VH-ABH (2) Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster 250R
(c/n 114)

Considering that this photograph
was taken just after dawn on a dark winter's morning in July of
1967 (at
Coonabarabran, NSW) it's a pretty decent image. Geoff Goodall,
who took the photo-
graph indicates that it, and -CYY in back, were warming up for more
crop spraying sorties. Geoff
had just
crawled out of his sleeping bag where he and his mates had kipped down
in the hangar
for the
night! Now that's what I call dedicated aircraft
spotting! Coonabarabran is about 200
km north
of Dubbo in western NSW. Not quite "beyond the black stump" but
getting close.......
VH-ABH had originally been assigned the
rego VH-ABY but for some reason this was not taken
up. The Cropmaster came to grief in an accident at
Mumindindi Victoria in 1970 and was written
off. Whether it was still working for Westair Aviation
Service at that time I do not know.