VH-FBB  DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk. 22A                    (c/n  C1/0176)

                                      

                                           This was one of a batch of RAF disposals Chipmunk sales (ex WB724) slated for Australian Aero
                                           Clubs.  It was briefly registered in the UK as G-APCV after civlianization and before being sent out
                                           to the Narromine Aero Club.  It was first registered in Australia on 11 April 1958, as the second of
                                           DCA's NSW Region VH-FB series.     Dick Hourigan's photo above was taken at Cootamundra in
                                           April 1962.  When sold by the club in May 1963 it was re-registered VH-BGW and later again, be-
                                           coming VH-FEK.