VH-REP  Cessna 180A                          (c/n  50039)

                                        

                                              This shot of VH-REP, by Ben Dannecker, was taken at Cootamundra in 1959.  The name on the
                                              door is that of its owner, Hazelton Air Services of Toogong via Cudal NSW.   Although brothers
                                              Max and Jim Hazelton were operating a growing fleet of agricultural aircraft at this time, -REP
                                              retains cabin seating.     It is parked in front of the one remaining former RAAF Bellman hangar
                                              from the 4 Bellman hangars built at Cootamundra during WW2.  The Cessna went on to other
                                              owners before written off in an accident at remote Gove*, NT on 10 March 1971.
                                              * Gove is located at the very right hand tip of Arnhem Land and produces staggering amounts of
                                                 bauxite, the raw material from which aluminum is made.