Aerobatic ace Chris Sperou's Pitts on static display at Cloncurry during the Federation Airshows in the Outback. This aircraft was registered new Australia on 19 December 1978.

This aircraft was the first Tecnam imported into Australia. When I photographed it here at Cloncurry during the Federation Airshows in the Outback, it was the importer's demonstrator (that's Bruce wiping off the wing). It had been registered on 11 August 2000 and transferred to the RAAus register as 24-3979 on 2 October 2003. Just to confuse matters, since then there have been two more Tecnams registered VH-VET!

On static display during the Federation Airshows in the Outback in front of the historic Qantas hangar. Allocated the US registration N102EP but re-registered new in Australia as VH-FDP(4) 'John Flynn' for the RFDS on 6 November 1985. A few months after this photo was taken, on 19 November 2001, it was replaced by a new Pilatus PC-12 registered VH-FDP(5). Returned to USA as N277SW. Cloncurry was the first flying doctor base and Q.A.N.T.A.S. operated the first service on contract in 1928.