ROBINSON R22 BETA VH-SBQ
C/N 1901

Note: This aircraft is a composite assembled around the cabin section of VH-SBQ



05NOV91
Delivered to D. Bradley of Kununurra, WA as VH-SBQ.
23JAN96
Change of ownership to Consolidated Pastoral, Newcastle Waters, NT.
24APR96
Change of ownership to Heliwork WA, Kununurra, WA.
04OCT01
Crashed 30 km SSE of Spring Creek Station, WA while cattle mustering. The tail struck low bushes and the helicopter spun into the ground and rolled on its side. (See VH-LOT. Confirm that circumstances were remarkably similar!)
12DEC01
Struck off Register
late 2004
QAM member Joshua Driver acquired a collection of R22 components from various sources at Caloundra. These included part of the cabin of c/n 0499 N2258R from Chopperline and the tail boom of c/n 0698 VH-LOT from RnR Aviation.
19FEB05
Joshua Driver donated the project to QAM.
09APR05
Restoration commenced. The project was subsequently adopted by QAM's Youth Training Scheme under the direction of member David Beazley.
01NOV05
Cabin of c/n 1901 VH-SBQ acquired from Heliwork WA at Redcliffe.
     
     
    Robinson R22 Alpha c/n 0499 N2258R
30JUL85
Date of manufacture.
17SEP85
Sold to DFH Helicopter Inc., San Diego, California as N2258R. At the time of writing, N2258R is still registered to DFH Helicopter so presumably the aircraft was imported into Australia as a collection of parts.
     
    Robinson R22 Beta c/n 0698 VH-LOT
15MAY97
Crashed 28 km SE of Armraynald, Qld while cattle mustering. The tail struck low bushes and the helicopter spun into the ground and rolled on its side. (See VH-SBQ. Confirm that circumstances were remarkably similar!)
31JUL02
Struck off Register
     


 

 

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13NOV05
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