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 flypasts, aerobatics or 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 at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Nearest are:
VH-VWS Sonex owned by Brett Ahearn.
VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee owned by Gregory Hextall.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Nearest are:
VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee owned by Gregory Hextall.
VH-DUO Vans RV-6 owned by Philip Maley.
VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing.
VH-DJR Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II owned by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC).
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Left to right:
VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee owned by Gregory Hextall.
VH-DUO Vans RV-6 owned by Philip Maley.
VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing.
VH-DJR Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II owned by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC).
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Left to right:
VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee owned by Gregory Hextall.
VH-DUO Vans RV-6 owned by Philip Maley.
VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing.
VH-DJR Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II owned by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC).
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Left to right:
VH-MGG Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee owned by Gregory Hextall.
VH-DUO Vans RV-6 owned by Philip Maley.
VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Front to rear:
VH-MJH Vans RV-6 owned by Andrew Murray.
VH-AJK Vans RV-6 owned by Adriaan J L Wessels.
VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by S & K Investments Pty Ltd.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-ORE Vans RV-6 owned by Paul Blackney.
VH-IMP Piel CP328 Super Emeraude owned by Robert Milton.
VH-OHG Glasair Sportsman owned by Mark Margolius.
VH-ZDB Vans RV-7A owned by Stanley Watson.
VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd.
VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 owned by Vaughan Emery.
VH-RBD Vans RV-14A owned by Robert Donaldson.
VH-RQQ Eagle X-TS 150 owned by Geoffrey Danes.
VH-EAC Eagle 150B owned by Timothy Walmsley.
Photo © David Eyre Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-ORE Vans RV-6 owned by Paul Blackney.
VH-IMP Piel CP328 Super Emeraude owned by Robert Milton.
VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 owned by Vaughan Emery.
Photo © David Eyre Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Left to right:
VH-IMP Piel CP328 Super Emeraude owned by Robert Milton.
VH-OHG Glasair Sportsman owned by Mark Margolius.
VH-RQQ Eagle X-TS 150 owned by Geoffrey Danes.
Behind:
VH-ZDB Vans RV-7A owned by Stanley Watson.
VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd.
Photo © David Eyre Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-RQQ Eagle X-TS 150 owned by Geoffrey Danes.
VH-OHG Glasair Sportsman owned by Mark Margolius.
VH-ZDB Vans RV-7A owned by Stanley Watson.
VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd.
Photo © David Eyre Aircraft at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, operated for Royal Australian Air Force on search and rescue.
VH-LTF Pitts S-1S Special owned by Rory Hicks.
VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd (operated by Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc).
VH-FKY Rihn DR-107 One Design owned by Christopher Shiels.
VH-OND Rihn DR-107 One Design owned by Christopher Shiels.
Photo © David Eyre. Arrivals, departures, static display and in the hangars
(Grouped in aircraft registration order)
VH-OHG Glasair Sportsman owned by Mark Margolius, and 19-5456 Morgan Aeroworks Cheetah Mk.2 owned by Ken Chandler & Mike Richardson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
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 19-8231 Aero Designs Pulsar (MSN 153/W162, ex VH-JPA) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-8231 Aero Designs Pulsar (MSN 153/W162, ex VH-JPA) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-9710 Stits SA-7D Skycoupe (MSN W10) owned by David Woodward, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1992, ex VH-ACH.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-9710 Stits SA-7D Skycoupe (MSN W10) owned by David Woodward, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1992, ex VH-ACH.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-7050 Cessna 150A owned by Tony Dale, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 15059224, built in 1961 ex VH-DCI, N7124X. First registered in Australia in 1962 as VH-DCI. In 2008, it was transferred to the Recreational Aviation Australia register as 24-7050.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8426 Bellanca 7ACA Champion at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN 6-71, built in 1971, ex N525MK.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8426 Bellanca 7ACA Champion at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN 6-71, built in 1971, ex N525MK.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8426 Bellanca 7ACA Champion at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN 6-71, built in 1971, ex N525MK.
Photo © David Eyre. 25-0143 Facet Sapphire LSA Mk II at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN LSA-143, ex 10-0143 not taken up.
