Aircraft Photo of VH-GNJ | Northrop Primary | AirHistory.net #659781
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-GNJ
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Primary
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Primary
Aircraft Version:Northrop Primary
C/n (msn):GFA/HB/142
Location
City / Airport:TemoraMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YTEM   IATA: TEM   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia National Fly-in 2023
 
Photo Date:2 September 2023
Photo by:Ian McDonell
Photo ID: 659781
Photo Comment

VH-GNJ was withdrawn from use in 2021 after 10 years on the register. It is a 1930 American design copying the Zögling primary glider that had been developed in Germany a few years earlier. Northrop is Marvin Northrop, of Minneapolis, and not the famous aircraft designer Jack Northrop, of California. VH-GNJ was built in the early 1970s but has spent most of its existence in storage or as a museum exhibit.

This photo is copyright © Ian McDonell, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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