ZK-BJT Cessna 170B (c/n
26671 )
The Cessna 170B was introduced in 1952 and continued
in
production with several minor
changes until
production of the series
ended in 1956. The most obvious change from the
170/170A
is the large
semi-Fowler flaps similar to those used on the L-19. This New Zealand
registered
example was shot in Australia at Moorabbin, (a general
aviation airport just south
of Melbourne)
in 1957. It had
formerly been alloted the US registration number N4327B
although
that may have been a distributors number only and it may
well have been painted
as ZK-BJT in
Wichita, since I believe it was a brand new machine when this
photograph was
taken.