Photo © David Eyre. 28-1060 Rans S-12 Super Airaile II at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN 0894510, registered 18 Aug 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. 28-1060 Rans S-12 Super Airaile II at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN 0894510, registered 18 Aug 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. Unregistered FK Lightplanes FK9 ELA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. Unregistered Jabiru at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. Unregistered Stoddard Hamilton GlaStar at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-AOH Cessna 152 owned by Westflight Aviation Pty Ltd, operated by FlyWest Aviation, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-AOH Cessna 152 owned by Westflight Aviation Pty Ltd, operated by FlyWest Aviation, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BPD Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 (replica) owned by Murray Kester, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 047, built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BVH Cessna 170B owned by Benjamin R B Sharpe, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1953, MSN 25948, ex VH-BVE, VH-SVD, N1804C.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BVH Cessna 170B owned by Benjamin R B Sharpe, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1953, MSN 25948, ex VH-BVE, VH-SVD, N1804C.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BVH Cessna 170B owned by Benjamin R B Sharpe, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1953, MSN 25948, ex VH-BVE, VH-SVD, N1804C.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BVH Cessna 170B owned by Benjamin R B Sharpe, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1953, MSN 25948, ex VH-BVE, VH-SVD, N1804C.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CAK Vans RV-7A owned by Geoff Barratt, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2015, MSN 74078. Made its first flight on 17 June 2016.
This aircraft was advertised for sale at $174,900 and sold to Johannes Gouws of Victoria in December 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CNR Vans RV-12iS owned by Martin Bullock, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2021 by John Bullock. Registered 19 October 2021 and first flown 3 May 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DJR Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II owned by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN 28-7716199, built in 1977.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DUO Vans RV-6 owned by Philip Maley, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1995, MSN W184
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DUO Vans RV-6 owned by Philip Maley, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1995, MSN W184
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1940, MSN DHA202, by De Havilland Aircraft at Bankstown, NSW. Served RAAF as A17-201. Registered 29.4.1946 as VH-AMG. Withdrawn from use in 1965 due to Department of Civil Aviation policy. Rebuilt and registered in 2000 as VH-DWD and registered to Bert Filippi in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1940, MSN DHA202, by De Havilland Aircraft at Bankstown, NSW. Served RAAF as A17-201. Registered 29.4.1946 as VH-AMG. Withdrawn from use in 1965 due to Department of Civil Aviation policy. Rebuilt and registered in 2000 as VH-DWD and registered to Bert Filippi in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAC Eagle 150B owned by Timothy Walmsley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1999, MSN 027.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAC Eagle 150B owned by Timothy Walmsley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1999, MSN 027.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Built in 2018, MSN 1586.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Built in 2018, MSN 1586.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EGP Sonex owned by Richard Ewing, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Built in 2018, MSN 1586.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EXP Stoddard Hamilton Glasair GII-RG owned by Stephen Izett, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2014, MSN 2426 ex N737MR.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EXP Stoddard Hamilton Glasair GII-RG owned by Stephen Izett, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2014, MSN 2426 ex N737MR.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth 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, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
MSN DHA34, 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-FBJ CASA 1.131E Jungmann owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann (young man)was a German basic training aircraft, which first flew in 1934 and was used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Around 5,000 were built in several countries. 530 were built in Spain, with production continuing at CASA until the early 1960s – these served the Spanish Air Force until 1968.
Built in 1950 as a CASA 1.131E at Cadiz, Spain. To Spanish Air Force as serial E3B-227.
On 6 October 1978 it was sold to Marcus L Bates of Odessa, Texas and registered N227BJ. Sold to Bert Filippi on 9 November 1995 as VH-FBJ.
Photo © David Eyre.
VH-FBJ CASA 1.131E Jungmann owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann (young man)was a German basic training aircraft, which first flew in 1934 and was used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Around 5,000 were built in several countries. 530 were built in Spain, with production continuing at CASA until the early 1960s – these served the Spanish Air Force until 1968.
Built in 1950 as a CASA 1.131E at Cadiz, Spain. To Spanish Air Force as serial E3B-227.
