Registration / Serial:VH-FBD
Aircraft Original Type:Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett
Aircraft Version:Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster
Manufacturers:Commonwealth / Kingsford Smith
C/n (msn):410
Operator Titles:Airwork
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:92434Submit Correction
View count: 493
A rare colour photograph of a Kingsford Smith KS-3 at work, supplied by Bill Boulden the chief pilot of Airwork. Only a handful of KS-3s were built using components from CAC Wackett trainers including the Warner Scarab engine. VH-FBD crashed on November 27, 1961 at Borden, Western Australia. Concerns over the Wackett's glued wooden wing resulted in the grounding of it, the remaining KS-3s and several other types including Avro Ansons. The continued development of the Wackett as a cropduster resulted in the Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster with a metal wing.
Registration / Serial:VH-FBD
Aircraft Version:Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster
C/n (msn):410
Operator Titles:Airwork
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-FBD
Aircraft Original Type:Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett
Aircraft Version:Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster
Manufacturers:Commonwealth / Kingsford Smith
C/n (msn):410
Operator Titles:Airwork
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:92434Submit Correction
View count: 493
A rare colour photograph of a Kingsford Smith KS-3 at work, supplied by Bill Boulden the chief pilot of Airwork. Only a handful of KS-3s were built using components from CAC Wackett trainers including the Warner Scarab engine. VH-FBD crashed on November 27, 1961 at Borden, Western Australia. Concerns over the Wackett's glued wooden wing resulted in the grounding of it, the remaining KS-3s and several other types including Avro Ansons. The continued development of the Wackett as a cropduster resulted in the Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster with a metal wing.
Registration / Serial:VH-FBD
Aircraft Version:Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster
C/n (msn):410
Operator Titles:Airwork
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)