The Sport Aircraft Builders Club of WA Inc (SABC) hosted its Annual Fly-In at Serpentine Airfield, south of Perth, Western Australia.
While not an air display, a number of pilots flew aerobatics or in formations. Many aircraft participating were built or restored at Serpentine and some aircraft visiting from other parts of Western Australia. The Fly-in enables owners to show the results of their many hours of effort in building or restoring aircraft.
The SABC was established in 1973 by a small group of members of the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia (SAAA). They leased land in Serpentine and formed the SABC to own and operate an airfield. Club members and their families cleared the scrub and over the years built two runways (a 910 metre bitumen runway with lights and a 600 metre grass runway), taxiways, hangars, a Clubhouse, and other facilities. SABC now has 300 members and over 130 aircraft at Serpentine, in more than 100 hangars.
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Groups of aircraft
Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi;
VH-EGP Sonex (MSN 1586) owned by Richard Ewing;
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-DPV/A19-038 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer (MSN 038) owned by Joshua Spano;
VH-LAT Vans RV-9A (MSN 90484) owned by University Flying Club Inc.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-PDQ Vans RV-7 (MSN 73965) named ‘Sheila’, owned by John W Browne;
VH-NOH Vans RV-7A (MSN 73307) owned by Nils Hansen, operated by Wallis Aircraft Service Pty Ltd;
VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi;
VH-UWF Vans RV-7A (MSN 71205) owned by William F Keehner;
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-DPV/A19-038 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer (MSN 038) owned by Joshua Spano;
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-ORE Vans RV-6 (MSN 24961) owned by Paul Blackney;
VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi;
VH-UWF Vans RV-7A (MSN 71205) owned by William F Keehner;
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-DPV/A19-038 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer (MSN 038) owned by Joshua Spano;
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
24-8716 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-254);
19-1644 Zenair CH750 STOL (MSN 75-8527);
19-7701 Zenair CH701 STOL (MSN 7-5340, ex VH-OLC);
VH-ZDR Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S9542) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc;
VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation (MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF) owned by Wrightway Road Training Pty Ltd;
VH-FES Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSN 28-8216015) owned by Pearce Flying Club Inc.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
19-1644 Zenair CH750 STOL (MSN 75-8527);
19-7701 Zenair CH701 STOL (MSN 7-5340, ex VH-OLC);
VH-ZDR Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S9542) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
19-1644 Zenair CH750 STOL (MSN 75-8527);
24-8716 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-254);
VH-KWX Cessna T206H Stationair HD (MSN T20609519) owned by ECN Aviation Pty Ltd.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
19-7701 Zenair CH701 STOL (MSN 7-5340, ex VH-OLC);
19-1644 Zenair CH750 STOL (MSN 75-8527);
24-8716 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-254);
VH-KWX Cessna T206H Stationair HD (MSN T20609519) owned by ECN Aviation Pty Ltd.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-FES Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSN 28-8216015) owned by Pearce Flying Club Inc.
VH-VLN Eagle X-TS 150 (MSN 018) owned by Neil Graham;
24-4887 Jabiru J160-C (MSN 129);
VH-IXE Partenavia P.68B Victor (MSN 178) owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc;
VH-JSP Vans RV-9A (MSN 91336) owned by Marko Martinovich.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft parked at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-IXE Partenavia P.68B Victor (MSN 178) owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc;
24-4887 Jabiru J160-C (MSN 129);
VH-VLN Eagle X-TS 150 (MSN 018) owned by Neil Graham;
VH-FES Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSN 28-8216015) owned by Pearce Flying Club Inc.
VH-ZDR Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S9542) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc.
Photo © David Eyre. Formations
Formation of vintage biplanes at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans;
VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle;
VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc).
Photo © David Eyre. Formation of vintage biplanes at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle;
Photo © David Eyre. Formation of vintage biplanes at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi;
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans;
VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle;
VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc).
Photo © David Eyre. Formation aerobatics at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards,
VH-LTF Pitts S-1S Special (MSN 183-32-2201) owned by Rory Hicks.
Photo © David Eyre. Formation aerobatics at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards,
VH-LTF Pitts S-1S Special (MSN 183-32-2201) owned by Rory Hicks.
Photo © David Eyre. Taking off for some formation aerobatics, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-FKY Rihn DR-107 One Design (MSN 94-0046) of 1D Aerobatics Pty Ltd;
Built in 1999, ex N981D.
VH-OND Rihn DR-107 One Design (MSN 94-0195) owned by Christopher Shiels;
Built in 2001, ex ZU-ONE, N199AD.
This is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft designed by Dan Rihn and first flown in 1993. Designed as a low-cost ‘one design’ aircraft for competition and sport basic to advanced aerobatics, stressed to +/-10g.
Photo © David Eyre. Formation with VH-CBO Vans RV-6A (MSN W192) owned by Arthur (Bo) Hannington; VH-MRV Vans RV-7A (MSN 73567) owned by Robert Montgomery; and VH-ANH/A19-041 NZAI CT-4A Airtrainer (MSN 041) owned by David Gard; at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. Arrivals, departures, static display and in the hangars
(Grouped in aircraft registration order)
10-0224 Venturer (MSN 2) owned by William Simons, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 10-0224 Venturer (MSN 2) owned by William Simons, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-1320 SPA Panther Sports (MSN 0055) owned by Steve Chapman, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre.
Sport Performance Aviation of Green Cove Springs, Florida, USA developed the Panther as a single seat, all-metal, homebuilt aircraft, which first flew in 2013. The aircraft can be supplied as plans and as a kit for amateur construction. 19-1644 Zenair CH750 STOL (MSN 75-8527), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-1644 Zenair CH750 STOL (MSN 75-8527), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-1683 TEAM HiMax 1400Z (MSN 662) owned by Michel Van Der Sluis / Dawie Botes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-in, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The first Himax kitplane flew in 1987 and is a high wing development of the earlier Minimax. This example first flew on 1 June 2020.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-1713 Rand KR-2S (MSN ABHB-1) owned by Allen Buzza, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-in, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft made its first flight on 8 February 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-3531 Rans S-6S Coyote II (MSN 07991325S) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-in, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-4046 Jabiru J250 (MSN J123) owned by Robert Emery, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-4837 Aeropup Mk 4 (MSN 2013) owned by Steve Chapman, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-4837 Aeropup Mk 4 (MSN 2013) owned by Steve Chapman, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-5456 Morgan Aeroworks Cheetah Mk.2 (MSN 6) owned by Ken Chandler & Mike Richardson at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Morgan Aeroworks Cheetah is an Australian-designed and built kitplane. 19-5456 was built by Ken Chandler and Mike Richardson, making its first flight on 13 Sept 2008 with designer Garry Morgan at the controls.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-7701 Zenair CH701 STOL (MSN 7-5340, ex VH-OLC), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre 19-7701 Zenair CH701 STOL (MSN 7-5340, ex VH-OLC), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre 19-8684 Vans RV-3B (MSN 11495), owned by Ian Byers, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
First flown 15 February 2016.
