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    Airframe Family: Avro 638/639/640 Club Cadet
    Latest Model:Cadet II
    Last Military Serial:A6-12 RAAF
    Construction Number:861
    Last Civil Registration:VH-AFX
    Compressed ID:Avro Cadet II sn A6-12 RAAF cn 861...
    Latest Owner or Location:Howard Jones, Hazelwood North, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    10 December 1935

    Constructed as a Cadet II.
    Built by A.V. Roe (and) Co at Newton Heath, Manchester, UK

    From March 1936 to February 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A6-12.


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1970s photo at Chewing Gum Field, Queensland

    7 June 1945

    To James M. Bindt, Yarram VIC with new c/r VH-AFX.

    6 April 1946

    To Hoad Bros Spraying Co Yarram VIC keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    12 December 1948

    To Hardy Bros Spraying Co Pittsworth, QLD keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    25 August 1962

    To Grasslands Aviation, Albury, NSW keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    1 July 1963

    To Brown Williams Aviation, Parkes NSW keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    11 January 1964

    To Williams Flying Service, Pittsworth QLD keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    13 August 1966

    To C. H. Parsons Saint George QLD keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    22 June 1970

    To Cliff Douglas Coolangatta, QLD keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    27 July 1973

    To Chewing Gum Field Air Museum, Tallebudgera QLD keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    1 July 1989

    To David L. Morris, River Station, Rylestone, NSW keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    September 1991


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1991 photo at RAAF Richmond

    9 June 1994

    To Charles Camilleri, Bathurst, NSW keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    23 April 1995


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Cowra Airport, New South Wales

    13 May 2006

    To Margaret Morris, Rylstone, NSW keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    13 May 2006

    Operated by Charles Camilleri.

    6 March 2007

    To Howard Jones, Hazelwood North, VIC keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    27 March 2007

    To Howard Allan Jones, Hazelwood North, VIC keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    October 2007

    Overhauled at Latrobe Valley Airport and repainted in Hardy Bros agricultural paint scheme and numbered 2.

    13 January 2010

    To Howard Jones, Hazelwood North, VIC keeping c/r VH-AFX.

    Circa April 2010


    Photographer: Howard Jones / Geoff Goodall
    Notes: 2010 photo taken at Morwell, Victoria by owner, Howard Jones
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    Ed Coates Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection by Ed Coates
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