VH-RYS  Cessna 182A Skylane                           (c/n  51011)

                                    

                                         The straight-tail 182A was the first to adopt the name Skylane.  This one had just been re-registered
                                          from VH-RWL in August 1963 to allow its owner R. W. Langford of "Allandy" Station via Broken
                                         Hill to use his initials on a brand new Cessna 205.     The VH-RY series was one of several general
                                         allocation registration blocks used during 1963 which filled very rapidly.  VH-RYS is currently regis-
                                         tered to a private NSW owner.   Photo by Bob Neate.