Aircraft Photo of VH-AGQ | Taylorcraft J Auster Mk5D/Alpha | AirHistory.net #860243
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-AGQ
Aircraft Original Type:Taylorcraft Plus D
Aircraft Generic Type:Taylorcraft D/E/F/G/J Auster Mk1/2/3/4/5
Aircraft Version:Taylorcraft J Auster Mk5D/Alpha
C/n (msn):1348
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
 
Photo Date:1960 to 1967
Photo from:Geoff Goodall Collection
Photo ID: 860243
Photo Comment

Ex RAF. Brought to Australia from Japan on the HMS Vengeance in 1946 with two others and sold on the civilian market. The Lycoming engine was replaced with a Gipsy in the 1960s and the rear AOP glasshouse replaced with a shadier civilian rear cabin. Withdrawn from use in 1967. Restored to the register as VH-CKD in 1969. The rear glasshouse was reinstated at some point but at the time of upload it retained its Gipsy engine.

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