Richard VanGrunsven designed the RV-3 in the late 1960s as a clean sheet design to improve upon the Stits Playboy amateur-built aircraft. The RV-3 was designed to have light handling, aerobatic capabilities, fast cruise speeds, and short field STOL capabilities. The first one flew in 1971.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-8684 Vans RV-3B (MSN 11495), owned by Ian Byers, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
First flown 15 February 2016.
Richard VanGrunsven designed the RV-3 in the late 1960s as a clean sheet design to improve upon the Stits Playboy amateur-built aircraft. The RV-3 was designed to have light handling, aerobatic capabilities, fast cruise speeds, and short field STOL capabilities. The first one flew in 1971.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-9710 Stits SA-7D Skycoupe (MSN W10) owned by David Woodward, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1992, ex VH-ACH.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-9710 Stits SA-7D Skycoupe (MSN W10) owned by David Woodward, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1992, ex VH-ACH.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-9710 Stits SA-7D Skycoupe (MSN W10) owned by David Woodward, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1992, ex VH-ACH.
Photo © David Eyre. 23-1734 Jabiru J230-D (MSN J962), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-4617 Fly Synthesis Storch HSJ (MSN 325A-381) owned by Gwyn Smith, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-4887 Jabiru J160-C (MSN 129), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-5561 Jabiru J120-C (MSN 018) owned by Derrick Bennett, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8710 Aeropilot Legend 600 (MSN 1527), owned by Gwyn Smith, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Legend is designed and built in the Czech Republic and was designed as an 80% scale version of the Cessna 182, made of composites, rather than metal. It has 2 seats, but has more room than the Cessna. It has a 100hp Rotax 912 ULS engine and flies at 210 kmh with a max range of 1300km. This one was built in 2015.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8716 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-254), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8716 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-254), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. SE-AGE De Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth (MSN 8136-80) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft was built in the UK in 1937 and has been registered as SE-AGE its entire life. It was delivered to Norrkoping, Sweden on 7 Sept 1937 and registered to Norrköping Automobile and Flying Club. On 12 Feb 1942, it was damaged in an accident at Lake Storuman during target towing for air defence. It passed through a number of owners until its airworthiness lapsed in October 1962. It was eventually restored and rolled out at Norrkoping on 20 May 1995, registered to Föreningen Veteranflyg, Linköping. Bert Filippi later acquired the aircraft, but kept it stored in Sweden until recently.
Photo © David Eyre. SE-AGE De Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth (MSN 8136-80) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft was built in the UK in 1937 and has been registered as SE-AGE its entire life. It was delivered to Norrkoping, Sweden on 7 Sept 1937 and registered to Norrköping Automobile and Flying Club. On 12 Feb 1942, it was damaged in an accident at Lake Storuman during target towing for air defence. It passed through a number of owners until its airworthiness lapsed in October 1962. It was eventually restored and rolled out at Norrkoping on 20 May 1995, registered to Föreningen Veteranflyg, Linköping. Bert Filippi later acquired the aircraft, but kept it stored in Sweden until recently.
Photo © David Eyre. SE-AGE De Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth (MSN 8136-80) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft was built in the UK in 1937 and has been registered as SE-AGE its entire life. It was delivered to Norrkoping, Sweden on 7 Sept 1937 and registered to Norrköping Automobile and Flying Club. On 12 Feb 1942, it was damaged in an accident at Lake Storuman during target towing for air defence. It passed through a number of owners until its airworthiness lapsed in October 1962. It was eventually restored and rolled out at Norrkoping on 20 May 1995, registered to Föreningen Veteranflyg, Linköping. Bert Filippi later acquired the aircraft, but kept it stored in Sweden until recently.
Photo © David Eyre. Unregistered Skyreach BushCat under construction at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ANH/A19-041 NZAI CT-4A Airtrainer (MSN 041) owned by David Gard, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-ANH: Built in 1975. Ferried from New Zealand as ZK-EAD, and delivered to the RAAF on 31 July 1975, allocated RAAF serial A19-041.
Sold by RAAF 31 May 1993. Registered VH-ANH 31 May 1993 to David T Gard.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ANH/A19-041 NZAI CT-4A Airtrainer (MSN 041) owned by David Gard, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-ANH: Built in 1975. Ferried from New Zealand as ZK-EAD, and delivered to the RAAF on 31 July 1975, allocated RAAF serial A19-041.
Sold by RAAF 31 May 1993. Registered VH-ANH 31 May 1993 to David T Gard.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ANH/A19-041 NZAI CT-4A Airtrainer (MSN 041) owned by David Gard, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-ANH: Built in 1975. Ferried from New Zealand as ZK-EAD, and delivered to the RAAF on 31 July 1975, allocated RAAF serial A19-041.
Sold by RAAF 31 May 1993. Registered VH-ANH 31 May 1993 to David T Gard.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) (MSN 047) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CBO Vans RV-6A (MSN W192) owned by Arthur (Bo) Hannington, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CPP Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow II (MSN 28R-7635435) owned by Robert Granger, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CPP Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow II (MSN 28R-7635435) owned by Robert Granger, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CXL De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN LES8) owned by Lydia Mitton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1961 as one of 11 Tiger Moths assembled by Lawrence Engineering and Sales Pty Ltd at Camden, NSW, during 1959 to 1961, using a collection of British-built RAF Tiger Moth parts acquired from disposals sales. VH-CXL was registered on 8 March 1961, and was acquired by its current owner in 2000.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DJR Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSN 28-7716199) owned by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC), at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Engine and nosewheel removed for maintenance.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DPV/A19-038 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer (MSN 038) owned by Joshua Spano, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021. Photo © David Eyre.
In the 1960s, Australia’s Victa (famous for its lawn mowers) produced the Victa Airtourer, and Victa Aircruiser. Due to lack of Australian Government support, Victa had to sell the manufacturing rights to AESL (later NZAI) in New Zealand, who developed the CT/4 Airtrainer in 1972. Ironically, in 1975, the RAAF ordered 51 CT/4A aircraft from NZAI as primary trainer aircraft. This particular example was delivered to the RAAF on 4 June 1975, using ferry registration ZK-EAA. It was allocated RAAF serial A19-038. Following RAAF service, it was sold on 21 June 1993 and registered VH-DPV. It has retained its RAAF “Fanta can” paint scheme. VH-DPV/A19-038 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer (MSN 038) owned by Joshua Spano, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021. Photo © David Eyre.
In the 1960s, Australia’s Victa (famous for its lawn mowers) produced the Victa Airtourer, and Victa Aircruiser. Due to lack of Australian Government support, Victa had to sell the manufacturing rights to AESL (later NZAI) in New Zealand, who developed the CT/4 Airtrainer in 1972. Ironically, in 1975, the RAAF ordered 51 CT/4A aircraft from NZAI as primary trainer aircraft. This particular example was delivered to the RAAF on 4 June 1975, using ferry registration ZK-EAA. It was allocated RAAF serial A19-038. Following RAAF service, it was sold on 21 June 1993 and registered VH-DPV. It has retained its RAAF “Fanta can” paint scheme. VH-DPV/A19-038 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer (MSN 038) owned by Joshua Spano, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021. Photo © David Eyre.
