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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft Auster / J1 Autocrat / AOP / I / II / III / IV / V / A / C / D / G / H / J / J5 Aiglet / K / L/ M / N / P / Q / S
    Latest Model:J/5 Aiglet Trainer
    Last Military Serial:NZ1705 RNZAF
    Construction Number:2802
    Last Civil Registration:VH-ADS {2}
    Compressed ID:Auster J/5 sn NZ1705 RNZAF cn 2802...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jon Alexander Marriott, Beacon Hill, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a J/5 by Auster.
    Purchased from the Auster factory as an engineless Auster J/5 airframe for 1200 pounds and shipped to New Zealand in 1947

    From Circa 1947 to 8 August 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ1705.

    4 June 1957

    To G. Greig, Adamstown, NSW with new c/r VH-PMG.

    20 July 1961

    Withdrawn from use.

    3 April 1963

    To Hilton Lloyd McLeod, Temagog, NSW with new c/r VH-ADS {2}.

    3 April 1963

    To N. Simon, Yagoona, NSW with new c/r VH-ADS {2}.

    10 March 1967

    To MacQuarrie Air Services Bathurst, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADS {2}.

    15 October 1971

    To Hilton Lloyd McLeod, Temagog, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADS {2}.

    12 November 1984


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At St.Arnaud airport, Victoria

    8 August 2005

    To McLeod Hilton, Kempsey, NSW with new c/r VH-ADS {2}.

    16 December 2005

    To Hilton McLeod, Temagog, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADS {2}.
    Last CR action date noted here.

    2 August 2019

    To Jon Alexander Marriott, Beacon Hill, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADS {2}.
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