VH-ACV (2)  Piaggioi P.166               (c/n  354)

                                   

                                       The second aircraft to bear to rego VH-ACV was this Piaggio which had come in from the U.K.
                                       March 1964.   Bob Neate's shot (above, via the Geoff Goodall collection) was taken at Essendon
                                       in 1965.   It was formerly G-APSJ, first registered in early 1959 to the Sir Robert McAlpine
                                       construction company.   The registration VH-SMF had been reserved for it, but for some reason
                                       this was not taken up and it became VH-ACV instead.  The Piaggio was withdrawn from use at the
                                       end of 1966.   Since it most likely was not fully depreciated at that time that would appear to be a
                                       write-off of some considerable magnitude.  I do not know what became of Air Associates in Australia.