VH-WFC (2)   DHC-1 Chipmunk  T.10                  (c/n  C1-0275)

                                 

                                     There were two VH-WFC Chipmunks.  The first was re-registered VH-TWD to the Tamworth
                                     Aero Club in 1959 so this is almost certainly the second one.   C1-0275 was the former WD334
                                     delivered to the RAF in 1951.   It was first registered to Wagga Air Taxi & Flying School in Dec-
                                     ember 1959.  On 7 April 1962 Neil Whybrow (instructor) and a trainee were practicing an engine
                                     failure on take-off from Forest Hill Aerodrome (Wagga) when the aircraft struck a tree and slewed
                                     around, fortunately remaining upright.  The engine was torn off and the undercarriage and wings
                                     damaged enough to write the aircraft off.  The occupants were, fortunately, not seriously injured.
                                     The above photo is from the Barry Maclean collection and was taken at Wagga (Forest Hill).
                                     The shot below was taken by Fred W. Burke soon after the accident and shows -WFC at the
                                     aerodrome boundary facing back towards Runway 05 that she was operating from.