| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Wheeler Scout |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Skycraft Scout |
| Aircraft Version: | Skycraft Scout |
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| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Melbourne - MoorabbinMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMMB IATA: MBW Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Moorabbin Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 2009 |
| Photo by: | Andrei Bezmylov |
| Photo ID: | 109468 |
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At the Aviation Museum at YMMB. Designed by Ronald Gilbert Wheeler in 1974-75, probably the most basic 3-axis flying machine in the world, the "forefather" of all Australian ultralights, it was the first commercially available aircraft in its class. Equipped with an 8 hp lawnmower engine, it utilised rudder and elevator for yaw and pitch, and wing warping for roll. The Australian Government regulations of 1976 restricted flight operations of such aircraft to no higher than 300 feet AGL This photo is copyright © Andrei Bezmylov, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 December 2018, and has since been viewed 178 times. |