VH-UET DHC-1
Chipmunk T.10
(c/n C1-0003)
As indicated in the narrative for VH-UEC,
Aviation Services, in the early 1960s, began replacing
their Tiger Moths with
Chipmunks. Geoff Goodall's shot (above) was taken at the back of
their
Parafield
hangar on 21 July 1962 immediately after its completion of a rebuild
from the wreck of
the former RAeCSA VH-BWA (which crashed at
Naracoort,e SA on 26 May 1960), along with
the
wings and components from other Chipmunks. The paint scheme was cream,
grey and red trim.
It was added to the Register the
following month only to crash at Whyalla, SA on 6 Oct 1962. The
student pilot took
off with the fuel selector in the off position, and struck the ground
heavily and cart-
wheeled. The wreck was returned to Parafield and ended up in an
Adelaide scrap metal dealer's yard.
It was about this time that
Aviation Services had a run of bad accidents which no doubt hastened the
abandoning of
their country flying schools, including those at Whyalla and Port
Lincoln.