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.