
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | XK482 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Saunders-Roe Skeeter |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Saunders-Roe Skeeter |
Aircraft Version: | Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP12 |
C/n (msn): | S2/3070 |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | TyabbMap |
Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: YTYA IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
Collection: | National Air Museum |
Photo Date: | March 2024 |
Photo from: | John Phillips Collection |
Photo ID: | 669081 |
Photo Comment |
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Originally started life as an Army Air Corps AOP.10 with a 200 hp D.H. Gipsy Major engine. It was subsequently converted to AOP.12 standard(circa 1957-8) with the fitting of a 215 hp Gipsy engine but may not have been retrofitted to full AOP.12 standard. Being rebuilt at the National Air Museum. Photo courtesy of Neville Lightfoot(NAM) This photo was added on 22 March 2024, and has since been viewed 144 times. |