Copyright © 27 October 2019 – David Eyre
VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze ‘VariJet’ (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019. The Sport Aircraft Builders Club of WA Inc (SABC) hosted its Annual Fly-In at the SABC’s airfield at Serpentine Airfield, about an hour’s drive south of Perth, WA, on Sunday 27 October 2019.
Many aircraft at the Fly-In were built or restored at Serpentine, but the event also attracts visiting aircraft from other parts of Western Australia. This free event is an opportunity for SABC members to show the public the results of their many hours of effort in building or restoring aircraft.
Clear blue skies drew a large number of aircraft. While this is not an air display, a number of pilots flew solo or in formation. The hangars also contain surprises, with different aircraft under construction or restoration, and SABC members are happy to discuss their aircraft.
Sport Aircraft Builders Club of WA Inc (SABC)
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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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 – 27 October 2019.
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. 19-7925 Fly Synthesis Storch HS (MSN 412CL) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-7925 Fly Synthesis Storch HS (MSN 412CL) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-7925 Fly Synthesis Storch HS (MSN 412CL) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Being pushed back to the parking area, with a line of aircraft on the taxiway.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-8402 ICP MXP-740 Savannah S (MSN 12-06-54-0195), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-8402 ICP MXP-740 Savannah S (MSN 12-06-54-0195), at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1992, ex VH-ACH.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-3811 Kappa KP-2U Sabre RVX 100 (MSN 7688I) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a two-seat civil utility aircraft designed in the Czech Republic and available in kit form for home building.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-3811 Kappa KP-2U Sabre RVX 100 (MSN 7688I) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a two-seat civil utility aircraft designed in the Czech Republic and available in kit form for home building.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-3811 Kappa KP-2U Sabre RVX 100 (MSN 7688I) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a two-seat civil utility aircraft designed in the Czech Republic and available in kit form for home building.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-4052 Evektor SportStar (MSN 20040204) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-4052 Evektor SportStar (MSN 20040204) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-7028 Tecnam P92 Echo Super (MSN 1151) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-7028 Tecnam P92 Echo Super (MSN 1151) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-7028 Tecnam P92 Echo Super (MSN 1151) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-7797 FK Lightplanes FK9 ELA (MSN 405) owned by Viv Harris, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8063 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-109) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 24-8063 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat (MSN A22LS-109) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 32-4068 Solo Wings Windlass Aquilla (MSN WA742) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 32-4068 Solo Wings Windlass Aquilla (MSN WA742) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 32-7992 Airborne Windsports Edge X (MSN E-0235) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 32-7992 Airborne Windsports Edge X (MSN E-0235) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 55-0676 Skyfox CA22 (MSN CA22005) at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. 55-0676 Skyfox CA22 (MSN CA22005) at at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-AJK Vans RV-6 (MSN 21429) owned by Adriaan J L Wessels, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-AJK Vans RV-6 (MSN 21429) owned by Adriaan J L Wessels, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-AYJ Auster J/1BL Autocrat (Lycoming) (MSN 2346) owned by Glenn Shaw, at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1947, first registered in the UK as G-AJPX on 12 May 1947 as an Auster V J/1 Autocrat. Delivered to Air Schools Ltd, Derby (Burnaston), UK. Cancelled 1.8.51 as sold in Australia, where it was registered VH-AYJ on 22 Nov 1951. Converted in 1959 to Auster J/1L “Kingsmith” by Kingsford-Smith Aviation Services, re-engined with a 150 hp Lycoming O-320, added wheel spats (later removed) and modifications. Converted to J/1BL in 1965.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-AYY Vans RV-7 (MSN 71691) owned by Christian Siemer, Esperance, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2004.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BCM Piper PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV (MSN 28R-8118074) owned by James King, of Denmark, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1981, ex VH-KJM, N8398Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BCM Piper PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV (MSN 28R-8118074) owned by James King, of Denmark, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1981, ex VH-KJM, N8398Q.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BFC Cessna A152 Aerobat (MSN A1520794) owned by Peter R Hill, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Previously owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia. Built in 1978, ex N7375L.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BFC Cessna A152 Aerobat (MSN A1520794) owned by Peter R Hill, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Previously owned by the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia. Built in 1978, ex N7375L.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BJV Cessna 152 (MSN 15285333) owned by Excess Enterprises Pty Ltd, operated by Kimberley Paine, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Formerly operated by Ballarat Aero Club and still wearing their titles. Built in 1981, ex N1678C, (N68720), (N68715).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BJV Cessna 152 (MSN 15285333) owned by Excess Enterprises Pty Ltd, operated by Kimberley Paine, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Formerly operated by Ballarat Aero Club and still wearing their titles. Built in 1981, ex N1678C, (N68720), (N68715).
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 – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2016. Painted in Royal Canadian Air Force markings.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BTP / A17-744 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA1075/T315) owned by David O’Neill, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1944 by De Havilland Aircraft, at Bankstown, NSW. To RAAF in 1944 with serial A17-744. Sold in 1955 and registered as VH-BTP. It was later based at Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. Crashed in 1962 at Carnamah, WA and the registration was cancelled in 1963. Following a rebuild, it was registered again in 1988 as VH-BTP.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BTP / A17-744 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA1075/T315) owned by David O’Neill, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1944 by De Havilland Aircraft, at Bankstown, NSW. To RAAF in 1944 with serial A17-744. Sold in 1955 and registered as VH-BTP. It was later based at Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. Crashed in 1962 at Carnamah, WA and the registration was cancelled in 1963. Following a rebuild, it was registered again in 1988 as VH-BTP.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BTP / A17-744 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA1075/T315) owned by David O’Neill, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1944 by De Havilland Aircraft, at Bankstown, NSW. To RAAF in 1944 with serial A17-744. Sold in 1955 and registered as VH-BTP. It was later based at Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. Crashed in 1962 at Carnamah, WA and the registration was cancelled in 1963. Following a rebuild, it was registered again in 1988 as VH-BTP.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-BTP / A17-744 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA1075/T315) owned by David O’Neill, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1944 by De Havilland Aircraft, at Bankstown, NSW. To RAAF in 1944 with serial A17-744. Sold in 1955 and registered as VH-BTP. It was later based at Maylands Aerodrome in Perth. Crashed in 1962 at Carnamah, WA and the registration was cancelled in 1963. Following a rebuild, it was registered again in 1988 as VH-BTP.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CEU Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee 235 (MSN 28-10658) owned by Howard J Pietersie, of Northam, WA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1965, ex VH-CFU.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CEU Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee 235 (MSN 28-10658) owned by Howard J Pietersie, of Northam, WA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1965, ex VH-CFU.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CEU Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee 235 (MSN 28-10658) owned by Howard J Pietersie, of Northam, WA at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1965, ex VH-CFU.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-COV Zenair CH200 Zenith (MSN A66) owned by Peter Cove, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-CTL Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee 140 (MSN 28-23910) owned by Jack Geyer, Donnybrook, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1970. Photo © David Eyre. VH-CTL Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee 140 (MSN 28-23910) owned by Jack Geyer, Donnybrook, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1970. Photo © David Eyre. VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze VariJet (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built as a piston-powered VariEze by Geoff Danes and first flown on 12 September 1979, this was the second VariEze built in Australia.
From around 2010, the aircraft was slowly converted to jet power, using a Turbomeca Palas, a centrifugal turbojet engine designed in France in 1950 to power light aircraft. Geoff made the first flight of the ‘VariJet’ with the jet engine one year ago, on 28 October 2018, at Jandakot Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze VariJet (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built as a piston-powered VariEze by Geoff Danes and first flown on 12 September 1979, this was the second VariEze built in Australia.
From around 2010, the aircraft was slowly converted to jet power, using a Turbomeca Palas, a centrifugal turbojet engine designed in France in 1950 to power light aircraft. Geoff made the first flight of the ‘VariJet’ with the jet engine one year ago, on 28 October 2018, at Jandakot Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze VariJet (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built as a piston-powered VariEze by Geoff Danes and first flown on 12 September 1979, this was the second VariEze built in Australia.
From around 2010, the aircraft was slowly converted to jet power, using a Turbomeca Palas, a centrifugal turbojet engine designed in France in 1950 to power light aircraft. Geoff made the first flight of the ‘VariJet’ with the jet engine one year ago, on 28 October 2018, at Jandakot Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze VariJet (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built as a piston-powered VariEze by Geoff Danes and first flown on 12 September 1979, this was the second VariEze built in Australia.
From around 2010, the aircraft was slowly converted to jet power, using a Turbomeca Palas, a centrifugal turbojet engine designed in France in 1950 to power light aircraft. Geoff made the first flight of the ‘VariJet’ with the jet engine one year ago, on 28 October 2018, at Jandakot Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DED Rutan 33 VariEze VariJet (MSN W91) owned by Geoffrey Danes, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built as a piston-powered VariEze by Geoff Danes and first flown on 12 September 1979, this was the second VariEze built in Australia.
From around 2010, the aircraft was slowly converted to jet power, using a Turbomeca Palas, a centrifugal turbojet engine designed in France in 1950 to power light aircraft. Geoff made the first flight of the ‘VariJet’ with the jet engine one year ago, on 28 October 2018, at Jandakot Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DGV Cessna 150 Taildragger (MSN 17232) named ‘Lady Karin’, owned by Adam Price, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1959 and later converted from tricycle landing gear to tailwheel. Ex N5732E, VH-WOH, VH-RQX, VH-BQX, VH-RQX, VH-CYI.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DGV Cessna 150 Taildragger (MSN 17232) named ‘Lady Karin’, owned by Adam Price, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1959 and later converted from tricycle landing gear to tailwheel. Ex N5732E, VH-WOH, VH-RQX, VH-BQX, VH-RQX, VH-CYI.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAM Cessna 182T Skylane (MSN 18280995, ex N967AC) owned by Michael Chester, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EAM Cessna 182T Skylane (MSN 18280995, ex N967AC) owned by Michael Chester, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-EGP Sonex (MSN 1586) owned by Richard Ewing, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1942, ex A17-37, VH-RJA. 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 – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1942, ex A17-37, VH-RJA. This aircraft was rebuilt after ditching into the Swan River in November 1995.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FIO Vans RV-10 (MSN 40389) owned by Gregory McFarlane, of Albany, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FIO Vans RV-10 (MSN 40389) owned by Gregory McFarlane, of Albany, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FIO Vans RV-10 (MSN 40389) owned by Gregory McFarlane, of Albany, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FPF Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (MSN 18-7709153) owned by Sean Powell, Quairading, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
One of eight Super Cubs used by the Western Australian Government for forest patrol flights. These were introduced during October 1978 to September 1980, registered VH-FPF to FPK, VH-FPM and FPN – the “FP” in the registration standing for Forest Patrol. In the late 1980s, a local aircraft distributor proposed the Taylorcraft F-21B as a replacement, but this was not taken up. In 1994, the Eagle XTS was just starting production in WA, but had not yet found customers, so two aircraft were trialled, but this proved unsuccessful. In 1997, the Super Cubs were replaced with American Champion 8GCBC Scouts.
