Registration / Serial:VH-RGU
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 172
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 172 Skyhawk/Cutlass/Hawk XP
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172K Skyhawk
C/n (msn):17259147
Operator Titles:Aurukun Presbyterian Mission
Aircraft Name:Bill MacKenzie
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:26 June 1971
Photo by:David CarterContact
Photo ID:25572Submit Correction
View count: 121
VH-RGU vanished on a flight from Weipa to Aurukun on April 2, 1975. While the wreckage was not found, the body of the pilot, who was the only person on board, was found on a tidal flat 5km from Aurukun. -RGU was named after the Rev. Bill MacKenzie, who ran the Aurukun mission from 1924 to 1965.
Registration / Serial:VH-RGU
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172K Skyhawk
C/n (msn):17259147
Operator Titles:Aurukun Presbyterian Mission
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:26 June 1971
Photo by:David CarterContact
Registration / Serial:VH-RGU
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 172
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 172 Skyhawk/Cutlass/Hawk XP
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172K Skyhawk
C/n (msn):17259147
Operator Titles:Aurukun Presbyterian Mission
Aircraft Name:Bill MacKenzie
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:26 June 1971
Photo by:David CarterContact
Photo ID:25572Submit Correction
View count: 121
VH-RGU vanished on a flight from Weipa to Aurukun on April 2, 1975. While the wreckage was not found, the body of the pilot, who was the only person on board, was found on a tidal flat 5km from Aurukun. -RGU was named after the Rev. Bill MacKenzie, who ran the Aurukun mission from 1924 to 1965.
Registration / Serial:VH-RGU
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172K Skyhawk
C/n (msn):17259147
Operator Titles:Aurukun Presbyterian Mission
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:26 June 1971
Photo by:David CarterContact