This 180 was at Bathurst
NSW, in October 1969 when the nice color shot above was taken
by John
Hopton. Previously N1570C this Cessna had been
imported in November 1963
for Sydney aerobatic pilot Joseph
Hrabic who also owned the Zlin Trener Master VH-DBZ.
On 4 March 1978 -DEK failed to climb out of Canberra Airport after
picking up an advertising
banner,
the result being seen below in this shot by Mike Vincent.
It was owned at the time
by Colonel
Keith Hatfield who operated Berwisj airfield in Victoria.
Repaired, it had several
other owners
after that and today is registered to a private owner in Victoria.