VH-WFC (2) DHC-1 Chipmunk
T.10
(c/n C1-0275)
Ex WD334, -WFC the second was
registered in Demure 1959, also to the Wagga Air Taxi
& Flying School. On 7
April 1962 Neil Whybrow
(instructor) and a
trainee were practicing
an engine failure on
take-off from Forest Hill Aerodrome (Wagga) when the aircraft struck a
tree and slewed
around,
fortunately remaining upright. The
engine was
torn off and the
undercarriage and wings
damaged enough to write the aircraft off. The
occupants were,
fortunately, not seriously injured. The
above shot was taken by Mr. Whybrow after the
accident whilst the lower was by Fred W. Burke and
shows -WFC at the aerodrome
boundary
facing back towards Runway 05 that she was operating
from.