VH-ALO  Auster J/1B Aiglet            (c/n   2164)

                               

                                  This aircraft was built (in 1947) as a "straight" J/1 Autocrat and registered G-AIGO.  Upon
                                  emigrating to Australia in 1951 it was converted to full antipodal J/1B Aiglet standard.  After
                                  periods of inactivity over the last 55 years it has now been thoroughly restored and is seen
                                  (above) in a shot from the John Burford collection taken at the Classic Flying Air Show at
                                  Parafield, SA  in April of 2006.   Barry Maclean's image (below) illustrates it at Point Cook
                                  some years earlier.