VH-UEF   Cessna 210A                                    (c/n  57666)

                                 

                                        Here's -UEF at Parafield in December 1969 as a competitor in the London-Sydney Air Race,
                                        sponsored by the City of Geelong Victoria.  Photo by Peter Kelly.  The 210A had been pur-
                                        chased new as VH-RDJ by SA Air Taxis and delivered from Rex Aviation at Bankstown to
                                        Adelaide on 14 July 1962.    It was changed to VH-RCL when the SAAT adopted the VH-RC
                                        series under Manager Richard Cavill     . Traded on a new Cessna to Parafield dealers Rossair
                                        in October 1965 the rego was then changed to VH-UEF.    A year after the race, it was destroy-
                                        ed when it dived into the ground almost vertically near Ballarat while on a flight from its home base
                                        Lovely Banks, Geelong to Mildura on 31 October 1970 with the loss of all 4 on board.    Note
                                        race competitor BN-2A Islander in back which later became VH-ROV.