My son and I recently submitted at tender for the salvage of Chipmunk VH-UEU. The DHC-1 was damaged in a forced landing on a football field following a fuel problem. Somewhat to our surprise our tender was accepted.
The aircraft suffered damage to the fin, rudder,tailplane and rear fuselage when it was groundlooped into a perimeter fence. The port wing and aileron were damaged as well.
With the help of several wonderful South Australian people we prepared the aircraft for transport and loaded it onto a trailer for the long journey from Gawler SA to Tocumwal New South Wales, where it will be repaired.
Something of an Ozzie odditie VH-UEU has had the fabric areas of the wings and control surfaces covered with metal. The wings feature two large luggage lockers. Up front is a Lycoming IO-360 engine driving a three bladed Hoffmann constant speed propeller.
A survey of the damage has now been completed. While the Fin and Rudder are beyond recovery the rest of the damage can be repaired.
