Aircraft Photo of XK482 | Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP12 | AirHistory.net #669081
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XK482
Aircraft Original Type:Saunders-Roe Skeeter
Aircraft Generic Type:Saunders-Roe Skeeter
Aircraft Version:Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP12
C/n (msn):S2/3070
Location
City / Airport:TyabbMap
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YTYA   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:National Air Museum
 
Photo Date:March 2024
Photo from:John Phillips Collection
Photo ID: 669081
Photo Comment

Originally started life as an Army Air Corps AOP.10 with a 200 hp D.H. Gipsy Major engine. It was subsequently converted to AOP.12 standard(circa 1957-8) with the fitting of a 215 hp Gipsy engine but may not have been retrofitted to full AOP.12 standard. Being rebuilt at the National Air Museum. Photo courtesy of Neville Lightfoot(NAM)

This photo was added on 22 March 2024, and has since been viewed 51 times.


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