History:

This was a light homebuilt aircraft designed and built by Sydney Gordon Gooding DFC. Mr Gooding was born at Clare, SA on 21 September 1915 and learned to fly at AFTS Narrandera on DH-82s. He went on to complete 33 missions with No 101 Squadron RAF on Lancasters in World War II. He lived at Nurmurkah, Vic for many years and built a light aircraft known as the Mayfly. It was built of tubular steel taken from the airframe of a retired Air Force Avro Anson. It was fabric covered and powered by a two-cylinder conversion of a Volkswagen engine. Its ultimate fate is not known.

Further information:

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