In the 1960s, Australia’s Victa (famous for its lawn mowers) produced the Victa Airtourer, and Victa Aircruiser. Due to lack of Australian Government support, Victa had to sell the manufacturing rights to AESL (later NZAI) in New Zealand, who developed the CT/4 Airtrainer in 1972. Ironically, in 1975, the RAAF ordered 51 CT/4A aircraft from NZAI as primary trainer aircraft. This particular example was delivered to the RAAF on 4 June 1975, using ferry registration ZK-EAA. It was allocated RAAF serial A19-038. Following RAAF service, it was sold on 21 June 1993 and registered VH-DPV. It has retained its RAAF “Fanta can” paint scheme. VH-DQY / ‘A68-119’ Titan T-51D Mustang owned by owned by Luis Ricardo, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Designed by John Williams as a three-quarter scale replica kit-built version of the North American P-51 Mustang.
This example was built by Luis Ricardo from 2008 to May 2020 and is painted to represent ‘A68-119’ in RAAF livery. It flew at the 2020 fly-in, but seems to be undergoing a rebuild.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DZP Cessna 177 Cardinal (MSN 17700138) owned by Ian Berry, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1967, ex N2338Y.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAC Eagle 150B (MSN 027) owned by Timothy Walmsley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre.
Built in 1999. Prior to moving to Western Australia, this aircraft had been advertised for sale in NSW, priced at $47,900, with 820.1 hrs on the airframe.
The Eagle X-TS was conceived by Western Australian inventors Neil Graham and his father Deryck Graham. Graham Swannell and John Roncz were then engaged to design the aircraft. The single-seat prototype Eagle X-P1 was a taildragger based on the Rutan Quickie and first flown in 1984. The Eagle X-TS (Two Seat) had tricycle gear and first flew in 1988, and this was later produced and marketed as the Eagle 150.
Eagle Aircraft entered liquidation in 1989, and development slowed, so the aircraft was not certified until 1993. Eagle Aircraft was then purchased by a Malaysian company and production was moved from Fremantle to Malaysia in 1999, where the type was produced by Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAC Eagle 150B (MSN 027) owned by Timothy Walmsley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre.
Built in 1999. Prior to moving to Western Australia, this aircraft had been advertised for sale in NSW, priced at $47,900, with 820.1 hrs on the airframe.
The Eagle X-TS was conceived by Western Australian inventors Neil Graham and his father Deryck Graham. Graham Swannell and John Roncz were then engaged to design the aircraft. The single-seat prototype Eagle X-P1 was a taildragger based on the Rutan Quickie and first flown in 1984. The Eagle X-TS (Two Seat) had tricycle gear and first flew in 1988, and this was later produced and marketed as the Eagle 150.
Eagle Aircraft entered liquidation in 1989, and development slowed, so the aircraft was not certified until 1993. Eagle Aircraft was then purchased by a Malaysian company and production was moved from Fremantle to Malaysia in 1999, where the type was produced by Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAC Eagle 150B (MSN 027) owned by Timothy Walmsley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre.
Built in 1999. Prior to moving to Western Australia, this aircraft had been advertised for sale in NSW, priced at $47,900, with 820.1 hrs on the airframe.
The Eagle X-TS was conceived by Western Australian inventors Neil Graham and his father Deryck Graham. Graham Swannell and John Roncz were then engaged to design the aircraft. The single-seat prototype Eagle X-P1 was a taildragger based on the Rutan Quickie and first flown in 1984. The Eagle X-TS (Two Seat) had tricycle gear and first flew in 1988, and this was later produced and marketed as the Eagle 150.
Eagle Aircraft entered liquidation in 1989, and development slowed, so the aircraft was not certified until 1993. Eagle Aircraft was then purchased by a Malaysian company and production was moved from Fremantle to Malaysia in 1999, where the type was produced by Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EGP Sonex (MSN 1586) owned by Richard Ewing, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EGP Sonex (MSN 1586) owned by Richard Ewing, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in July 1940 for the RAAF as A17-37, but damaged in a hard landing in September 1940 and not repaired until October 1942. CASA register incorrectly states it was built in 1942. In 1947 it was registered VH-RJA to Ronald J Annetts of Melbourne. In December 1949, it was registered VH-FAS to Furness Aviation Service of Parafield, and later sold to Royal Aero Club in 1970. This aircraft was rebuilt after ditching into the Swan River in November 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in July 1940 for the RAAF as A17-37, but damaged in a hard landing in September 1940 and not repaired until October 1942. CASA register incorrectly states it was built in 1942. In 1947 it was registered VH-RJA to Ronald J Annetts of Melbourne. In December 1949, it was registered VH-FAS to Furness Aviation Service of Parafield, and later sold to Royal Aero Club in 1970. This aircraft was rebuilt after ditching into the Swan River in November 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in July 1940 for the RAAF as A17-37, but damaged in a hard landing in September 1940 and not repaired until October 1942. CASA register incorrectly states it was built in 1942. In 1947 it was registered VH-RJA to Ronald J Annetts of Melbourne. In December 1949, it was registered VH-FAS to Furness Aviation Service of Parafield, and later sold to Royal Aero Club in 1970. This aircraft was rebuilt after ditching into the Swan River in November 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in July 1940 for the RAAF as A17-37, but damaged in a hard landing in September 1940 and not repaired until October 1942. CASA register incorrectly states it was built in 1942. In 1947 it was registered VH-RJA to Ronald J Annetts of Melbourne. In December 1949, it was registered VH-FAS to Furness Aviation Service of Parafield, and later sold to Royal Aero Club in 1970. This aircraft was rebuilt after ditching into the Swan River in November 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. Bert Filippi at the controls of VH-FBU / “5-59” Focke-Wulf (CKD) FW-44J Stieglitz (MSN 2780), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
In Swedish Air Force markings, though it never served with them. The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Fw-44 Stieglitzes from Germany on 12 Apr 1940, manufactured by Ceskomoravskaya-Kolben-Danek (CKD) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ten of the aircraft were originally ordered by Norway, but after Germany invaded Norway in 1940, the aircraft were sold to Finland, being delivered from Warnemünde, Germany, in three batches of 10 aircraft on 25 May, 7 and 15 August 1940. The Finnish Air Force ordered another 10 Stieglitzes from Germany on 7 March 1944, but only 5 were delivered.
