The Jackaroo was originally built as a Tiger Moth in 1940 at Morris Motors, Cowley. She then went into service at Birmingham to train RAF pilots how to fly before they went on to fly more adventurous and advanced aircraft as the Harvard, Spitfire, Hurricane and many others.

After the 2nd World War there was an import ban on foreign goods, which included aircraft but there was a surplus of Tigers. So in 1957 it was decided to turn a number of Tiger Moths into 4 seat cabin tourers. The Jackaroo was designed by Ron Prizeman for the Wiltshire School of Flying at Thruxton. The conversion took only a few weeks, by extending the width and adding space frames fore and aft of the cockpit.

Unfortunately for the Jackaroo the import ban was lifted in 1959. They were used mainly as a trainer, crop sprayer or for dropping parachutists. The actress Sheila Scott, not only learnt to fly in one but owned G-APAM which she raced. Out of 19 conversions there are only 6 left in the world, 2 flying in England and 1 in Canada. There are 2 under rebuild in the UK at this time.

This Jackaroo was found in a barn in Berkshire, it hadn't flown for over 17 years and took 6½ years to rebuild. Tricia Dear Neville helped her husband Dennis rebuild the Jackaroo and eventually learnt to fly on it.