VH-RVG
(2) DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk.21
(c/n C1- 0162)
RAF
Serial WB714 (to have been civilianized as
G-AOUB, nut ntu)..
Another of the "latter day"
Chipmunks
acquired by the Royal Vic in 1961 from the
Royal
Newcastle Aero Club. This one was ex VH-RNE, and the above shot was
taken at Moorabbin in December
1961. A coiuple of days after this shot was taken
(on 10 December 1961) whilst flying above
Fern Tree Gully, the engine fell out. The
aircraft then
spun down bu the pilot(s) managed to successfully level out and perform
an emergency crash landing in a paddock.
The aircraft was stricken from the register
the same day.