This example was built in 1939 by CKD and given German export registration D-EXWQ. It was meant to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Army as AF11, but was delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1940, with serial number SZ-11. On 4 July 1960 it was registered OH-SZB to Lahden IK ry Lahti. From 26 July 1961, it was owned by the Finnish Aviation Association in Helsinki. On 6 March 1964, the aircraft was scrapped but re-built and registered to Jan Gube, Helsinki, as OH-SZG on 17 October 1983. On 30 August 1995 it was sold to Svedinos Bil-och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp, Sweden, and on 19 January 1996 it was transferred to the Swedish register as SE-BEW. On 28 Aug 2002, it was registered VH-FBU to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FBU / “5-59” Focke-Wulf (CKD) FW-44J Stieglitz (MSN 2780), owned an flown by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
In Swedish Air Force markings, though it never served with them. The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Fw-44 Stieglitzes from Germany on 12 Apr 1940, manufactured by Ceskomoravskaya-Kolben-Danek (CKD) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ten of the aircraft were originally ordered by Norway, but after Germany invaded Norway in 1940, the aircraft were sold to Finland, being delivered from Warnemünde, Germany, in three batches of 10 aircraft on 25 May, 7 and 15 August 1940. The Finnish Air Force ordered another 10 Stieglitzes from Germany on 7 March 1944, but only 5 were delivered.
This example was built in 1939 by CKD and given German export registration D-EXWQ. It was meant to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Army as AF11, but was delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1940, with serial number SZ-11. On 4 July 1960 it was registered OH-SZB to Lahden IK ry Lahti. From 26 July 1961, it was owned by the Finnish Aviation Association in Helsinki. On 6 March 1964, the aircraft was scrapped but re-built and registered to Jan Gube, Helsinki, as OH-SZG on 17 October 1983. On 30 August 1995 it was sold to Svedinos Bil-och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp, Sweden, and on 19 January 1996 it was transferred to the Swedish register as SE-BEW. On 28 Aug 2002, it was registered VH-FBU to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FBU / “5-59” Focke-Wulf (CKD) FW-44J Stieglitz (MSN 2780), owned an flown by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
In Swedish Air Force markings, though it never served with them. The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Fw-44 Stieglitzes from Germany on 12 Apr 1940, manufactured by Ceskomoravskaya-Kolben-Danek (CKD) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ten of the aircraft were originally ordered by Norway, but after Germany invaded Norway in 1940, the aircraft were sold to Finland, being delivered from Warnemünde, Germany, in three batches of 10 aircraft on 25 May, 7 and 15 August 1940. The Finnish Air Force ordered another 10 Stieglitzes from Germany on 7 March 1944, but only 5 were delivered.
This example was built in 1939 by CKD and given German export registration D-EXWQ. It was meant to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Army as AF11, but was delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1940, with serial number SZ-11. On 4 July 1960 it was registered OH-SZB to Lahden IK ry Lahti. From 26 July 1961, it was owned by the Finnish Aviation Association in Helsinki. On 6 March 1964, the aircraft was scrapped but re-built and registered to Jan Gube, Helsinki, as OH-SZG on 17 October 1983. On 30 August 1995 it was sold to Svedinos Bil-och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp, Sweden, and on 19 January 1996 it was transferred to the Swedish register as SE-BEW. On 28 Aug 2002, it was registered VH-FBU to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FBU / “5-59” Focke-Wulf (CKD) FW-44J Stieglitz (MSN 2780), owned an flown by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
In Swedish Air Force markings, though it never served with them. The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Fw-44 Stieglitzes from Germany on 12 Apr 1940, manufactured by Ceskomoravskaya-Kolben-Danek (CKD) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ten of the aircraft were originally ordered by Norway, but after Germany invaded Norway in 1940, the aircraft were sold to Finland, being delivered from Warnemünde, Germany, in three batches of 10 aircraft on 25 May, 7 and 15 August 1940. The Finnish Air Force ordered another 10 Stieglitzes from Germany on 7 March 1944, but only 5 were delivered.
This example was built in 1939 by CKD and given German export registration D-EXWQ. It was meant to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Army as AF11, but was delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1940, with serial number SZ-11. On 4 July 1960 it was registered OH-SZB to Lahden IK ry Lahti. From 26 July 1961, it was owned by the Finnish Aviation Association in Helsinki. On 6 March 1964, the aircraft was scrapped but re-built and registered to Jan Gube, Helsinki, as OH-SZG on 17 October 1983. On 30 August 1995 it was sold to Svedinos Bil-och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp, Sweden, and on 19 January 1996 it was transferred to the Swedish register as SE-BEW. On 28 Aug 2002, it was registered VH-FBU to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FBU / “5-59” Focke-Wulf (CKD) FW-44J Stieglitz (MSN 2780), owned an flown by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
In Swedish Air Force markings, though it never served with them. The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Fw-44 Stieglitzes from Germany on 12 Apr 1940, manufactured by Ceskomoravskaya-Kolben-Danek (CKD) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ten of the aircraft were originally ordered by Norway, but after Germany invaded Norway in 1940, the aircraft were sold to Finland, being delivered from Warnemünde, Germany, in three batches of 10 aircraft on 25 May, 7 and 15 August 1940. The Finnish Air Force ordered another 10 Stieglitzes from Germany on 7 March 1944, but only 5 were delivered.
This example was built in 1939 by CKD and given German export registration D-EXWQ. It was meant to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Army as AF11, but was delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1940, with serial number SZ-11. On 4 July 1960 it was registered OH-SZB to Lahden IK ry Lahti. From 26 July 1961, it was owned by the Finnish Aviation Association in Helsinki. On 6 March 1964, the aircraft was scrapped but re-built and registered to Jan Gube, Helsinki, as OH-SZG on 17 October 1983. On 30 August 1995 it was sold to Svedinos Bil-och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp, Sweden, and on 19 January 1996 it was transferred to the Swedish register as SE-BEW. On 28 Aug 2002, it was registered VH-FBU to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. Rear cockpit of VH-FBU / “5-59” Focke-Wulf (CKD) FW-44J Stieglitz (MSN 2780), owned an flown by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
In Swedish Air Force markings, though it never served with them. The Finnish Air Force purchased 30 Fw-44 Stieglitzes from Germany on 12 Apr 1940, manufactured by Ceskomoravskaya-Kolben-Danek (CKD) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ten of the aircraft were originally ordered by Norway, but after Germany invaded Norway in 1940, the aircraft were sold to Finland, being delivered from Warnemünde, Germany, in three batches of 10 aircraft on 25 May, 7 and 15 August 1940. The Finnish Air Force ordered another 10 Stieglitzes from Germany on 7 March 1944, but only 5 were delivered.
This example was built in 1939 by CKD and given German export registration D-EXWQ. It was meant to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Army as AF11, but was delivered to the Finnish Air Force in 1940, with serial number SZ-11. On 4 July 1960 it was registered OH-SZB to Lahden IK ry Lahti. From 26 July 1961, it was owned by the Finnish Aviation Association in Helsinki. On 6 March 1964, the aircraft was scrapped but re-built and registered to Jan Gube, Helsinki, as OH-SZG on 17 October 1983. On 30 August 1995 it was sold to Svedinos Bil-och Flygmuseum, Ugglarp, Sweden, and on 19 January 1996 it was transferred to the Swedish register as SE-BEW. On 28 Aug 2002, it was registered VH-FBU to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FES Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSN 28-8216015) owned by Pearce Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1982, ex N8415P.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FES Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (MSN 28-8216015) owned by Pearce Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1982, ex N8415P.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FKY Rihn DR-107 One Design (MSN 94-0046) of 1D Aerobatics Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1999, ex N981D.
