Aircraft Photo of VH-AFP | Beech D17S | AirHistory.net #869696
Location
City / Airport:Melbourne - MoorabbinMap
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMMB   IATA: MBW   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:December 1961
Photo from:Geoff Goodall Collection
Photo ID: 869696
Photo Comment

Built as a D17A (Wright Whirlwind engine) but registered in Australia in 1947 as a D17S (Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior) Crashed and burned near Dingo, Queensland, on December 22, 1961 while aerial seeding a farm. The bare airframe was recovered in 2007. At the time of upload, the aircraft was on the US register as D17A N20778, owned by an Australian and being rebuilt in New Zealand.

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