This aircraft was initially registered G-AJIM. It went to Denmark in 1948 as OY-AAK then returned to the UK in 1961, but was exported to Australia in 1971 and registered VH-AUO. Trailered to Melbourne from Perth over a week, its recent restoration in the hands of father and son team Frank and Scott Snibson took two years. The aircraft retains its 100 hp Cirrus Minor. Seen here airborne from Kyabram at the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia's Auster Rally.

Auster J.1 Autocrat VH-AUO made its first public post-restoration appearance at the Houdini-Centenary Air Show at Melton. Initially registered G-AJIM, the aircraft went to Denmark in 1948 as OY-AAK. It returned to the UK in 1961, but was exported to Australia in 1971 and registered VH-AUO. Trailered to Melbourne from Perth over a week, its recent restoration in the hands of father and son team Frank and Scott Snibson took two years. The aircraft retains its 100 hp Cirrus Minor.

Built in the United Kingdom in 1946 and entered the Australian register as VH-AUO on the 1st of September 1978. it now located in Strathmore Victoria.

VH-AUO was a late arrival for an Australian Auster, coming on to the register in 1978 as the former G-AJIM. It remained registered in 2017