CA-18 MUSTANG/A68-118
Serial #: A68-118
Construction #: 1443
Civil Registration:
VH-WAS
VH-AGJ
Construction #: 1443
Civil Registration:
VH-WAS
VH-AGJ
Model(s):
CA-18 Mustang 21
Name: Eclat
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
CA-18 Mustang 21
Name: Eclat
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
History:
Delivered to RAAF as A68-118.
- BOC: May 10, 1948.
- SOC: April 1958.
Wilmore Aviation Services, Moorabbin VIC, April 23, 1958
Joe R. Palmer/Wilmore Aviation Services, Melbourne-Moorabbin, Victoria, August 7, 1959-1978
- Registered as VH-WAS.
- Retired and parked, Bankstown, NSW, August 6, 1960-1973
- Loaned to Camden Museum of Aviation, NSW, July 7, 1973-1978
Jeff Trappett, Morwell, Victoria, 1978-2002
- Registered as VH-AGJ.
- Restored to airworthy.
- First flight, April 19, 1981.
- Flown as RAAF/A68-118/Eclat
Delivered to RAAF as A68-118.
- BOC: May 10, 1948.
- SOC: April 1958.
Wilmore Aviation Services, Moorabbin VIC, April 23, 1958
Joe R. Palmer/Wilmore Aviation Services, Melbourne-Moorabbin, Victoria, August 7, 1959-1978
- Registered as VH-WAS.
- Retired and parked, Bankstown, NSW, August 6, 1960-1973
- Loaned to Camden Museum of Aviation, NSW, July 7, 1973-1978
Jeff Trappett, Morwell, Victoria, 1978-2002
- Registered as VH-AGJ.
- Restored to airworthy.
- First flight, April 19, 1981.
- Flown as RAAF/A68-118/Eclat
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Caz Caswell.
Caz Caswell.
