VH-AEL  (2)  Cessna 182                               (c/n  33496)

                                   

                                       This was the re-registered VH-ALL when that rego was claimed for a new 180B acquired by
                                       A.& M. Long in 1962.  -AEL, as c/n 33496 became, was in the hands of Masling's Aircraft
                                       Sales & Service of Cootamundra when Bob Neate took the above shot at Canberra in March
                                      1963  The Cessna was not that old at the time.  I wonder why it was stripped of its evocative
                                       factory paint scheme?    VH-AEL was withdrawn from use in December 1975 following an
                                       accident near Armatree, NSW.