On 6 October 1978 it was sold to Marcus L Bates of Odessa, Texas and registered N227BJ. Sold to Bert Filippi on 9 November 1995 as VH-FBJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FIO Vans RV-10 owned by Gregory McFarlane, of Albany, WA, named ‘Fabulous Ten’, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2011, MSN 40389.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FIO Vans RV-10 owned by Gregory McFarlane, of Albany, WA, named ‘Fabulous Ten’, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2011, MSN 40389.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FKY Rihn DR-107 One Design owned by Christoper Shiels, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1999, MSN 94-0046, 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-FMC Vans RV-9A owned by Vicki Morris at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at Esperance. MSN 91412 built in 2012.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FPP Eagle X-TS 150 (rear fuselage only) and VH-FPW Eagle X-TS 150A owned by Gordon Johanson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-FPP MSN 009 was originally registered on 10 January 1995 and converted from an Eagle X-TS 100. It was last used by Jandakot Flight Centre (JFC) and on 12 May 2010, it crashed at Jandakot Airport. Soon after lift-off the engine started to run rough and lost power. The instructor took control and flew 50-100 feet above ground level, turning downwind to another runway. Near the end of that runway the aircraft pitched nose-up, stalled and collided with the ground, seriously damaging the aircraft and injuring the occupants. Registration VH-FPP is now being used by a different aircraft.
VH-FPW MSN 005 was registered 22 December 1994 and converted from an Eagle X-TS 100. On 5 July 2006, its registration was revoked, but it was registered again on 30 November 2006. It was registered to Gordon Johanson on 27 October 2021.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IMQ Pazmany PL-2 owned by Michael Radford-Smit, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2022, MSN 117, registered 31 May 2022.
The Pazmany PL-2 is an American two-seat trainer and personal light aircraft designed in the 1960s by Ladislao Pazmany, marketed as a homebuilt aircraft by Pazmany Aircraft Corporation.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IMQ Pazmany PL-2 owned by Michael Radford-Smit, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2022, MSN 117, registered 31 May 2022.
The Pazmany PL-2 is an American two-seat trainer and personal light aircraft designed in the 1960s by Ladislao Pazmany, marketed as a homebuilt aircraft by Pazmany Aircraft Corporation.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ISI Pitts S-1 Special owned by Gordon Johanson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2007, MSN 4875.
Designed by Curtis Pitts as a single-seat aerobatic biplane in 1943–1944, first flown in 1944 and still produced today.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ISI Pitts S-1 Special owned by Gordon Johanson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2007, MSN 4875.
Designed by Curtis Pitts as a single-seat aerobatic biplane in 1943–1944, first flown in 1944 and still produced today.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IWG Bede BD-5B Micro owned by Jane Hulbert, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
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 (MSN 3664) 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-IWG Bede BD-5B Micro owned by Jane Hulbert, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
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 (MSN 3664) 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-IWG Bede BD-5B Micro owned by Jane Hulbert, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
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 (MSN 3664) 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-JOX Paleto Maverick (MSN W132) owned by Geoffrey P Danes, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
This one of a kind aerobatic aircraft was designed and built nearby at Jandakot Airport by Aeronautical Engineers Australia, led by Graham Swannell and Geoff Danes. Using carbon and glass fibre construction, it has good cross-country capability, cruise of over 160kts and has an inverted oil and fuel system for 3 minutes inverted flight. Powered by a Continental O-200-A.
First registered on 23 December 1987, made its first flight on 24 December 1987. Being restored back to airworthy status.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JOX Paleto Maverick (MSN W132) owned by Geoffrey P Danes, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
This one of a kind aerobatic aircraft was designed and built nearby at Jandakot Airport by Aeronautical Engineers Australia, led by Graham Swannell and Geoff Danes. Using carbon and glass fibre construction, it has good cross-country capability, cruise of over 160kts and has an inverted oil and fuel system for 3 minutes inverted flight. Powered by a Continental O-200-A.
First registered on 23 December 1987, made its first flight on 24 December 1987. Being restored back to airworthy status.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JWM Aviat A-1C-200 Husky owned by Julian Walter Holdings Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Aviat Husky is a two-seat aircraft built by Aviat Aircraft of Afton, Wyoming, USA. Designed by Christen Industries in 1985, using computer aided design (CAD) software. It has a high power-to-weight ratio, low wing loading, and good short-field performance.
Built in 2009, (MSN 3052) ex N192TC.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JWM Aviat A-1C-200 Husky owned by Julian Walter Holdings Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Aviat Husky is a two-seat aircraft built by Aviat Aircraft of Afton, Wyoming, USA. Designed by Christen Industries in 1985, using computer aided design (CAD) software. It has a high power-to-weight ratio, low wing loading, and good short-field performance.
Built in 2009, (MSN 3052) ex N192TC.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JWM Aviat A-1C-200 Husky owned by Julian Walter Holdings Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Aviat Husky is a two-seat aircraft built by Aviat Aircraft of Afton, Wyoming, USA. Designed by Christen Industries in 1985, using computer aided design (CAD) software. It has a high power-to-weight ratio, low wing loading, and good short-field performance.
Built in 2009, (MSN 3052) ex N192TC.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JWM Aviat A-1C-200 Husky owned by Julian Walter Holdings Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Aviat Husky is a two-seat aircraft built by Aviat Aircraft of Afton, Wyoming, USA. Designed by Christen Industries in 1985, using computer aided design (CAD) software. It has a high power-to-weight ratio, low wing loading, and good short-field performance.
Built in 2009, (MSN 3052) ex N192TC.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
This is a Spanish-built version of the German 1930s-designed Bucker Bu-131 Jungmann trainer, 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. MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
This is a Spanish-built version of the German 1930s-designed Bucker Bu-131 Jungmann trainer, 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. MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A owned by University Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2003, MSN 90484, ex C-GYZT.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LAT Vans RV-9A owned by University Flying Club Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2003, MSN 90484, ex C-GYZT.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LTF Pitts S-1S Special owned by Rory Hicks, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1981, MSN 183-32-2201, 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 owned by Gregory Hextall, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1965, MSN 28-20953.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 owned by Andrew Murray, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 owned by Andrew Murray, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 owned by Andrew Murray, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NHD / B-1727 / 2 Sopwith Pup named ‘Normie’, owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2023.
After USAF Colonel Harold Schultz decided to build an exact replica of the Sopwith Pup, he started to collect original parts, including an 80 hp Le Rhône rotary engine. The collecting and initial building took 25 years, however, deteriorating eyesight forced Schultz to abandon the project, and handed it over to Bert Filippi in Australia. The replica was finished by Fred Murrin over a five year period, and was given the color scheme and markings of the Sopwith Pup with RFC s/n B1727, that was named ‘Normie’ after Second Lieutenant Norman Herford Dimmock who normally flew the B1727 on the western front. While flown by another pilot, B1727 crashed in France on October 28 1917. Dimmock kept the windshield and joystick, which he donated to Schultz many decades later.
As a tribute to Norman Herford Dimmock, the aircraft was registered VH-NHD, and was flown for the first time by Bert Filippi at Jandakot, near Perth Western Australia on March 4, 2010.
While almost all parts in VH-NHD are original of that era, including the propeller and the 80hp Le Rhone rotary engine, only the windshield and the joystick are from B-1727. For that reason it is registered as a replica, but even to the most discerning eye, this aircraft cannot be distinguished from a Sopwith Scout out of the Standard Aviation Factory in Sutton in 1917. A far cry from other aircraft registered as Sopwith Pups, which have radial engines, steel fuselage, modern fabric not to mention tail wheels and brakes.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OAL Cirrus SR22T-G5 GTS owned by Timothy Moore, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2023.
MSN 0951, built in 2014.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OAL Cirrus SR22T-G5 GTS owned by Timothy Moore, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2023.
MSN 0951, built in 2014.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OHG Glasair Sportsman owned by Mark Margolius, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OHG Glasair Sportsman owned by Mark Margolius, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation owned by Thomas Oosterhof, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1998, MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF, registered VH-OID on 5 July 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OID Mooney M20R Ovation owned by Thomas Oosterhof, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1998, MSN 29-0162, ex N84TF, registered VH-OID on 5 July 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OND Rihn DR-107 One Design owned by Christoper Shiels, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2001, MSN 94-0195, 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-OND Rihn DR-107 One Design owned by Christoper Shiels, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2001, MSN 94-0195, 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-OND Rihn DR-107 One Design owned by Christoper Shiels, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2001, MSN 94-0195, 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-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OOU Rutan 74 Defiant owned by Timely Addition Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1988, MSN Q35, ex VH-OOI.
