VH-ASL (2)  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B               (c/n  30-964)

                                 
                                
                                       The B model Twin Comanche had the third cabin window on both sides and 5th/6th optional seats.
                                       Some had turbocharged Lycoming TIO-320 engines.  This example was delivered to Bankstown
                                       from the US in May 1966, ex N7879Y, and registered new in July to Aviation Services Pty Ltd.
                                       Parafield.    .  The above shot, from the Geoff Goodall collection was taken at Warracknabeal,
                                       Victoria in September of that year.     It had a long list of owners, one of whom was the Royal
                                       Victorian Aero Club, as seen in the image below by John Wheatley, taken during a visit to Alice
                                       Springs in the early 1970s.   VH-ASL was wrecked in an accident at Maroochydore, Qld on
                                       21 June 2001.