VH-CKD  Auster 5D (AOP 5)                                    (c/n  1348)

                               

                                     This Auster had flown as VH-AGQ the second from September of 1953 until it was withdrawn
                                     from use in June of 1967.  When restored, it became VH-CKD.    It is still active and Barry
                                     Maclean took this shot at Pt. Cook, Victoria in 2005.   Just received (June, 2007) from Geoff
                                     Goodall are much earlier images of -CKD.  Immediately below it is seen at Jandakot, WA in
                                     November of 1969, with typical "civilian" type glazing usually adopted for AOP Austers at that
                                     time.   The shot at the bottom of the entry illustrates it at Beverly, WA in June of 1976 looking
                                     very respectful without the dreadful tail markings of the center shot.