This is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft designed by Dan Rihn and first flown in 1993. Designed as a low-cost ‘one design’ aircraft for competition and sport basic to advanced aerobatics, stressed to +/-10g.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FKY Rihn DR-107 One Design (MSN 94-0046) of 1D Aerobatics Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1999, ex N981D.
This is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft designed by Dan Rihn and first flown in 1993. Designed as a low-cost ‘one design’ aircraft for competition and sport basic to advanced aerobatics, stressed to +/-10g.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FYT Vans RV-8 (MSN 82859) owned by Russell Buchanan, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-GOE Hoffman H-36 Dimona motor glider (MSN 3535) owned by Richard Sutton of Lake Grace, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2001, ex 535 (Royal Thai Air Force), R1-7/27 (Royal Thai Air Force). The Royal Thai Air Force purchased ten H-36 Dimona motor gliders in 1983 as cadet pilot trainers. They were disposed of in 1993.
The Hoffman Dimona was a motor glider built by Wolf Hoffman Flugzeugbau KG at Ulm in Germany and at Weiner Nieustadt in Austria. The prototype first flew in 1980.
The H-36 was later developed further into the HK36, the Diamond DV20 Katana, improved DA20 and four-seat DA40 series.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-GOE Hoffman H-36 Dimona motor glider (MSN 3535) owned by Richard Sutton of Lake Grace, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2001, ex 535 (Royal Thai Air Force), R1-7/27 (Royal Thai Air Force). The Royal Thai Air Force purchased ten H-36 Dimona motor gliders in 1983 as cadet pilot trainers. They were disposed of in 1993.
The Hoffman Dimona was a motor glider built by Wolf Hoffman Flugzeugbau KG at Ulm in Germany and at Weiner Nieustadt in Austria. The prototype first flew in 1980.
The H-36 was later developed further into the HK36, the Diamond DV20 Katana, improved DA20 and four-seat DA40 series.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-GOE Hoffman H-36 Dimona motor glider (MSN 3535) owned by Richard Sutton of Lake Grace, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2001, ex 535 (Royal Thai Air Force), R1-7/27 (Royal Thai Air Force). The Royal Thai Air Force purchased ten H-36 Dimona motor gliders in 1983 as cadet pilot trainers. They were disposed of in 1993.
The Hoffman Dimona was a motor glider built by Wolf Hoffman Flugzeugbau KG at Ulm in Germany and at Weiner Nieustadt in Austria. The prototype first flew in 1980.
The H-36 was later developed further into the HK36, the Diamond DV20 Katana, improved DA20 and four-seat DA40 series.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-HDO Sportavia Fournier RF-4D (MSN 4093) owned by Bob Grimstead, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The RF-4 is a wooden aerobatic single-seater motor glider and touring aircraft, designed by René Fournier in 1966. 155 were built in Germany by Sportavia-Putzer, plus four prototypes.
This one was built in 1968, ex F-BPLB. It is fitted with wingtip-mounted smoke generators.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-HDO Sportavia Fournier RF-4D (MSN 4093) owned by Bob Grimstead, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The RF-4 is a wooden aerobatic single-seater motor glider and touring aircraft, designed by René Fournier in 1966. 155 were built in Germany by Sportavia-Putzer, plus four prototypes. This one was built in 1968, ex F-BPLB.
Behind are:
VH-OOZ/7 Yakovlev Yak-18 (MSN 1332013) owned by David O’Neill;
VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned by Peter Cash;
VH-UXL Stinson SR-8C Reliant (MSN 9766) owned by Kevin Bailey.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IEX Grob G109B (MSN 6247) owned by William Verboom, of Narrogin, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Gliding to a landing, with engine off.
The G109 is a German-designed and built two-seat self-launching motor glider which first flew in 1980.
Built in 1984, ex D-KGFX.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IEX Grob G109B (MSN 6247) owned by William Verboom, of Narrogin, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Gliding to a landing, with engine off.
The G109 is a German-designed and built two-seat self-launching motor glider which first flew in 1980.
Built in 1984, ex D-KGFX.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IEX Grob G109B (MSN 6247) owned by William Verboom, of Narrogin, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Gliding to a landing, with engine off.
The G109 is a German-designed and built two-seat self-launching motor glider which first flew in 1980.
Built in 1984, ex D-KGFX.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ISI Pitts S-1 Special (MSN 4875) owned by Gordon Johanson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2007.
On the left is the dismantled remains of VH-FPW Eagle X-TS 150A (MSN 005). This was built in Western Australia in 1994 as an Eagle X-TS 100, early in the production run. However, the type had not yet found many customers. The Western Australian Government trialled the aircraft in the forest patrol role, with the Department of Conservation and Land Management using two aircraft – VH-FPO (MSN 0002) from January 1994, and VH-FPW (MSN 005) from December 1994. The trial was not successful and the aircraft were not adopted, but stayed registered to the Department for a number of years afterwards. This aircraft was later converted to an Eagle X-TS 150A. In July 2006, its registration was revoked, but reinstated in November 2006. It was registered to Gordon Johanson on 27 October 2021, 10 days after this photo, indicating it is to be restored to flying condition. Production of the aircraft later moved to Malaysia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IWG Bede BD-5B Micro (MSN 3664) owned by Jane Hulbert, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The BD-5 is a series of small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft created in the late 1960s by US aircraft designer Jim Bede and produced in kit form from the early 1970s.
VH-IWG was built in 2004 and made its first flight on 8 March 2005, with owner-builder Gordon Johanson at the controls.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IXE Partenavia P.68B Victor (MSN 178) owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1979.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IXE Partenavia P.68B Victor (MSN 178) owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1979.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JSP Vans RV-9A (MSN 91336) owned by Marko Martinovich, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This is a Spanish-built version of the German designed Bucker Jungmann, painted in Imperial Japanese Army Air Service markings to represent a Kokusai Ki-86, another licence-built version of the Jungmann. VH-KIL was restored over 10 years using some components acquired by Marcus Bates in Odessa, Texas, USA from the Spanish Air Force.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KWX Cessna T206H Stationair HD (MSN T20609519) owned by ECN Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2017, ex N9019R.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KWX Cessna T206H Stationair HD (MSN T20609519) owned by ECN Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2017, ex N9019R.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A (MSN 90484) owned by University Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A (MSN 90484) owned by University Flying Club Inc., and VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) owned by Scott Palmer, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A (MSN 90484) owned by University Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A (MSN 90484) owned by University Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A (MSN 90484) owned by University Flying Club Inc., and VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) owned by Scott Palmer, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LDL Rutan 61 LongEZ (MSN Q26) owned by Lindsay Danes, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Long Ez is a two-seat, high-performance composite construction aircraft which uses a canard configuration, designed by Bert Rutan. It is a larger development of the Rutan VariEze, and first flew in 1979. The landing gear has two fixed main legs, while the nosewheel can be mechanically retracted. The aircraft also has an airbrake under the fuselage.
