ZK-ASJ  Chrislea CH-3 Super Ace                                  (c/n 129)

                                 

                                  The light foreground and hangar doors make this shot look like a model.  I can assure you it is
                                  the real bird!   Originally four Chrislea Super Aces were slated to be exported to New Zealand
                                  but in the event only two, ZK-ASI and this one, made it onto the register.   ZK-ASK and -ASL
                                  were cancelled.  (See my narrative on Super Ace VH-BRO for possible reasons as to why the
                                  option on these latter two was not taken up).   It had a crash landing somewhere in the early 1950s
                                  and was laid up for a while.  It was then exported to Australia in 1959 becoming VH-BAE (the
                                  second aircraft to bear this rego).   It was finally withdrawn from active use in 1974 and wound up
                                  at the Drage Airworld Museum in Wangaratta, Victoria.