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Serial #: A20-719 Construction #: 1171 Civil Registration: VH-WRX |
Model(s): CA-16 Wirraway Mk. III Name: None Status: Wrecked Last info: 1999 |
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Melbourne, Victoria, Mar. 1960-1963.
- Stored at CAC Fishermans Bend plant for CA-28 Ceres production, not used.
- Up for disposal, Nov. 1963.
W. Gordon Scrap Metals, Werribee, Victoria, Nov. 1963.
Pearce Dunn/Warbirds Aviation Museum, Mildura, Victoria, 1967-1982.
- Restored for static display as A20-719.
Jack McDonald, Melbourne, Victoria, 1982-1988.
- Stored.
- Restored to airworthy, RAAF Point Cook, Victoria.
Robert Greinert/Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Sydney, NSW, 1991-1994.
Robert Greinert & Associates, Sydney, NSW, Aug. 17, 1994-1999.
- Registered as VH-WRX.
- Restoration continued at Romsey, Victoria, completed at Sydney-Bankstown.
- First flight, Bankstown, Aug. 18, 1994.
- Flew as A20-458.
- Crashed and destroyed at airshow, NAS Nowra, NSW, May 30, 1999.
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Simon Foley. |
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