• Aircraft:

  Aeronca 11AC Chief

• Reg: VH-IDH photos
• Serial #:

  11AC-1624

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Oct 03, 2009
• Uploaded: Dec 06, 2009
• Broken Hill - YBHI, Australia

This aircraft was imported new into South Africa in 1947 and registered ZS-ULS, later ZS-BRE. Sold in Namibia (South West Africa then) in 1949. Last flight in about 1969. Exported to Australia and registered VH-IDH(2) on 14 September 2001. Its first post-restoration flight took place in April 2009. It was flown 600 miles in 8 3/4 hours from its base at Wedderburn, near Sydney, to the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia's Auster Rally at Broken Hill.

Photographer

Aircraft

Andrew Lesty VH-IDH

424 0 0 Aeronca 11AC Chief

Brenden VH-IDH

1,194 0 0 Aeronca 11AC Chief

Brenden VH-IDH

1,282 0 0 Aeronca 11AC Chief

Photo location

VH-SAF abandoned in the shrubs near Broken Hill airport

Cameron Roberts VH-SAF

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Daniel Tanner A4-285

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Daniel Tanner A4-285

2,215 2 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou

Photographer

This was one of an RCAF order for a total of 280 Expediter 3s, which were basically D18S airframes

Phil Vabre VH-BHS

3,650 0 0 Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor

Waiting for takeoff at Wings Over the Illawarra 2017

Phil Vabre VH-WLF

5,325 2 0 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8

Preparing to cast off

Phil Vabre VH-AAM

4,592 2 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk.I Beaver