Registration / Serial:VH-UWB
Alternate Serial:A68-113
Aircraft Original Type:North American P-51 Mustang
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-17/18 Mustang (P-51)
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang Mk.21
C/n (msn):1438
Display Paint:Brookes Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:9 December 1961
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID:885344Submit Correction
View count: 26
Sold to Scottish racing car driver Ron Flockhart as G-ARUK for a second attempt on the London-Sydney speed record . His first, in Mustang G-ARKD was abandoned at Athens. On April 12, 1962, Flockhart was killed in G-ARUK when he lost control in cloud a few minutes into his flight from Moorabbin to Sydney to start the record attempt. John Brookes photo
Registration / Serial:VH-UWB
Alternate Serial:A68-113
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang Mk.21
C/n (msn):1438
Display Paint:Brookes Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:9 December 1961
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Registration / Serial:VH-UWB
Alternate Serial:A68-113
Aircraft Original Type:North American P-51 Mustang
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-17/18 Mustang (P-51)
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang Mk.21
C/n (msn):1438
Display Paint:Brookes Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:9 December 1961
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID:885344Submit Correction
View count: 26
Sold to Scottish racing car driver Ron Flockhart as G-ARUK for a second attempt on the London-Sydney speed record . His first, in Mustang G-ARKD was abandoned at Athens. On April 12, 1962, Flockhart was killed in G-ARUK when he lost control in cloud a few minutes into his flight from Moorabbin to Sydney to start the record attempt. John Brookes photo
Registration / Serial:VH-UWB
Alternate Serial:A68-113
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang Mk.21
C/n (msn):1438
Display Paint:Brookes Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:9 December 1961
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)