VH-RVE (2)   de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth                             (c/n  DHA178/T176)

                              

                                       VH-RVE  (2) was the former VH-ASF (ex A17-177) registered to the Royal Vic in March
                                       1955.  My shot taken just bafterwards.  This TYiger had a forced landing at Ararat in 1957
                                       and it was stricken from the register.          
                                       There was a third VH-RVE,  c/n 1090, ex A17-759.  re-registered VH-COA  in 1962 and
                                       is still current.  Identifiable by letter 'E' on cowling, although I have no photo of it.  .
                                       Finally, there is now another aircraft sporting the rego VH-RVE.  This is c/n 83478, a U.K
                                     . built Tiger which went to new Zealand as ZK-BAN.  Following a fourteen year rebuild by
                                       Ray Vuillermin in Australia, it is now flying again