VH-CEB  CAC CA-28 Ceres B                                    (c/n 2)

                                 
                    
                                        The Ceres was developed from the famous Wirraway trainer of WW II.  The prototype of this
                                        purpose-built top dressing aircraft was flown in February 1958.  A total of 20 was built (although
                                        21 c/ns were allotted).  Six were exported to New Zealand.  Converted from Wirraway A20-697,
                                        VH-CEB, the second Ceres built, first flew on 6 June 1957 from the Commonwealth Aircraft Corp's
                                        Fisherman's Bend field in Melbourne.  The photo below, by Richard Hourigan, shows it outside the
                                        factory in August 1958 just after being registered.   Originally DCA had reserved the block VH-WIA
                                        to -WIZ for Ceres production (presumably for "Wirraway") but this was changed later to VH-CEA
                                        to -CEZ.   The image above was taken by Geoff Goodall at Tamworth, NSW where the aircraft had
                                        been delivered new to Airfarm Associates Pty Ltd.    Color scheme was red and yellow.    VH-CEB
                                        was written of in a crash whilst taking off from at Walcha, NSW in January 1969.