• Aircraft:

  Cessna 175A Skylark

• Reg: VH-RFU photos
• Serial #:

  56296

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Apr 04, 2010
• Uploaded: Oct 02, 2013
• Tocumwal - YTOC, Australia

The original wartime layout of Tocumwal, once the largest aerodrome in the Southern Hemisphere, can still be clearly seen. Built in record time in the dark days of February 1942 as a USAAF bomber base for the inland defence of Australia and named McIntyre Field, it originally covered 8 square miles. Taken over by the RAAF in Nov 42 and used as a Liberator OTU. Post-war used as a collection point for the scrapping of many surplus RAAF aircraft.

Photographer

Aircraft

Arriving at Bendigo airfield

Andrei Bezmylov VH-RFU

5,927 0 0 Cessna 175A Skylark

On the way from Penfield to Bendigo - Phil Vabre at the controls of his Whale

Andrei Bezmylov VH-RFU

1,957 0 0 Cessna 175A Skylark

Sailing past Bacchus Marsh en route to the 2008 Antique Aeroplane Association's annual charity Christmas Toy Run at Lethbridge

Phil Vabre VH-RFU

2,492 1 0 Cessna 175A Skylark

Photo location

Edan A7-083

256 1 0 Aermacchi MB-326H

Tocumwal Air Museum's aircraft are all air worthy, This is a privately owned O-1A in Thai Air Force colours

Edan VH-LPH

234 1 0 Cessna O-1A Bird Dog

Reuben Morison VH-WKR

239 0 0 WSK-Krosno KR-03 Puchatek

Photographer

This was one of an RCAF order for a total of 280 Expediter 3s, which were basically D18S airframes

Phil Vabre VH-BHS

3,654 0 0 Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor

Waiting for takeoff at Wings Over the Illawarra 2017

Phil Vabre VH-WLF

5,325 2 0 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8

Preparing to cast off

Phil Vabre VH-AAM

4,595 2 0 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk.I Beaver