VH-LDL was built in 1985.
On 31 January 1991, Long EZs VH-LDL flown by Lindsay Danes and VH-MJL flown by Magna Lisset, set a trans-Tasman record flight of 7 hours 25 minutes, cruising at 309 km/h (192 mph) at 2,743 m (9,000 ft) and using 163 litres (36 Imp gals) of fuel.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LTF Pitts S-1S Special (MSN 183-32-2201) owned by Rory Hicks, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1981, ex N650JR.
The Pitts Special light aerobatic biplanes were designed by Curtis Pitts, with the first one flying in 1944. The type has won many aerobatic competitions, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (MSN 28-20953) owned by Gregory Hextall, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1965.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (MSN 28-20953) owned by Gregory Hextall, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1965.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 (MSN 24404) owned by Andrew Murray, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 (MSN 24404) owned by Andrew Murray, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MRV Vans RV-7A (MSN 73567) owned by Robert Montgomery, at the SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1939. One of 100 Tiger Moths imported to Australia (in addition to production at Bankstown, NSW). Served with RAAF, but retained RAF serial N9129. Served with 9EFTS at Cunderdin WA in 1943. Registered VH-NIG from 1994 to Nigel T Emmans.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1939. One of 100 Tiger Moths imported to Australia (in addition to production at Bankstown, NSW). Served with RAAF, but retained RAF serial N9129. Served with 9EFTS at Cunderdin WA in 1943. Registered VH-NIG from 1994 to Nigel T Emmans.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre.
VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire.
This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NOH Vans RV-7A (MSN 73307) owned by Nils Hansen, operated by Wallis Aircraft Service Pty Ltd at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft was cancelled from the register on 29 March 2022 as ‘withdrawn from use’.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OCP Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S8133) owned by Martin A Softly, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1999, ex N126RS, N136RJ, N136RU, N136RJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation (MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF) owned by Wrightway Road Training Pty Ltd at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation (MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF) owned by Wrightway Road Training Pty Ltd at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation (MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF) owned by Wrightway Road Training Pty Ltd at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation (MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF) owned by Wrightway Road Training Pty Ltd at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation (MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF) owned by Wrightway Road Training Pty Ltd at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OND Rihn DR-107 One Design (MSN 94-0195) owned by Christopher Shiels, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2001, ex ZU-ONE, N199AD.
This is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft designed by Dan Rihn and first flown in 1993. Designed as a low-cost ‘one design’ aircraft for competition and sport basic to advanced aerobatics, stressed to +/-10g.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOZ/7 Yakovlev Yak-18 (MSN 1332013) owned by David O’Neill, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer was built in 1954 at Kharkov, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) and was gifted to the Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) by the Soviets. It was partly disassembled for transport and then reassembled at Nanchang in China, however it was not manufactured by Nanchang. After negotiations, Nanchang later assembled 324 of them under licence between 1954 and 1958 as the “Nanchang CJ-5” for use by the PLAAF, PLANAF and civilian flying clubs.
This one is painted in Soviet Union DOSAAF markings. DOSAAF (Russian: ДОСААФ), (in English stands for: Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy) was a paramilitary sport organisation in the Soviet Union, concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOZ/7 Yakovlev Yak-18 (MSN 1332013) owned by David O’Neill, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer was built in 1954 at Kharkov, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) and was gifted to the Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) by the Soviets. It was partly disassembled for transport and then reassembled at Nanchang in China, however it was not manufactured by Nanchang. After negotiations, Nanchang later assembled 324 of them under licence between 1954 and 1958 as the “Nanchang CJ-5” for use by the PLAAF, PLANAF and civilian flying clubs.
This one is painted in Soviet Union DOSAAF markings. DOSAAF (Russian: ДОСААФ), (in English stands for: Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy) was a paramilitary sport organisation in the Soviet Union, concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOZ/7 Yakovlev Yak-18 (MSN 1332013) owned by David O’Neill, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer was built in 1954 at Kharkov, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) and was gifted to the Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) by the Soviets. It was partly disassembled for transport and then reassembled at Nanchang in China, however it was not manufactured by Nanchang. After negotiations, Nanchang later assembled 324 of them under licence between 1954 and 1958 as the “Nanchang CJ-5” for use by the PLAAF, PLANAF and civilian flying clubs.
This one is painted in Soviet Union DOSAAF markings. DOSAAF (Russian: ДОСААФ), (in English stands for: Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy) was a paramilitary sport organisation in the Soviet Union, concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOZ/7 Yakovlev Yak-18 (MSN 1332013) owned by David O’Neill, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer was built in 1954 at Kharkov, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) and was gifted to the Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) by the Soviets. It was partly disassembled for transport and then reassembled at Nanchang in China, however it was not manufactured by Nanchang. After negotiations, Nanchang later assembled 324 of them under licence between 1954 and 1958 as the “Nanchang CJ-5” for use by the PLAAF, PLANAF and civilian flying clubs.
This one is painted in Soviet Union DOSAAF markings. DOSAAF (Russian: ДОСААФ), (in English stands for: Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy) was a paramilitary sport organisation in the Soviet Union, concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-PDQ Vans RV-7 (MSN 73965) named ‘Sheila’, owned by John W Browne, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RWV Airplane Factory Sling 2 (MSN 229) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This is designed and built two-seat light aircraft designed and produced by The Airplane Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the only one in the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia fleet.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RWV Airplane Factory Sling 2 (MSN 229) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This is designed and built two-seat light aircraft designed and produced by The Airplane Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the only one in the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia fleet.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RWV Airplane Factory Sling 2 (MSN 229) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This is designed and built two-seat light aircraft designed and produced by The Airplane Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the only one in the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia fleet.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-SFF Staaken Flugzeugbau Z-21A Flitzer (MSN 1) owned by Mark A Crawford, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built 2006. First registered 18 Jan 2007, first flight 5 May 2007. The Flitzer was designed by Welsh artist and pilot Lynn Williams, brother of aerobatic champion Neil Williams. Designed to be economical to build and to fly, the Flitzer is designed as a ‘vintage type’ aeroplane, but is not a replica of any real aircraft. Different variants have been designed, and hundreds of kits are being built worldwide. It has good short field performance and rate of climb, to operate out of short, unprepared strips.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-SFF Staaken Flugzeugbau Z-21A Flitzer (MSN 1) owned by Mark A Crawford, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built 2006. First registered 18 Jan 2007, first flight 5 May 2007. The Flitzer was designed by Welsh artist and pilot Lynn Williams, brother of aerobatic champion Neil Williams. Designed to be economical to build and to fly, the Flitzer is designed as a ‘vintage type’ aeroplane, but is not a replica of any real aircraft. Different variants have been designed, and hundreds of kits are being built worldwide. It has good short field performance and rate of climb, to operate out of short, unprepared strips.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TPF Mooney M20E Super 21 (MSN 623) owned by Robin Ozanne, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1965, ex N5540Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1963, ex N38TT, N1124Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1963, ex N38TT, N1124Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1963, ex N38TT, N1124Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1963, ex N38TT, N1124Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TTY Cessna 310H (MSN 310H0124) owned by Mohammad Asefi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1963, ex N38TT, N1124Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TWT Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow (cn 28R-30676) owned by Adam Price, York, WA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1969.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TWT Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow (cn 28R-30676) owned by Adam Price, York, WA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1969.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TWT Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow (cn 28R-30676) owned by Adam Price, York, WA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1969.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TZL PZL-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga-35A (MSN MSN 74191) owned by Thomas Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft is under restoration. Built in 1974, ex D-EJIJ, SP-HKM, SP-FKM, PLW-191 (Polish Air Force).
