• Aircraft:

  CAC CA-18 Mk.21 Mustang

• Reg: VH-AGJ photos
• Serial #:

  1443

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: May 05, 2013
• Uploaded: Apr 06, 2014
• Wollongong - YWOL, Australia

Jeff Trappett's beautiful 'Eclat' ('brilliant achievement' - and so it is) basks in the afternoon sun following WOI 2013 as a pair of Hawks taxi behind. This aircraft was post-war CAC production and BOC as A68-118 by the RAAF on 10 May 48. SOC 28 April 58. Bought ex storage at Tocumwal and registered VH-WAS 7 Aug 59. Stored Bankstown 60/73. Acquired Camden Museum of Aviation 73/78. Acquired by Jeff Trappett and trucked to Morwell for restoration, ff 19 April 81.

Photographer

Aircraft

Angelo Calleja VH-AGJ

690 0 0 CAC CA-18 Mk.21 Mustang

Dor Lok VH-AGJ

890 0 0 CAC CA-18 Mk.21 Mustang

Jeff Trappett's Mustang VH-AGJ A68-118 is always present on the Australian warbird circuit

Juan Contreras VH-AGJ

1,374 0 0 CAC CA-18 Mk.21 Mustang

Photo location

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Chattapol Chawantanpipat VH-ZYZ

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Under restoration to airworthy

Brenden WG630

495 1 0 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11

Brenden VH-ORI

591 1 0 Lockheed P-3C Orion

Photographer

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

Phil Vabre VH-BHS

3,642 0 0 Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor

Waiting for takeoff at Wings Over the Illawarra 2017

Phil Vabre VH-WLF

5,277 2 0 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8

Preparing to cast off

Phil Vabre VH-AAM

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