most general aviation
aircraft depart soon after first light each day to avoid the
severe
convective turbulence that builds up over
the iron ore ranges later in the day. The building
be-
hind was DCA Flight
Service and Pilot
Briefing/Operational Control. VH-UAR was written
off in
a crash at Dongara, WA on
20 October 1971 and
stricken from the register five days later.