The PZL-104 Wilga (golden oriole) is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) civil aviation utility aircraft designed and manufactured by PZL Warszawa-Okęcie, which was acquired by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), in 2001. Production of the Wilga ceased in 2006, after over 1,000 had been built .
The Wilga has been used for touring, observation, glider towing, parachute training and bush flying and its 260hp Ivchenko AI-14RA radial engine enables it to tow up to three gliders at once.
Photo © David Eyre.
VH-TZL PZL-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga-35A (MSN MSN 74191) owned by Thomas Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft is under restoration. Built in 1974, ex D-EJIJ, SP-HKM, SP-FKM, PLW-191 (Polish Air Force).
The PZL-104 Wilga (golden oriole) is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) civil aviation utility aircraft designed and manufactured by PZL Warszawa-Okęcie, which was acquired by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), in 2001. Production of the Wilga ceased in 2006, after over 1,000 had been built .
The Wilga has been used for touring, observation, glider towing, parachute training and bush flying and its 260hp Ivchenko AI-14RA radial engine enables it to tow up to three gliders at once.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UWF Vans RV-7A (MSN 71205) owned by William F Keehner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2004, ex VH-VAJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UWF Vans RV-7A (MSN 71205) owned by William F Keehner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2004, ex VH-VAJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UXL Stinson SR-8C Reliant (MSN 9766) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in the USA in 1936 and imported into Australia that same year. During World War Two, VH-UXL saw service as a communications aircraft, with RAAF serial A38-1.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UXL Stinson SR-8C Reliant (MSN 9766) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in the USA in 1936 and imported into Australia that same year. During World War Two, VH-UXL saw service as a communications aircraft, with RAAF serial A38-1.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UXL Stinson SR-8C Reliant (MSN 9766) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in the USA in 1936 and imported into Australia that same year. During World War Two, VH-UXL saw service as a communications aircraft, with RAAF serial A38-1.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UXL Stinson SR-8C Reliant (MSN 9766) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in the USA in 1936 and imported into Australia that same year. During World War Two, VH-UXL saw service as a communications aircraft, with RAAF serial A38-1.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UXL Stinson SR-8C Reliant (MSN 9766) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in the USA in 1936 and imported into Australia that same year. During World War Two, VH-UXL saw service as a communications aircraft, with RAAF serial A38-1.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VLN Eagle 150B (MSN 018) owned by Neil Graham (one of the type’s creators), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1998, ex VH-RQI.
The Eagle X-TS was conceived by Western Australian inventors Neil Graham and his father Deryck Graham. Graham Swannell and John Roncz were then engaged to design the aircraft. The single-seat prototype Eagle X-P1 was a taildragger based on the Rutan Quickie and first flown in 1984. The Eagle X-TS (Two Seat) had tricycle gear and first flew in 1988, and this was later produced and marketed as the Eagle 150.
Eagle Aircraft entered liquidation in 1989, and development slowed, so the aircraft was not certified until 1993. Eagle Aircraft was then purchased by a Malaysian company and production was moved from Fremantle to Malaysia in 1999, where the type was produced by Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VLN Eagle 150B (MSN 018) owned by Neil Graham (one of the type’s creators), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1998, ex VH-RQI.
The Eagle X-TS was conceived by Western Australian inventors Neil Graham and his father Deryck Graham. Graham Swannell and John Roncz were then engaged to design the aircraft. The single-seat prototype Eagle X-P1 was a taildragger based on the Rutan Quickie and first flown in 1984. The Eagle X-TS (Two Seat) had tricycle gear and first flew in 1988, and this was later produced and marketed as the Eagle 150.
Eagle Aircraft entered liquidation in 1989, and development slowed, so the aircraft was not certified until 1993. Eagle Aircraft was then purchased by a Malaysian company and production was moved from Fremantle to Malaysia in 1999, where the type was produced by Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 (MSN 2308) owned by Vaughan Emery, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2016 and registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 (MSN 2308) owned by Vaughan Emery, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2016 and registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 (MSN 2308) owned by Vaughan Emery, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2016 and registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VTL Vans RV-7A (MSN 72928), owned by Jimmy Di Menna, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VTL Vans RV-7A (MSN 72928), owned by Jimmy Di Menna, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VWS Sonex (MSN 1645) owned by Brett Ahearn, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VWS Sonex (MSN 1645) owned by Brett Ahearn, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WCE Sonex (MSN 1011) owned by Richard Schaffner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WCE Sonex (MSN 1011) owned by Richard Schaffner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-WFN was built in 1942 by De Havilland Aircraft at Bankstown, NSW. Originally built for South Africa as DX742, but delivered to the RAAF as A17-649. Sold by RAAF and became VH-RNO on 10 June 1955 with Royal Newcastle Aero Club. Re-registered VH-WFN on 15 Aug 1959 to Aero Service Pty Ltd, it was based at the former Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. It has had a number of owners, accidents and rebuilds in subsequent years, but is now in pristine condition.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-WFN was built in 1942 by De Havilland Aircraft at Bankstown, NSW. Originally built for South Africa as DX742, but delivered to the RAAF as A17-649. Sold by RAAF and became VH-RNO on 10 June 1955 with Royal Newcastle Aero Club. Re-registered VH-WFN on 15 Aug 1959 to Aero Service Pty Ltd, it was based at the former Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. It has had a number of owners, accidents and rebuilds in subsequent years, but is now in pristine condition.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-WFN was built in 1942 by De Havilland Aircraft at Bankstown, NSW. Originally built for South Africa as DX742, but delivered to the RAAF as A17-649. Sold by RAAF and became VH-RNO on 10 June 1955 with Royal Newcastle Aero Club. Re-registered VH-WFN on 15 Aug 1959 to Aero Service Pty Ltd, it was based at the former Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. It has had a number of owners, accidents and rebuilds in subsequent years, but is now in pristine condition.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFN / A17-649 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA799) owned by Bill Dearle, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-WFN was built in 1942 by De Havilland Aircraft at Bankstown, NSW. Originally built for South Africa as DX742, but delivered to the RAAF as A17-649. Sold by RAAF and became VH-RNO on 10 June 1955 with Royal Newcastle Aero Club. Re-registered VH-WFN on 15 Aug 1959 to Aero Service Pty Ltd, it was based at the former Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. It has had a number of owners, accidents and rebuilds in subsequent years, but is now in pristine condition.
