| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Auster J-5/8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Auster J-5/8 Adventurer/Aiglet Trainer/Alpine/Autocar |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5 Adventurer |
| C/n (msn): | 2802 |
| Operator Titles: | Macquarie Air Service |
| Aircraft Name: | Fan-bloody-tastic |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1967 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Photo ID: | 95913Submit Correction |
| View count: | 493 |
Rathmines was an RAAF flying boat base on Lake Macquarie near Newcastle. The base closed in 1956 but the alighting area and sometimes the base, which has been preserved, are visited by seaplanes. Macquarie Air Service was based at the inland town of Bathurst 200km away the Macquarie a reference to the river on which the city sits. VH-ADS was ex RNZAF, which used it on floats at times. Still current, it has been has been on wheels for over 40 years.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADS |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5 Adventurer |
| C/n (msn): | 2802 |
| Operator Titles: | Macquarie Air Service |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1967 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Auster J-5/8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Auster J-5/8 Adventurer/Aiglet Trainer/Alpine/Autocar |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5 Adventurer |
| C/n (msn): | 2802 |
| Operator Titles: | Macquarie Air Service |
| Aircraft Name: | Fan-bloody-tastic |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1967 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Photo ID: | 95913Submit Correction |
| View count: | 493 |
Rathmines was an RAAF flying boat base on Lake Macquarie near Newcastle. The base closed in 1956 but the alighting area and sometimes the base, which has been preserved, are visited by seaplanes. Macquarie Air Service was based at the inland town of Bathurst 200km away the Macquarie a reference to the river on which the city sits. VH-ADS was ex RNZAF, which used it on floats at times. Still current, it has been has been on wheels for over 40 years.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADS |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5 Adventurer |
| C/n (msn): | 2802 |
| Operator Titles: | Macquarie Air Service |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1967 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |