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  • President's Fly-in 2025

    Tamworth

    17th-19th October

    Celebrating 50 years since the CT4 entered RAAF service.

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  • Virtual Social Gatherings

    via Zoom

    Our members are spread from the UK to NZ so many cannot attend our fly-ins. Your committee has planned virtual social gatherings via Zoom on the following dates:

    Our final gathering for the year will be the 3rd December (Christmas Drinks)

    More details, including the Zoom links, will be sent via email before the event.



Currently VH-COI

 Originally Serial Number 145 and built as a 115 by Victa, it was exported to NZ and registered as ZK-CZP. While originally thought to be a 115 there are some indications that it may have been a 100, i.e. the venturi as seen in this NZ photo.

ZK-CZP in New Zealand

After an accident in NZ it returned to the factory, which was now AESL, where it was rebuilt to Super 150 standard. Imported into Australia by Peter Coy it gained Australian registration VH-COI. Purchased in 1985 by the current owner.

old 537 COI red wedding

 Photo above: Taken at West Wyalong, NSW on the Sunday of the President's Fly-in 1986. The President was Sonny Rankin on the left of the photo. The owners had been married the day before in Sydney and a flight to the President's' Fly-in was the first stage of the Honeymoon. On taxiing in, the bride donned her veil and as the prop stopped the champagne cork popped!

 

537 COI Mt Cooroy
Above: COI with Mt Cooroy, Queensland, in the background.