| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 51-12531 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna O-1 Bird Dog |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna O-1 Bird Dog (305/321/L-19/OE) |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna O-1G Bird Dog |
| C/n (msn): | 22986 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Army |
| Aircraft Name: | Bunny II |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Richmond / New South WalesMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSRI IATA: XRH Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Bicentennial Air Show 1988 |
| Photo Date: | 12 October 1988 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 204636 |
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Built by Australian Army air corps personnel using parts salvaged from a scrapyard at Vung Tau, Vietnam in 1970. Plan was to use it as a glider tug at the army air corps base at Oakey, Queensland. Painted blue with white cheatline and test flown by a US Army pilot. Shipped back to Australia. Sent to the Army Aviation Museum as the Bird Dog was not at the time approved for civil use in Australia. Flown occasionally and repainted in the same olive drab as the army's Cessna 180s. Now an exhibit at the museum in the blue and white markings applied in Vietnam. This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 January 2020, and has since been viewed 567 times. |