VH-FPF was the last Super Cub in WA Government service and was sold in June 2002 – VH-FPF was also the longest serving, being their first Super Cub delivered in October 1978. Beside fire spotting, the Super Cubs had also been used for search and rescue and scientific research. The Super Cub fleet flew more than 120,000 hours and covered around 20 million kilometres – equal to 25 return trips to the Moon. VH-FPF was built in 1977, ex N82405.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FPF Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (MSN 18-7709153) owned by Sean Powell, Quairading, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
One of eight Super Cubs used by the Western Australian Government for forest patrol flights. These were introduced during October 1978 to September 1980, registered VH-FPF to FPK, VH-FPM and FPN – the “FP” in the registration standing for Forest Patrol. In the late 1980s, a local aircraft distributor proposed the Taylorcraft F-21B as a replacement, but this was not taken up. In 1994, the Eagle XTS was just starting production in WA, but had not yet found customers, so two aircraft were trialled, but this proved unsuccessful. In 1997, the Super Cubs were replaced with American Champion 8GCBC Scouts.
VH-FPF was the last Super Cub in WA Government service and was sold in June 2002 – VH-FPF was also the longest serving, being their first Super Cub delivered in October 1978. Beside fire spotting, the Super Cubs had also been used for search and rescue and scientific research. The Super Cub fleet flew more than 120,000 hours and covered around 20 million kilometres – equal to 25 return trips to the Moon. VH-FPF was built in 1977, ex N82405.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FPF Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (MSN 18-7709153) owned by Sean Powell, Quairading, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
One of eight Super Cubs used by the Western Australian Government for forest patrol flights. These were introduced during October 1978 to September 1980, registered VH-FPF to FPK, VH-FPM and FPN – the “FP” in the registration standing for Forest Patrol. In the late 1980s, a local aircraft distributor proposed the Taylorcraft F-21B as a replacement, but this was not taken up. In 1994, the Eagle XTS was just starting production in WA, but had not yet found customers, so two aircraft were trialled, but this proved unsuccessful. In 1997, the Super Cubs were replaced with American Champion 8GCBC Scouts.
VH-FPF was the last Super Cub in WA Government service and was sold in June 2002 – VH-FPF was also the longest serving, being their first Super Cub delivered in October 1978. Beside fire spotting, the Super Cubs had also been used for search and rescue and scientific research. The Super Cub fleet flew more than 120,000 hours and covered around 20 million kilometres – equal to 25 return trips to the Moon. VH-FPF was built in 1977, ex N82405.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FPF Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (MSN 18-7709153) owned by Sean Powell, Quairading, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
One of eight Super Cubs used by the Western Australian Government for forest patrol flights. These were introduced during October 1978 to September 1980, registered VH-FPF to FPK, VH-FPM and FPN – the “FP” in the registration standing for Forest Patrol. In the late 1980s, a local aircraft distributor proposed the Taylorcraft F-21B as a replacement, but this was not taken up. In 1994, the Eagle XTS was just starting production in WA, but had not yet found customers, so two aircraft were trialled, but this proved unsuccessful. In 1997, the Super Cubs were replaced with American Champion 8GCBC Scouts.
VH-FPF was the last Super Cub in WA Government service and was sold in June 2002 – VH-FPF was also the longest serving, being their first Super Cub delivered in October 1978. Beside fire spotting, the Super Cubs had also been used for search and rescue and scientific research. The Super Cub fleet flew more than 120,000 hours and covered around 20 million kilometres – equal to 25 return trips to the Moon. VH-FPF was built in 1977, ex N82405.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IFC Vans RV-14A (MSN 140126) owned by Camel Squadron Pty Ltd, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IFC Vans RV-14A (MSN 140126) owned by Camel Squadron Pty Ltd, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IHI Cessna 185D Skywagon (MSN 1850908) operated by Jan Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1965, ex N1547F, DQ-FDA. Photo © David Eyre. VH-IHI Cessna 185D Skywagon (MSN 1850908) operated by Jan Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1965, ex N1547F, DQ-FDA. Photo © David Eyre. VH-IHI Cessna 185D Skywagon (MSN 1850908) operated by Jan Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1965, ex N1547F, DQ-FDA. Photo © David Eyre. VH-IJV Vans RV-10 (MSN 40183) owned by Ian Jenkins, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IJV Vans RV-10 (MSN 40183) owned by Ian Jenkins, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IMP Piel CP328 Super Emeraude (MSN 1392) owned by Robert Milton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1980, ex N328HB, N2728.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IMZ Vans RV-10 (MSN 40016) owned by Michael Severn, at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2006, ex N104ML.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JOY Vans RV-6 (MSN W199) owned by Leonard Handasyde, Forest Hill, WA, VH-VLY Vans RV-8 (MSN 80232) owned by Jozef Bonnie and operated by Jacinta McMullen, and VH-MRV Vans RV-7A (MSN 73567) owned by Robert Montgomery, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
VH-JOY: Built in 1993, ex VH-MMK.
VH-VLY: Wears a paint scheme similar to that of the RAAF’s Roulettes aerobatic team, when they flew Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft. Built in 2007, ex VH-KQQ.
VH-MRV: Built in 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JOY Vans RV-6 (MSN W199) owned by Leonard Handasyde, Forest Hill, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1993, ex VH-MMK.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JXY Robin R2160 Sport (MSN C181) owned by Air Australia International, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1980, ex C-GEMP, VH-NRK.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-JXY Robin R2160 Sport (MSN C181) owned by Air Australia International, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1980, ex C-GEMP, VH-NRK.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-KAN / 140016 North American T-28B Trojan (MSN 219-15) operated by AOG Services Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1955, ex 140016 (US Navy), N46984. Last served with US Navy training squadron VT-27, until April 1983. VT-27 was the last US Navy T-28 squadron. In April 1984, 140016 was added to US civil aircraft register as N46984, registered to Dennis M Sherman, West Palm Beach, Florida. Registered VH-KAN on 19 February 2014.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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-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 – 27 October 2019.
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-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 – 27 October 2019.
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-KSM Stinson 108-1 Voyager (MSN 108-259) owned by Murray Kester, at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1946, ex NC97259, N97259. First registered in Australia on 12 April 2010. The Stinson 108 was a popular aircraft produced by the Stinson division of Consolidated Vultee (Convair), from immediately after World War 2 until 1950. It was developed from the prewar Stinson Model 10A Voyager. In 1949, the Stinson division was bought by Piper Aircraft. 5,260 model 108s were built by Stinson, including 1,507 of the Model 108-1 seen here. A distinctive feature (visible on the right of this photo) was the partial leading edge slot installed on the wings and aligned with the ailerons on the trailing edge, ensuring that the portion of the wing containing the aileron remains unstalled at higher angles of attack, thus contributing to docile stall behavior.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LCU Lancair LC42-550FG Columbia 350 (MSN 42075) owned by Barry West, of Kulin, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2005, ex N2510U. The Columbia 350 is now produced by Cessna as the Cessna 350 Corvalis.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LCU Lancair LC42-550FG Columbia 350 (MSN 42075) owned by Barry West, of Kulin, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2005, ex N2510U. The Columbia 350 is now produced by Cessna as the Cessna 350 Corvalis.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LCU Lancair LC42-550FG Columbia 350 (MSN 42075) owned by Barry West, of Kulin, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2005, ex N2510U. The Columbia 350 is now produced by Cessna as the Cessna 350 Corvalis.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LPA Cessna 150H (MSN 15067396) owned by Thomas Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1967, ex N6596S.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-LPA Cessna 150H (MSN 15067396) owned by Thomas Emmans, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1967, ex N6596S.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MAI Vans RV-7 (MSN 73184) named ‘Tempus Fugit’ (Latin for ‘Time Flies’), owned by Robert Main of Boyanup, WA, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MAI Vans RV-7 (MSN 73184) named ‘Tempus Fugit’ (Latin for ‘Time Flies’), owned by Robert Main of Boyanup, WA, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MAN / 232003 / 85 Nanchang CJ-6A (cn 232003), owned by S & K Investments Pty Ltd at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
The CJ-6 is a Chinese version of the Russian-designed Yakovlev Yak-18A. This one wears Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) markings and was built in 1962.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MAN / 232003 / 85 Nanchang CJ-6A (cn 232003), owned by S & K Investments Pty Ltd at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
The CJ-6 is a Chinese version of the Russian-designed Yakovlev Yak-18A. This one wears Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) markings and was built in 1962.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MAN / 232003 / 85 Nanchang CJ-6A (cn 232003), owned by S & K Investments Pty Ltd at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
The CJ-6 is a Chinese version of the Russian-designed Yakovlev Yak-18A. This one wears Chinese Air Force (PLAAF) markings and was built in 1962.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 (MSN 24404) owned by Andrew Murray, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MJH Vans RV-6 (MSN 24404) owned by Andrew Murray, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-MMF Vans RV-6 (MSN 22295/W196) owned by Anderson Dufty, Mount Barker, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1993. Photo © David Eyre. VH-MMF Vans RV-6 (MSN 22295/W196) owned by Anderson Dufty, Mount Barker, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1993. Photo © David Eyre. VH-MRV Vans RV-7A (MSN 73567) owned by Robert Montgomery, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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-OCH Vans RV-7 (MSN 73779) owned by Carl O Hanson, of Geraldton, named “Oscar” at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2010, first registered 16.12.2010.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OCH Vans RV-7 (MSN 73779) owned by Carl O Hanson, of Geraldton, named “Oscar” at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2010, first registered 16.12.2010.
Photo © David Eyre VH-OLD Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer (MSN 22-5598) owned by Philip Maley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1958, ex VH-BST, VH-RST, N8107D.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-OLD Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer (MSN 22-5598) owned by Philip Maley, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1958, ex VH-BST, VH-RST, N8107D.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ORE Vans RV-6 (MSN 24961) owned by Paul Blackney, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-PJS / (41-)911 Boeing Stearman PT-17 (A75L300) (MSN 75-671) owned by Robert Poynton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1943, ex 41-911 (USAAF), N52042, N59GA.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-PJS / (41-)911 Boeing Stearman PT-17 (A75L300) (MSN 75-671) owned by Robert Poynton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1943, ex 41-911 (USAAF), N52042, N59GA.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-PJS / (41-)911 Boeing Stearman PT-17 (A75L300) (MSN 75-671) owned by Robert Poynton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1943, ex 41-911 (USAAF), N52042, N59GA.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-PVA Vans RV-7A (MSN 71019) owned by Peter Poland, named ‘Carmella’ at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2008 in the USA, registered N593B. Registered in Australia 25.8.2011.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-REF Reims-Cessna FR172E Reims Rocket (MSN FR172E0024) owned by Robin Mills of Port Hedland, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears this Warrawagine Cattle Co logo on the right side of the tail. Built in 1968, ex VH-REH. In 1960, Max Holste’s aircraft factory was taken over by his associate and WWII ace Pierre Clostermann with capital from Cessna, and renamed Reims Aviation, to produce Cessna aircraft for the European market. The company was officially born as Reims Aviation in 1962, producing the FR172 Reims Rocket, a more powerful version of the Cessna 172. In 1989, Reims Aviation became a private French aircraft manufacturer, and ceased producing single-engined aircraft, but entered receivership in 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-REF Reims-Cessna FR172E Reims Rocket (MSN FR172E0024) owned by Robin Mills of Port Hedland, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears this Warrawagine Cattle Co logo on the right side of the tail. Built in 1968, ex VH-REH. In 1960, Max Holste’s aircraft factory was taken over by his associate and WWII ace Pierre Clostermann with capital from Cessna, and renamed Reims Aviation, to produce Cessna aircraft for the European market. The company was officially born as Reims Aviation in 1962, producing the FR172 Reims Rocket, a more powerful version of the Cessna 172. In 1989, Reims Aviation became a private French aircraft manufacturer, and ceased producing single-engined aircraft, but entered receivership in 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-REF Reims-Cessna FR172E Reims Rocket (MSN FR172E0024) owned by Robin Mills of Port Hedland, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears this Warrawagine Cattle Co logo on the right side of the tail. Built in 1968, ex VH-REH. In 1960, Max Holste’s aircraft factory was taken over by his associate and WWII ace Pierre Clostermann with capital from Cessna, and renamed Reims Aviation, to produce Cessna aircraft for the European market. The company was officially born as Reims Aviation in 1962, producing the FR172 Reims Rocket, a more powerful version of the Cessna 172. In 1989, Reims Aviation became a private French aircraft manufacturer, and ceased producing single-engined aircraft, but entered receivership in 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-RHW / WB677 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1950, 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 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1950, 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 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1950, 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 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1950, 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 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1950, 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 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1950, 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-RQQ Eagle X-TS 150 (MSN 017) owned by Geoffrey Danes at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1998, this aircraft was one of two (the other was VH-RQI) which were originally operated by the Royal Queensland Aero Club, both of which were at Serpentine today.
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-RQQ Eagle X-TS 150 (MSN 017) owned by Geoffrey Danes at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1998, this aircraft was one of two (the other was VH-RQI) which were originally operated by the Royal Queensland Aero Club, both of which were at Serpentine today.
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-RQQ Eagle X-TS 150 (MSN 017) owned by Geoffrey Danes at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1998, this aircraft was one of two (the other was VH-RQI) which were originally operated by the Royal Queensland Aero Club, both of which were at Serpentine today.
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-SFF Z21AFlitzer (MSN 001) owned by Mark Crawford at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-SFF Z21AFlitzer (MSN 001) owned by Mark Crawford at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-SFF Z21AFlitzer (MSN 001) owned by Mark Crawford at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-SFF Z21AFlitzer (MSN 001) owned by Mark Crawford at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-SIP Dyn’Aero MCR-01 VLA Sportster (MSN 225), named ‘Gretel’, owned by John Chesbrough, at SABC Annual Fly In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built at Serpentine in 2003. The MCR-01 is a French design, by Michel Colomban/Christophe Robin, derived from the Colomban MC-100 Ban-Bi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UAT Wittman W8 Tailwind (MSN W8) owned by Isak Van Heerden and David Botes, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1975, ex ZS-UAT.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UAT Wittman W8 Tailwind (MSN W8) owned by Isak Van Heerden and David Botes, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1975, ex ZS-UAT.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-USC Silver Centenary (MSN 1) owned by Rodney Edwards, and , at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This unique aircraft was designed and built in 1930 in Beverley, Western Australia, by people with no aircraft experience. Selby Ford sketched plans for the aircraft in chalk on the floor of the powerhouse at Beverley, WA, in 1928. Using this as a template, Ford and the local butcher Tom Shackle built the airframe from spruce and maple timber, with Tom’s sister sewing all the fabric for the aircraft. Selby Ford purchased an undamaged engine from an aircraft that crashed nearby during the WA Centenary Air Race in 1929. The plane was towed from the powerhouse along the main street of Beverley to Benson’s paddock, and most of the town turned out to watch the first flight on 1 July 1930. Captain C.H. Nesbitt of Western Air Services intended to taxi around the field, but was in the air within a few seconds. The aircraft handled so well that he flew for 25 minutes and then conducted some joyflights with Ford, Shackles and his sisters. Nesbitt later died flying another aircraft and the Silver Centenary did not fly again until April 1931. The CAA had restricted it to fly only within 5 km of Beverley, but Ford was unaware of this. He obtained permission to return the plane to Beverley in September 1931 and then applied to have the aircraft licensed. With no design documents, the CAA refused to grant a Certificate of Airworthiness. Special permission was granted to fly the aircraft to Narrogin and back to Beverley on 6 December 1931 and this was the Silver Centenary’s last flight for nearly 76 years. In 1933, Ford returned the plane to the powerhouse at Beverley, where it hung from the roof until after his death in 1963. In January 1964, the Silver Centenary was lowered from the roof of the powerhouse, cleaned up, and put into storage until completion of the Beverley Aviation Museum in 1967, where it was the main feature. In 2006, Rod Edwards, the grandson of Ford and current owner of the Silver Centenary, decided to restore the aircraft and apply for a Certificate of Airworthiness. On 12 July 2007, the aircraft was registered VH-USC and made its first post-restoration flight on 20 July 2007. In August 2007, the Silver Centenary finally received its Certificate of Airworthiness – 77 years after its first flights.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-USJ De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth (MSN 4058) owned by Bert Filippi, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1933 by De Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgeware, UK, and registered in 1933 as G-AECB to Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. In 1935, it was shipped to Fremantle, WA for MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA), and was registered VH-USJ. It was based in Port Hedland and operated by MMA for Australian Aerial Medical Service (AAMS), and in 1941 was sold to them. AAMS later became the Flying Doctor Service (WA Section) Inc. It was sold in 1961 and was damaged in an accident in 1964. After a series of owners and locations awaiting rebuild, in 1996, it was shipped to New Zealand and re-built. It flew again on 22 November 2002, registered as ZK-USJ, but still wearing VH-USJ. It returned to Australia in 2003 and was again registered VH-USJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-USJ De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth (MSN 4058) owned by Bert Filippi, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1933 by De Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgeware, UK, and registered in 1933 as G-AECB to Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. In 1935, it was shipped to Fremantle, WA for MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA), and was registered VH-USJ. It was based in Port Hedland and operated by MMA for Australian Aerial Medical Service (AAMS), and in 1941 was sold to them. AAMS later became the Flying Doctor Service (WA Section) Inc. It was sold in 1961 and was damaged in an accident in 1964. After a series of owners and locations awaiting rebuild, in 1996, it was shipped to New Zealand and re-built. It flew again on 22 November 2002, registered as ZK-USJ, but still wearing VH-USJ. It returned to Australia in 2003 and was again registered VH-USJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-USJ De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth (MSN 4058) owned by Bert Filippi, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1933 by De Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgeware, UK, and registered in 1933 as G-AECB to Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. In 1935, it was shipped to Fremantle, WA for MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA), and was registered VH-USJ. It was based in Port Hedland and operated by MMA for Australian Aerial Medical Service (AAMS), and in 1941 was sold to them. AAMS later became the Flying Doctor Service (WA Section) Inc. It was sold in 1961 and was damaged in an accident in 1964. After a series of owners and locations awaiting rebuild, in 1996, it was shipped to New Zealand and re-built. It flew again on 22 November 2002, registered as ZK-USJ, but still wearing VH-USJ. It returned to Australia in 2003 and was again registered VH-USJ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VLN Eagle 150B (MSN 018) owned by Neil Graham (one of the type’s inventors), at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1998, ex VH-RQI. This aircraft was one of two (the other was VH-RQQ) which were originally operated by the Royal Queensland Aero Club, both of which were at Serpentine today.
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-VLY Vans RV-8 (MSN 80232) owned by Jozef Bonnie and operated by Jacinta McMullen, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears a paint scheme similar to that of the RAAF’s Roulettes aerobatic team, when they flew Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft. Built in 2007, ex VH-KQQ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VLY Vans RV-8 (MSN 80232) owned by Jozef Bonnie and operated by Jacinta McMullen, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears a paint scheme similar to that of the RAAF’s Roulettes aerobatic team, when they flew Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft. Built in 2007, ex VH-KQQ.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 (MSN 2308) owned by Arlington Group Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2016 and registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 (MSN 2308) owned by Arlington Group Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2016 and registered on 11 April 2016, ex N308JS.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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-WFX Extra EA-300L (MSN 1276, ex D-EAWI) owned by Bill Waterton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2008, ex D-EAWI.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFX Extra EA-300L (MSN 1276, ex D-EAWI) owned by Bill Waterton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2008, ex D-EAWI.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFX Extra EA-300L (MSN 1276, ex D-EAWI) owned by Bill Waterton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2008, ex D-EAWI.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFX Extra EA-300L (MSN 1276, ex D-EAWI) owned by Bill Waterton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2008, ex D-EAWI.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WFX Extra EA-300L (MSN 1276, ex D-EAWI) owned by Bill Waterton, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2008, ex D-EAWI.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-WPM Grumman AA-5B Tiger (MSN AA5B-1299) owned by Robert Granger, Bunbury, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1979, ex N4539D.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WPM Grumman AA-5B Tiger (MSN AA5B-1299) owned by Robert Granger, Bunbury, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1979, ex N4539D.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XQQ Vans RV-14A (MSN 140259) owned by Christopher P Stevenson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2018.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XQQ Vans RV-14A (MSN 140259) owned by Christopher P Stevenson, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 2018.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XRV Vans RV-6 (MSN Q76) operated by Richard Schaffner, South Bunbury, WA, at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1997, first registered 25 September 1997, first flown 4 Feb 1999.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XRV Vans RV-6 (MSN Q76) operated by Richard Schaffner, South Bunbury, WA, at at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1997, first registered 25 September 1997, first flown 4 Feb 1999.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XTZ Lancair Legacy (MSN L2K-323) of Smith Legacy Pty Ltd, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-XTZ Lancair Legacy (MSN L2K-323) of Smith Legacy Pty Ltd, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YFM Neico Lancair IV (MSN LIV-160) owned by Frederick E Moreno/Nullaki Air Pty Ltd, of Denmark, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Fred Moreno began building this aircraft from a kit in California, starting in the early 1990s. It was 50% complete when he retired, left California and moved to Denmark in Western Australia during 2001. The aircraft was completed in 2008 and since then has travelled all over Australia and NZ. In 2015, flying with Gary Burns, he set FAI speed records for Canberra/Christchurch and Sydney/Christchurch.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YFM Neico Lancair IV (MSN LIV-160) owned by Frederick E Moreno/Nullaki Air Pty Ltd, of Denmark, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Fred Moreno began building this aircraft from a kit in California, starting in the early 1990s. It was 50% complete when he retired, left California and moved to Denmark in Western Australia during 2001. The aircraft was completed in 2008 and since then has travelled all over Australia and NZ. In 2015, flying with Gary Burns, he set FAI speed records for Canberra/Christchurch and Sydney/Christchurch.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned and flown by Archie Dudgeon, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
This is a modified version of the 1930s vintage WACO YMF, built to meet current FAA standards. Built in 2005, ex N105KS.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YSW Vans RV-10 (MSN 40731) owned by Anthony White, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-YSW Vans RV-10 (MSN 40731) owned by Anthony White, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZAZ De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1951 and 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 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1951 and 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 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1951 and 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 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1951 and 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 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1951 and 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-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) flown by Scott Palmer, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZIC Vans RV7A (MSN 72207) flown by Scott Palmer, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSA De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 85582) owned by James Mitton, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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-ZSA De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 85582) owned by James Mitton, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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-ZSA De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 85582) owned by James Mitton, at SABC Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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-ZSW Vans RV-8A (MSN 82612), named ‘Glow Worm’, owned by Isak Van Heerden, , at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZSW Vans RV-8A (MSN 82612), named ‘Glow Worm’, owned by Isak Van Heerden, , at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
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 – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned by Peter Cash, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned by Peter Cash, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned by Peter Cash, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned by Peter Cash, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © Keith Anderson (Photographed using Canon cameras and lenses)
VH-ZZW Piper PA-28-181 Archer II (MSN 28-7990144) owned by Michael Von Bertouch, White Gum Valley, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1979, ex N2110C.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZZW Piper PA-28-181 Archer II (MSN 28-7990144) owned by Michael Von Bertouch, White Gum Valley, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Built in 1979, ex N2110C.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZZW Piper PA-28-181 Archer II (MSN 28-7990144) owned by Michael Von Bertouch, White Gum Valley, WA, 19-8231 Aero Designs Pulsar (MSN 153/W162, ex VH-JPA), and VH-IMP Piel CP328 Super Emeraude (MSN 1392) owned by Robert Milton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Formations
VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned and piloted by Peter Cash, VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 ‘Yakka’ (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named ‘Hard Yakka’, owned by Gordon Johanson, VH-IJV Vans RV-10 (MSN 40183) owned by Ian Jenkins and VH-REF Reims-Cessna FR172E Reims Rocket (MSN FR172E0024, ex VH-REH) owned by Robin Mills of Port Hedland, WA, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned and piloted by Peter Cash and VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, and 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 – 27 October 2019.
VH-YGJ: 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.
VH-WOQ: 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.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, and 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 – 27 October 2019.
VH-YGJ: 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.
VH-WOQ: 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.
Photo © David Eyre. 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, and VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation taking off at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Front to back:
VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
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-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi, and 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 – 27 October 2019.
VH-DWD: Built in 1940, 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 the current owner in 2001.
VH-NIG: 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-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi and VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
VH-KIL: 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.
VH-YND: Built in 1942, this wears US Navy markings (but its true military serial number is 61240). It was built as a PT-13D with US Army Air Force serial 42-17199, but was transferred to the US Navy and designated as an N2S-5, with Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 61240. It is believed was sold in Nicaragua before arriving in Australia.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation taking off at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi.
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-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
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.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans.
VH-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
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.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans.
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
VH-KIL/14 CASA 1-131E Jungmann (MSN unknown, ex E3B-295 Spanish Air Force) owned by Bert Filippi.
VH-DWD/A17-201 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA202) owned by Bert Filippi.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans.
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-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
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-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
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-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
Photo © David Eyre. Biplane formation at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Left to right:
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-YRB WACO Aircraft YMF-F5C (MSN F5C105) owned by Archie Dudgeon.
VH-NIG/N9129/29 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN 82248) owned by Nigel T Emmans.
VH-YND / “42-755362 / 362” Boeing E75 (N2S-5) Stearman (MSN 75-5362) owned by Carl Ende.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZUZ Culp Special (MSN CS-1947) owned and piloted by Peter Cash, VH-YGJ Yakovlev Yak-52 ‘Yakka’ (tailwheel conversion) (MSN 822802), named ‘Hard Yakka’, owned by Gordon Johanson, and VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
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-RHW / WB677 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, and VH-ZAZ De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
VH-RHW: Built in 1950, 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 and 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-RHW / WB677 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (MSN C1/0125) owned by Glen Caple, and VH-ZAZ De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 (MSN C1/0503 / DH/B/F/372) owned by Kevin Bailey, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
VH-RHW: Built in 1950, 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 and 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.
Groups of aircraft
VH-JOY Vans RV-6 (MSN W199) owned by Leonard Handasyde, Forest Hill, WA, VH-VLY Vans RV-8 (MSN 80232) owned by Jozef Bonnie and operated by Jacinta McMullen, and VH-MRV Vans RV-7A (MSN 73567) owned by Robert Montgomery, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
VH-JOY: Built in 1993, ex VH-MMK.
VH-VLY: Wears a paint scheme similar to that of the RAAF’s Roulettes aerobatic team, when they flew Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft. Built in 2007, ex VH-KQQ.
VH-MRV: Built in 2013.
Photo © David Eyre. 19-7925 Fly Synthesis Storch HS (MSN 412CL) at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Being pushed back to the parking area, with a line of aircraft on the taxiway.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-IHI Cessna 185D Skywagon (MSN 1850908) operated by Jan Ende, and VH-IJV Vans RV-10 (MSN 40183) owned by Ian Jenkins, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft line-up at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Front to back:
VH-BJV Cessna 152 (MSN 15285333) owned by Excess Enterprises Pty Ltd, operated by Kimberley Paine. Formerly operated by Ballarat Aero Club and still wearing their titles. Built in 1981, ex N1678C, (N68720), (N68715).
VH-XRV Vans RV-6 (MSN Q76) operated by Richard Schaffner, South Bunbury, WA.
24-4052 Evektor SportStar (MSN 20040204).
19-7925 Fly Synthesis Storch HS (MSN 412CL).
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft line-up at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft line-up, with someone sitting in the shade of VH-IHI Cessna 185D Skywagon (MSN 1850908) operated by Jan Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft line-up, with someone sitting in the shade of VH-IHI Cessna 185D Skywagon (MSN 1850908) operated by Jan Ende, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft line-up at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. Aircraft line-up at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-ZZW Piper PA-28-181 Archer II (MSN 28-7990144) owned by Michael Von Bertouch, White Gum Valley, WA, 19-8231 Aero Designs Pulsar (MSN 153/W162, ex VH-JPA), and VH-IMP Piel CP328 Super Emeraude (MSN 1392) owned by Robert Milton, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FIO Vans RV-10 (MSN 40389) owned by Gregory McFarlane, of Albany, WA, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019. Behind (left to right) are VH-JXY Robin R2160 Sport (MSN C181) owned by Air Australia International, VH-FAS / A17-37 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA34) of Griffin Aviation Pty Ltd and VH-VPK Cirrus SR20A-G3 (MSN 2308) owned by Arlington Group Pty Ltd. VH-WOQ Pitts Model 12 Macho Stinker (MSN 343) owned by Rodney Edwards, VH-USC Silver Centenary (MSN 1) owned by Rodney Edwards, and VH-USJ De Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth (MSN 4058) owned by Bert Filippi, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019. VH-CXL De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN LES8) owned by Lydia Mitton, and VH-BTP / A17-744 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA1075/T315) owned by David O’Neill, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019. Photo © David Eyre. VH-BTP / A17-744 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (MSN DHA1075/T315) owned by David O’Neill, VH-PVA Vans RV-7A (MSN 71019) owned by Peter Poland, named ‘Carmella’, VH-VLY Vans RV-8 (MSN 80232) owned by Jozef Bonnie and operated by Jacinta McMullen, at Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 27 October 2019.
