'Diana'
1929 DH60 Moth
Gypsy 1 motor
Co-founders of the Aero Club as we know it
Sam Hecker and Stedd Lowe 1932
Early Type Glider
Built by Les Hansen and Norwood Warry
Test flown by Stedd Lowe on the Old Race Course 1932
The Aero Club is still going strong.
The clubhouse, an old wartime building (The Battery Hut) is used by an Ultralight (RAA) school now.
Club still has a 172 used by Private and Commercially licenced members, if they don't have their own.
And the clubhouse still gets 'Lit up' by 'Bright Sparks' at functions.
P.S. Sam still had 2 aircraft when I was learning in the late 60's., a Piper Tripacer that he flew now and then, and a Miles Messenger that had been grounded by D.C.A. because of suspicion about the glue used in the ply. His son told me this morning, that it was found later when the aircraft was sold and shipped to N.Z. that the glue and ply were O.K. after all, as his was a post-war model with the Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 engine (similar to the early Chipmunk engine, he said) of which only 38 were made.
If someone knows the history of this aircraft, (don't have the rego from then- but could get it), if it is flying, and if so - could they post a photo - as I haven't seen it for a long time..
Photos of any Messengers welcome in flying colours, they are a classic old ship.