The Rutan Defiant was designed by Burt Rutan as a four-seat aircraft with twin engines in a push-pull configuration and first flown in 1978. It was intended to be a proof-of-concept aircraft for a safe light twin design, requiring minimal pilot action in case of engine failure, with good single engine performance.
In 1979, Rutan planned to certify the aircraft for production, but lacking financing, it was instead modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74, with the first kitplane version flying in 1983. 176 sets of plans were purchased before Rutan stopped selling plans in 1985.
Built using fiberglass layup over styrofoam core shapes, similar to the Rutan VariEze. Nose gear is retractable, the main gear is fixed, there are no flaps, has an offset, forward-mounted rudder and it has fixed-pitch, non-feathering props.
VH-OOI was registered in 1988 (reregistered VH-OOU in 2007) as the only Defiant in Australia until 2006, when another was built (VH-DFY). VH-OOU is based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ORE Vans RV-6 owned by Paul Blackney, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-PKQ Falconar F-12A owned by Michael Radford-Smit, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2004, registered 15 November 2004, MSN F8243.
The Falconar F-12 series was developed from the F-11 series, which in turn was developed from the French Jodel D-11. It was designed by Christopher Falconar and supplied as a kit or as plans by Falconar Avia at Edmonton, Canada. It has a larger cockpit, simplified fittings, better stall characteristics, a new folding wing design, and the option of a third seat.
Photo © David Eyre.
VH-PKQ Falconar F-12A owned by Michael Radford-Smit, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2004, registered 15 November 2004, MSN F8243.
The Falconar F-12 series was developed from the F-11 series, which in turn was developed from the French Jodel D-11. It was designed by Christopher Falconar and supplied as a kit or as plans by Falconar Avia at Edmonton, Canada. It has a larger cockpit, simplified fittings, better stall characteristics, a new folding wing design, and the option of a third seat.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RBD Vans RV-14A owned by Robert Donaldson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at Esperance, WA. Built in 2021, registered 11 May 2021, MSN 140065.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RBD Vans RV-14A owned by Robert Donaldson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at Esperance, WA. Built in 2021, registered 11 May 2021, MSN 140065.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RBD Vans RV-14A owned by Robert Donaldson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at Esperance, WA. Built in 2021, registered 11 May 2021, MSN 140065.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RHW / WB677 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1950, MSN C1/0125, delivered to the Royal Air Force (UK) as WB677 on 16 August 1950. Sold 24 September 1956 while in storage at No.10 Maintenance Unit, RAF Hullavington, UK. First registered in Australia on 21 November 1957 as VH-RHW by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, initially based at Maylands Aerodrome, Perth and then Perth Airport, until sold in 1962. It went through a series of owners until purchased by Glen Caple in 1973.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RHW / WB677 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1950, MSN C1/0125, delivered to the Royal Air Force (UK) as WB677 on 16 August 1950. Sold 24 September 1956 while in storage at No.10 Maintenance Unit, RAF Hullavington, UK. First registered in Australia on 21 November 1957 as VH-RHW by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, initially based at Maylands Aerodrome, Perth and then Perth Airport, until sold in 1962. It went through a series of owners until purchased by Glen Caple in 1973.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RHW / WB677 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1950, MSN C1/0125, delivered to the Royal Air Force (UK) as WB677 on 16 August 1950. Sold 24 September 1956 while in storage at No.10 Maintenance Unit, RAF Hullavington, UK. First registered in Australia on 21 November 1957 as VH-RHW by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, initially based at Maylands Aerodrome, Perth and then Perth Airport, until sold in 1962. It went through a series of owners until purchased by Glen Caple in 1973.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RQZ AgustaWestland AW139 of CHC Helicopters, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Based at RAAF Base Pearce, north of Perth, Western Australia, on contract to the Royal Australian Air Force as a search and rescue helicopter, using callsign ‘CHOPPER 61’.
Built in 2008, MSN 31209, ex G-CGWB.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RWJ Cessna A152 Aerobat owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1979, MSN A1520845, ex N4621A.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RWJ Cessna A152 Aerobat owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia Inc, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1979, MSN A1520845, ex N4621A.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-SJV Vans RV-6A owned by Tracy Law, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2002, MSN 3993, ex VH-WPG.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TKZ Eagle 150B owned by Steven Black, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1999, MSN 024. Making a welcome first visit to Serpentine, having recently being acquired by a Western Australian owner. One of five Eagles at Serpentine on the day – VH-EAC and VH-RQQ also flew in, while the remains of VH-FPP and VH-FPW were in Gordon Johanson’s hangar.
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-TKZ Eagle 150B owned by Steven Black, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1999, MSN 024. Making a welcome first visit to Serpentine, having recently being acquired by a Western Australian owner. One of five Eagles at Serpentine on the day – VH-EAC and VH-RQQ also flew in, while the remains of VH-FPP and VH-FPW were in Gordon Johanson’s hangar.
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-TKZ Eagle 150B owned by Steven Black, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1999, MSN 024. Making a welcome first visit to Serpentine, having recently being acquired by a Western Australian owner. One of five Eagles at Serpentine on the day – VH-EAC and VH-RQQ also flew in, while the remains of VH-FPP and VH-FPW were in Gordon Johanson’s hangar.
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-TWT Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow owned by Adam Price, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1969, MSN 28R-30676.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-TWT Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow owned by Adam Price, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1969, MSN 28R-30676.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UCP/NX12941 Pietenpol Sky Scout B4A1 owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1932, MSN 12, registered NX12941, then N12941. Registered to Bert Filippi on 20 October 2005 as VH-UCP.
Bernard H. Pietenpol designed the Pietenpol Air Camper, which first flew in 1928. He also designed and published plans for a single-seat version, the Pietenpol Sky Scout, which was smaller and powered by a Ford Model T car engine. The aircraft is made of spruce and plywood, and building requires basic woodworking skills and tools, plus the ability to make a few metal fittings to attach the wooden parts together.
Photo © David Eyre VH-UCP/NX12941 Pietenpol Sky Scout B4A1 owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1932, MSN 12, registered NX12941, then N12941. Registered to Bert Filippi on 20 October 2005 as VH-UCP.
Bernard H. Pietenpol designed the Pietenpol Air Camper, which first flew in 1928. He also designed and published plans for a single-seat version, the Pietenpol Sky Scout, which was smaller and powered by a Ford Model T car engine. The aircraft is made of spruce and plywood, and building requires basic woodworking skills and tools, plus the ability to make a few metal fittings to attach the wooden parts together.
Photo © David Eyre VH-UFB Nord 3202 owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Nord 3202 was a 1950s French military trainer.
Built in 1960, MSN 97, served with the French Army as 97/F-MAIP. Sold as N2256W to David C. Tallichet & John R. Hawke/Euroworld California Inc, Long Beach California on 20 February 1978, stored in Florida in yellow French Army livery. In 1984, it was sold to Levolor Lorentzen Inc, Lyndhurst, New Jersey and in 1987 to Hubert B. Finch, Houston, Texas. On 12 November 1991 it was registered VH-UFB to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UFB Nord 3202 owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
The Nord 3202 was a 1950s French military trainer.
Built in 1960, MSN 97, served with the French Army as 97/F-MAIP. Sold as N2256W to David C. Tallichet & John R. Hawke/Euroworld California Inc, Long Beach California on 20 February 1978, stored in Florida in yellow French Army livery. In 1984, it was sold to Levolor Lorentzen Inc, Lyndhurst, New Jersey and in 1987 to Hubert B. Finch, Houston, Texas. On 12 November 1991 it was registered VH-UFB to Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 owned by Vaughan Emery, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2016, MSN 2308, registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 owned by Vaughan Emery, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2016, MSN 2308, registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VWS Sonex owned by Brett Ahearn, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Built in 2016, MSN 1645.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VWS Sonex owned by Brett Ahearn, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Built in 2016, MSN 1645.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VWS Sonex owned by Brett Ahearn, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Sonex Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded in 1998 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin by John Monnett, who designed the Monnett Sonerai.
Built in 2016, MSN 1645.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WCE Sonex owned by Richard Schaffner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2014, MSN 1011.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WCE Sonex owned by Richard Schaffner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2014, MSN 1011.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WCE Sonex owned by Richard Schaffner, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2014, MSN 1011.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XHW/A19-075 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer owned by David Kerr, operated by Christopher Brady, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1976, MSN 075, ex A19-075 (Royal Australian Air Force), ZK-EUX, 75 (Rhodesian Air Force).
Delivered as ZK-EUX to the RAAF on 20 May 1982 and given serial A19-075. Sold on 22 May 1993 and registered VH-XHW on 30 November 1994 to John Hilton-Wood of Mt Eliza, Victoria. To David Kerr in 2015.
Photo © David Eyre VH-XHW/A19-075 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer owned by David Kerr, operated by Christopher Brady, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1976, MSN 075, ex A19-075 (Royal Australian Air Force), ZK-EUX, 75 (Rhodesian Air Force).
Delivered as ZK-EUX to the RAAF on 20 May 1982 and given serial A19-075. Sold on 22 May 1993 and registered VH-XHW on 30 November 1994 to John Hilton-Wood of Mt Eliza, Victoria. To David Kerr in 2015.
Photo © David Eyre VH-XHW/A19-075 NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer owned by David Kerr, operated by Christopher Brady, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1976, MSN 075, ex A19-075 (Royal Australian Air Force), ZK-EUX, 75 (Rhodesian Air Force).
Delivered as ZK-EUX to the RAAF on 20 May 1982 and given serial A19-075. Sold on 22 May 1993 and registered VH-XHW on 30 November 1994 to John Hilton-Wood of Mt Eliza, Victoria. To David Kerr in 2015.
Photo © David Eyre VH-XRV Vans RV-6 operated by Richard Schaffner, at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1997, MSN Q76, first registered 25 September 1997, first flown 4 February 1999. Based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XRV Vans RV-6 operated by Richard Schaffner, at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1997, MSN Q76, first registered 25 September 1997, first flown 4 February 1999. Based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XRV Vans RV-6 operated by Richard Schaffner, at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1997, MSN Q76, first registered 25 September 1997, first flown 4 February 1999. Based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XRV Vans RV-6 operated by Richard Schaffner, at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1997, MSN Q76, first registered 25 September 1997, first flown 4 February 1999. Based at Bunbury Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XSS Cessna 182E Skylane owned by Skydive Express Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1962, MSN 18253795, ex N9395X, VH-DUW.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1990, MSN 1018, registered 25 May 1990.
Photo © David Eyre VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1990, MSN 1018, registered 25 May 1990.
Photo © David Eyre VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1990, MSN 1018, registered 25 May 1990.
Photo © David Eyre VH-XYE SOCATA TB-10 Tobago owned by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1990, MSN 1018, registered 25 May 1990.
Photo © David Eyre VH-YLC Vans RV-6 owned by Andrew Tainsh, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 23 October 2022.
MSN W185, built in 2000 by Andrew Tainsh, registered 26 May 2000, first flown 14 October 2000.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YUY Vans RV-6 owned by Martin Ford, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 2017 by Martin Ford, MSN 21545, first flown on 1 June 2019.
Photo © David Eyre De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10s VH-RHW / WB677 owned by Glen Caple, and VH-ZAZ owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-RHW: Built in 1950, MSN C1/0125, delivered to the Royal Air Force (UK) as WB677 on 16 August 1950. Sold 24 September 1956 while in storage at No.10 Maintenance Unit, RAF Hullavington, UK. First registered in Australia on 21 November 1957 as VH-RHW by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, initially based at Maylands Aerodrome, Perth and then Perth Airport, until sold in 1962. It went through a series of owners until purchased by Glen Caple in 1973.
VH-ZAZ: Built in 1951, MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372, delivered to the Royal Air Force as WG429 on 19 October 1951. Sold on 10 Aug 1956 and registered 25 March 1958 as VH-RVS with Royal Victorian Aero Club, at Moorabbin Airport, Victoria. Deregistered 6 March 1972 as withdrawn from use. Restored 17 August 1992 as VH-ZAZ to Kevin Bailey.
Photo © David Eyre. De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10s VH-RHW / WB677 owned by Glen Caple, and VH-ZAZ owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
VH-RHW: Built in 1950, MSN C1/0125, delivered to the Royal Air Force (UK) as WB677 on 16 August 1950. Sold 24 September 1956 while in storage at No.10 Maintenance Unit, RAF Hullavington, UK. First registered in Australia on 21 November 1957 as VH-RHW by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, initially based at Maylands Aerodrome, Perth and then Perth Airport, until sold in 1962. It went through a series of owners until purchased by Glen Caple in 1973.
VH-ZAZ: Built in 1951, MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372, delivered to the Royal Air Force as WG429 on 19 October 1951. Sold on 10 Aug 1956 and registered 25 March 1958 as VH-RVS with Royal Victorian Aero Club, at Moorabbin Airport, Victoria. Deregistered 6 March 1972 as withdrawn from use. Restored 17 August 1992 as VH-ZAZ to Kevin Bailey.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZAZ De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1951, MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372, delivered to the Royal Air Force as WG429 on 19 October 1951. Sold by the RAF on 10 August 1956 and registered 25 March 1958 as VH-RVS with Royal Victorian Aero Club, at Moorabbin Airport, Victoria. Deregistered 6 March 1972 as withdrawn from use. Restored 17 August 1992 as VH-ZAZ to Kevin Bailey.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZAZ De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1951, MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372, delivered to the Royal Air Force as WG429 on 19 October 1951. Sold by the RAF on 10 August 1956 and registered 25 March 1958 as VH-RVS with Royal Victorian Aero Club, at Moorabbin Airport, Victoria. Deregistered 6 March 1972 as withdrawn from use. Restored 17 August 1992 as VH-ZAZ to Kevin Bailey.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZAZ De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1951, MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372, delivered to the Royal Air Force as WG429 on 19 October 1951. Sold by the RAF on 10 August 1956 and registered 25 March 1958 as VH-RVS with Royal Victorian Aero Club, at Moorabbin Airport, Victoria. Deregistered 6 March 1972 as withdrawn from use. Restored 17 August 1992 as VH-ZAZ to Kevin Bailey.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZDB Vans RV-7A owned by Stanley Watson, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSA De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth owned by James (Jimmy) Mitton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1942, MSN 85582. 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 to Jimmy Mitton on 21 October 2016 and he told me that this was aircraft in which he did his flight training many years ago, in South Africa.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSA De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth owned by James (Jimmy) Mitton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield, Western Australia – 23 October 2022.
Built in 1942, MSN 85582. 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 to Jimmy Mitton on 21 October 2016 and he told me that this was aircraft in which he did his flight training many years ago, in South Africa.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet 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 built in 2011 by Sakkie Van Heerden/Dawie Botes, (MSN SD2) and first flew on 18 February 2012, with JPX PUL 212 piston engines.
In 2015, it was fitted with two Czech-built PBS VB TJ20A jet engines. Each engine weighed only 2.1kg and produced 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turned at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consumed 1.3 Litres per minute. and the engines had to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed was 120 knots and cruise speed 100 knots, and range was 65 nautical miles.
By 2021, it had been converted again, to use two German Jetcat 300 turbojets of 30N thrust, as seen here.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet 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 built in 2011 by Sakkie Van Heerden/Dawie Botes, (MSN SD2) and first flew on 18 February 2012, with JPX PUL 212 piston engines.
In 2015, it was fitted with two Czech-built PBS VB TJ20A jet engines. Each engine weighed only 2.1kg and produced 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turned at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consumed 1.3 Litres per minute. and the engines had to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed was 120 knots and cruise speed 100 knots, and range was 65 nautical miles.
By 2021, it had been converted again, to use two German Jetcat 300 turbojets of 30N thrust, as seen here.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSE Colomban MC-15J Cri-Cri Jet 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 built in 2011 by Sakkie Van Heerden/Dawie Botes, (MSN SD2) and first flew on 18 February 2012, with JPX PUL 212 piston engines.
In 2015, it was fitted with two Czech-built PBS VB TJ20A jet engines. Each engine weighed only 2.1kg and produced 20kg of thrust. At idle, the engine turned at 35,000 RPM and at max power, 120,000 RPM. The two engines together consumed 1.3 Litres per minute. and the engines had to be overhauled every 50 hours of operating time. Max speed was 120 knots and cruise speed 100 knots, and range was 65 nautical miles.
By 2021, it had been converted again, to use two German Jetcat 300 turbojets of 30N thrust, as seen here.
Photo © David Eyre.
