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Registration / Serial:A80-1
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5127
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to October 1951
Photo from:David Caughey CollectionContact
Photo ID:413289Submit Correction
View count: 364
Crashed November 1951.
Registration / Serial:A80-1
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5127
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to October 1951
Photo from:David Caughey CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:A80-1
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5127
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to October 1951
Photo from:David Caughey CollectionContact
Photo ID:413289Submit Correction
View count: 364
Crashed November 1951.
Registration / Serial:A80-1
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5127
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Rathmines - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to October 1951
Photo from:David Caughey CollectionContact
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