VH-EQG AESL Airtourer
150
(c/n A538)
This New Zealand-built Airtourer
was originally registered ZK-CJN and was, in fact, the Aero
Engine Services
(Australia), Ltd. demonstrator machine. It arrived in
Australia in September
for evaluation
trials with the RAAF. At the conclusion of these trial it
remained in Australia and
entered the civil register as VH-EQG. Its first civil operator
was the Latrobe Valley Aero Club.
When Greg Banfield took the above
photo at bankstowen in December 1971 it was a member
of the
Australian Aerobatic Group (see enlargement below). It is
currently privately owned at
Temora, NSW.