Remarkably, former CAB DH60M Moth VH-ULP (c/n 1406) has survived, having been built in 1929.

Following service with the CAB, later DCA, VH-ULP was impressed a the outset of the Second World War by the RAAF on 3 November 1939 for a purchase price of £625. It was struck off the civil Register on 8 January 1940 and became A7-78.

After wartime RAAF service at Point Cook, Parafield, Laverton and Bairnsdale, it was reportedly reduced to spares on 11 July 1944. Enough of it survived, however, to become a long-term restoration project and it was restored to the Register as VH-ULP on 30 March 1988. Her restorer, Les Penna, built her up using mainly new old stock.

In 2006 VH-ULP was acquired by Mal Shipton and flown to her new home in Queensland. The lovely photo above was taken by Mal's son, Mark, in the Riverina country on the delivery flight.

(Photo: Mark Shipton)

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