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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 A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:PA-18-135
    Last Military Serial:3202 FAPo
    Construction Number:18-1291
    Last Civil Registration:VH-FXH
    Compressed ID:Piper PA-18-135 sn 3202 FAPo cn 18-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Emma Katherine Taberner, Romsey, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a PA-18-135 by Piper.
    Built in 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 3202.

    To unknown owner with c/r CR-TAO.

    8 April 1974

    Assigned civil registration: VH-FXH (PA-18-125/A1, 18-1291)

    11 October 1974

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-FXH.

    11 October 1974

    Assigned civil registration: VH-FXH (PA-18-125/A1, 18-1291)

    16 September 1977

    To R A N Gliding Assoc, Nowra Hill, NSW with new c/r VH-FXH.

    1992


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1992 photo at Nowra NSW

    12 April 2006

    To R A N Gliding Assoc, Nowra Hill, NSW with new c/r VH-FXH.

    21 April 2006

    To David Keith Howse, Gordon, Victoria keeping c/r VH-FXH.
    Markings added: 3202, US Navy

    21 April 2006

    To David Keith Howse, Bacchus Marsh, VIC with new c/r VH-FXH.

    21 April 2006

    To David Keith Howse, Gordon, VIC with new c/r VH-FXH.

    17 March 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the annual AAAA Fly-In at Echuca in 2017

    11 May 2019

    To Emma Katherine Taberner, Romsey, VIC with new c/r VH-FXH.
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