Photograph - Millicer Air Tourer VH-FMM Under Construction, Newport, Victoria, 1957

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Summary:: Air Tourer prototype (Mk 1) made in Australia by Ultra Light Aircraft Association of Australia, 1959. This monoplane was designed by a team led by Henry K. Millicer. Two seat single engine cantilever low wing monoplane of wooden construction. Continental A-65 engine. Paint work is yellow and white with black lining. Ten piece Perspex canopy fitted. Civil registration "VH- FMM". The design was later put into production by the Victa Aviation Division at Bankstown, NSW as the Victa Airtourer.

The Museum received the wooden prototype VH-FMM as a donation in 1977.

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives and slides used for research by curators at Museum Victoria.
Description:: Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
Description Of Content:: Fuselage of the VH-FMM Air Tourer prototype under construction at Perfectus Airscrew, Newport. Tom Webb (left) and designer Henry Millicer are seated in the cockpit.
Acknowledgement:: Source: Museum Victoria

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	92 mm (Height), 127 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	museum history, aeroplanes, manufacturing, aircraft, air transport, aeronautics, fuselages, aviation pioneers, aircraft manufacture
Themes this item is part of:	Millicer Air Tourer Prototype VH-FMM, Engineering Collection, Images & Image Making Collection
Primary Classification:	AIR TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification:	Aircraft
Tertiary Classification:	propeller aircraft - experimental
Inscriptions:	Hand written in blue ink on back of photograph: 'TOM WEBB / & HENRY MILLICER / IN THE COCKPIT OF FMM / U/R CONSTRUCTION. / AT PERFECTUS AIRSCREW CO. / NEWPORT, VIC, / 1957'
People Depicted:	Millicer, Henry K; Webb, Tom
Model Name/Number:	Air Tourer
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Manufacturer:	Ultra Light Aircraft Association of Australia, Newport, Victoria, Australia, 1957
Designer:	Mr Henry Millicer, Victoria, Australia, 1952
Place & Date Depicted:	Perfectus Airscrew Pty Ltd, Newport, Victoria, Australia, 1957
Other Association (See Comments):	Victa Consolidated Industries Pty Ltd, Milperra, New South Wales, Australia Subsequent manufacturer, 1961-1969.