Photo © David Eyre. Formation aerobatics at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021:
VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards,
VH-LTF Pitts S-1S Special (MSN 183-32-2201) owned by Rory Hicks.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Macho Stinker was designed by Curtis Pitts during 1993-1995, and he released the design on his 80th birthday in December 1995. It is a high-performance aerobatic biplane with a Russian Vedeneyev M14P/PF radial engine. It can be built from plans, kits, or can be factory-built. It uses fabric-covered, welded steel tubing for the fuselage, and fabric-covered wings and wood spars. This one was built at Serpentine and completed in 2018.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Macho Stinker was designed by Curtis Pitts during 1993-1995, and he released the design on his 80th birthday in December 1995. It is a high-performance aerobatic biplane with a Russian Vedeneyev M14P/PF radial engine. It can be built from plans, kits, or can be factory-built. It uses fabric-covered, welded steel tubing for the fuselage, and fabric-covered wings and wood spars. This one was built at Serpentine and completed in 2018.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Macho Stinker was designed by Curtis Pitts during 1993-1995, and he released the design on his 80th birthday in December 1995. It is a high-performance aerobatic biplane with a Russian Vedeneyev M14P/PF radial engine. It can be built from plans, kits, or can be factory-built. It uses fabric-covered, welded steel tubing for the fuselage, and fabric-covered wings and wood spars. This one was built at Serpentine and completed in 2018.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XIS Vans RV-6 (MSN Q168) owned by Guy Dutertre, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Registration is ‘SIX’ backwards (or upside down). This aircraft was cancelled from the Australian aircraft register on 11 April 2022 as ‘sold in Canada’.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XSS Cessna 182E Skylane (MSN 18253795) owned by Skydive Express Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1962, ex N9395X, VH-DUW.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XSS Cessna 182E Skylane (MSN 18253795) owned by Skydive Express Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 1962, ex N9395X, VH-DUW.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 ‘Yakka’ (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named ‘Hard Yakka’, owned by Gordon Johanson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-YGJ is a tailwheel conversion of a Yak-52, formerly operated by DOSAAF, a Soviet paramilitary organisation which trained pilots.
Built in 1982, ex DOSAAF-134, N25239.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 ‘Yakka’ (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named ‘Hard Yakka’, owned by Gordon Johanson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-YGJ is a tailwheel conversion of a Yak-52, formerly operated by DOSAAF, a Soviet paramilitary organisation which trained pilots.
Built in 1982, ex DOSAAF-134, N25239.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 ‘Yakka’ (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named ‘Hard Yakka’, owned by Gordon Johanson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-YGJ is a tailwheel conversion of a Yak-52, formerly operated by DOSAAF, a Soviet paramilitary organisation which trained pilots.
Built in 1982, ex DOSAAF-134, N25239.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 ‘Yakka’ (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named ‘Hard Yakka’, owned by Gordon Johanson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
VH-YGJ is a tailwheel conversion of a Yak-52, formerly operated by DOSAAF, a Soviet paramilitary organisation which trained pilots.
Built in 1982, ex DOSAAF-134, N25239.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YOG Sud Aviation GY80-150 Horizon (MSN 71) owned by Allan Churn, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
With a temporary ‘smiley face’. Built in 1965, ex ZK-CLK. Registered in Australia in 2000 as VH-YOG and then to Allan Churn in 2009.
The GY-80 Horizon is a French four-seat touring monoplane of the 1960s designed by Yves Gardan and built under licence, first by Sud Aviation, and later by SOCATA, with 267 built.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YOG Sud Aviation GY80-150 Horizon (MSN 71) owned by Allan Churn, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
With a temporary ‘smiley face’. Built in 1965, ex ZK-CLK. Registered in Australia in 2000 as VH-YOG and then to Allan Churn in 2009.
The GY-80 Horizon is a French four-seat touring monoplane of the 1960s designed by Yves Gardan and built under licence, first by Sud Aviation, and later by SOCATA, with 267 built.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YOR Vans RV-12 (MSN 120534) owned by Shirley Harding, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YOR Vans RV-12 (MSN 120534) owned by Shirley Harding, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZDB Vans RV-7A (MSN 70471) owned by Stanley Watson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZDR Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S9542) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2003, ex N21601.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZDR Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S9542) of the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2003, ex N21601.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZHA Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S12014) owned by Major Blue Air Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2017, ex N20317.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZHA Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (MSN 172S12014) owned by Major Blue Air Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Built in 2017, ex N20317.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) owned by Scott Palmer, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) owned by Scott Palmer, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Sticker denoting its participation in a re-enacment of the first scheduled air service in Australia from Geraldton to Derby to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the flight by West Australian Airways, which used Bristol Tourer biplanes.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) owned by Scott Palmer, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) owned by Scott Palmer, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSA De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 85582) owned by James Mitton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Originally ordered for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as DE628. Later to the South African Air Force (SAAF) and re-serialled as 4601. To South African civil register as ZS-BYM in March 1948, operated by Flying Springbok Aero Club at Rand Airport. Went through a few owners before being registered in 1973 to R.C. Helling, Sandton, South Africa. It was under rebuild at Rand in 1993, but its registration was cancelled on 26 July 2011 as sold in Australia. It was noted at Serpentine under restoration in 2015, still wearing the registration ZS-BYM. It was registered VH-ZSA on 21 October 2016.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, and flown by Bob Grimstead, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, and flown by Bob Grimstead, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, and flown by Bob Grimstead, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, and flown by Bob Grimstead, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, and flown by Bob Grimstead, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet (MSN SD2), owned by Isak Van Heerden, and flown by Bob Grimstead, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
The Cri-Cri is the smallest twin-engined, manned jet aircraft in the world, at 4.6 metres long, with a 5.3-metre wingspan. This one was converted from its previous two piston engines to use two Czech-built PBS TJ20A turbojets. Each engine weighs only 2.1kg and produces 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turns at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consume 1.3 Litres per minute. The engines have to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed is 120 knots and cruise is 100 knots, and range is 65 nautical miles.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned by Peter Cash, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. ZK-PZM PZL-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga-35A (MSN 140542) owned by Thomas Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021.
This aircraft had damaged wings and other controls next to it, indicating it had possibly been damaged. Not clear whether it is to be restored or stripped of spares to aid the restoration of VH-TZL, which is in the same hangar.
Built in 1981, ex G-BJAU, SP-WDC.
The PZL-104 Wilga (golden oriole) is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) civil aviation utility aircraft designed and manufactured by PZL Warszawa-Okęcie, which was acquired by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), in 2001. Production of the Wilga ceased in 2006, after over 1,000 had been built .
The Wilga has been used for touring, observation, glider towing, parachute training and bush flying and its 260hp Ivchenko AI-14RA radial engine enables it to tow up to three gliders at once.
Photo © David Eyre.
