Del 21/12/2004 Test Registration as PT-SIO Former JetAlliance as OE-ISN,Legacy Aviation as M-DSCL

Built in 1966 and always registered N1310X, this Bell 47 is pictured in spayer configuration with Wilbur - Ellis Co.

Pictured in the setting California sun, this Cessna O-2A Skymaster was previously 68-11041 with the US Air Force and N7015P 1990 - 98.

"John Murray's" overhead instrument panel.

"John Murray's" forward instrument panel.

The second VH-TVR (the first completed in TAA colours was not taken up but eventually came to Australia as RAAF A6-435). First flown 19/11/58 as a V.818 model and delivered to Cubana Airlines as CU-T622. Purchased by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) on 15/3/62 and converted to V.816 standard. WFU on 28/12/69 but briefly returned to service from 1/3/70 to 4/4/70 before retiring with 21213 hours of flight time. TAA donated the aircraft to the Moorabbin Air Museum in June 1970 but due to lack of space it was stored off site for 17 years before returning to Moorabbin for static display (minus tail).

Canberra A84-226 first flew on October 28, 1955, and was delivered to No 82 Wing on April 24, 1956. It was transferred to No 2 Squadron on July 13, 1971. Approved for disposal on November 19, 1971, but on December 8 of that year it was approved as a training aid for use at RAAF Wagga, New South Wales, where it remained until gifted to the Australian National Aviation Museum by RAAF Heritage in February 2016, and in June of that year it was transported to the Australian National Aviation Museum where it has been restored and is on display. (Info Australian National Aviation Museum)

Airshow pilot Sean D. Tucker founded the School of Aerobatic Flight based at Salinas, CA in 1997. After moving to King City in 2001, the school partnered with watchmaker Tutimua and re-named the school Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety in 2006. Along with a Pitts S-2B, an Extra 300L and a T-6, this Aviat Aviation built Pitts S-2C is available for aerobatic and upset training for new pilots to those seeking to go into competition aerobatics.

Wilbur-Ellis was formed in 1921 as a small import-export brokerage trading company. In the 1960s they made acquisitions of companies in the Pacific Northwest, California and Texas specializing in fertilizer and crop protection. In 2010 Soilserv Inc of Salinas, CA, with a substantial fleet of Bell-47 sprayers including this 1970 Bell 47-G5, was another of these companies acquired.

visitor for the 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF)

visitor for the 2020 World Economic forum (WEF)

Visitor for the 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF)

visitor for the 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF)