Moorabbin Air Museum

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Around 1970 they had a airshow there , during the parachute jump display, a chute became tangled and the whole crowd watched in horror as he plummeted to earth .

I remember going to that airshow with my father, I think Keith came too. I don't recall the parachute incident but I clearly remember seeing Mustang VH-IVI fly that day, it was the first warbird I'd seen flying and I was quite excited. I remember taking lots of photos with my cheap plastic lens Kodak camera, which was a hand-me-down from my sister, and when I got the B&W prints back from the chemist the Mustang was just a small blurry smudge! Sadly VH-IVI crashed a few years later with the loss of the pilot/owner.