Registration / Serial: | VH-FBD |
Aircraft Original Type: | Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett |
Aircraft Version: | Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster |
Manufacturers: | Commonwealth / Kingsford Smith |
C/n (msn): | 410 |
Operator Titles: | Airwork |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1959 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 92434Submit Correction |
View count: | 511 |
A rare colour photograph of a Kingsford Smith KS-3 at work, supplied by Bill Boulden the chief pilot of Airwork. Only a handful of KS-3s were built using components from CAC Wackett trainers including the Warner Scarab engine. VH-FBD crashed on November 27, 1961 at Borden, Western Australia. Concerns over the Wackett's glued wooden wing resulted in the grounding of it, the remaining KS-3s and several other types including Avro Ansons. The continued development of the Wackett as a cropduster resulted in the Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster with a metal wing.
Registration / Serial: | VH-FBD |
Aircraft Version: | Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster |
C/n (msn): | 410 |
Operator Titles: | Airwork |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1959 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Registration / Serial: | VH-FBD |
Aircraft Original Type: | Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett |
Aircraft Version: | Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster |
Manufacturers: | Commonwealth / Kingsford Smith |
C/n (msn): | 410 |
Operator Titles: | Airwork |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1959 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 92434Submit Correction |
View count: | 511 |
A rare colour photograph of a Kingsford Smith KS-3 at work, supplied by Bill Boulden the chief pilot of Airwork. Only a handful of KS-3s were built using components from CAC Wackett trainers including the Warner Scarab engine. VH-FBD crashed on November 27, 1961 at Borden, Western Australia. Concerns over the Wackett's glued wooden wing resulted in the grounding of it, the remaining KS-3s and several other types including Avro Ansons. The continued development of the Wackett as a cropduster resulted in the Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster with a metal wing.
Registration / Serial: | VH-FBD |
Aircraft Version: | Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster |
C/n (msn): | 410 |
Operator Titles: | Airwork |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1959 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |