VH-AAC (3)   Cessna 172B Skyhawk                 (c/n  48203)

                                

                                    989 Model 172Bs were built.  This one was ex N7703X and was imported in February 1961
                                    and registered to New England Aviation of Armidale, NSW replacing a Cessna 150 which also
                                    carried that rego.  Greg Banfield's shot above was taken at Wagga in February 1979 by which
                                    time the machine had long since shed its Cessna factory livery.   It crashed at Wilcannia, NSW
                                    on 30 April 1990.    Officially struck-off  the register on 13 August 1993.