| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-BYM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Taylorcraft Plus D |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Taylorcraft D/E/F/G/J Auster Mk1/2/3/4/5 |
| Aircraft Version: | Taylorcraft J Auster Mk5D Ajax |
| C/n (msn): | 1772 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | LethbridgeMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YLED IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 4 December 2011 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 33371 |
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Built to a wartime RAF order as an Auster Mk 5, TW433, with a flat Lycoming O-290: first flight 12 Sept 1945. Used by Auster for trials post-war 1947-48. Struck off in April 1953 & sold the following year to Australia where it became the one and only Mk 5D Ajax, fitted with an in-line Gipsy Major & other civil mods. SOR 1971 - later rebuilt with an O-320 and returned to Register Feb 1983. Damaged by fire in Dec 2004 but rebuilt and looking good! Seen at the AAAA annual charity Christmas Toy Run. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 23 January 2018, and has since been viewed 343 times. |