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    Airframe Family: Miles M3 Falcon
    Latest Model:M-3A Falcon Major
    Last Military Serial:A37-3 RAAF
    Construction Number:193
    Last Civil Registration:VH-AAT
    Compressed ID:Miles M-3A sn A37-3 RAAF cn 193 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Harvey Donald McBain, Nelson, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1935

    Constructed as a M-3A.

    From June 1935 to May 1937

    To Aircraft Distributors, 53A Shaftesbury Avenue, London with new c/r G-ADHG.

    June 1937

    To Royal Queensland Aero Club with new c/r VH-AAT.

    1 April 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A37-3.
    Impressed to RAAF from the Royal Queensland Aeroclub.

    16 March 1945

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-AAT.

    1990

    Featured in the film - The Great Race - as G-ACTM.

    29 May 1990

    To Leslie Hatfield, Park Orchards, VIC keeping c/r VH-AAT.

    1991


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1991 photo at RAAF Richmond - this aircraft featured in the film - The Great Race - painted, as here, as G-ACTM.

    24 April 1993


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Berwick, Victoria

    2 June 2006

    To Leslie Hatfield, Donvale, VIC keeping c/r VH-AAT.

    25 March 2014

    To Michael Hatfield-Houston Stalls, Brunswick, VIC keeping c/r VH-AAT.

    23 April 2014

    To Michael Hatfield-Houston Stalls, Brunswick, VIC keeping c/r VH-AAT.

    20 November 2020

    To Harvey Donald McBain, Nelson, VIC keeping c/r VH-AAT.
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    Ed Coates Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection by Ed Coates
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