Aircraft Photo of VH-GSB | Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (VI/C-64A) | Gibbes Sepik Airways

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-GSB
Aircraft Original Type:	Noorduyn Norseman
Aircraft Generic Type:	Noorduyn Norseman (C-64)
Aircraft Version:	Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (VI/C-64A)
C/n (msn):	269
Operator Titles:	Gibbes Sepik Airways

Location
City / Airport:	AmbuntiMap
Country:	Papua New Guinea
Airport Codes:	ICAO: AYAT IATA: AUJ Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	1959
Photo from:	Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:	107518

Photo Comment
When Gibbes Sepik Airways bought this aircraft it was VH-BHG. Gibbes Sepik was taken over by Mandated Airlines in 1958 and in 1959, -BHG was reregistered VH-GSB. The Gibbes Sepik titles were eventually replaced by Mandated Airlines titles. Ansett bought Mandated to form Ansett-MAL in 1960. -GSB was sold in 1962 to the founder of Gibbes Sepik, World War II fighter ace Bobby Gibbes. He reregistered it VH-RHG. Photo from the Ben Dannecker Collection. This photo was added on 5 December 2018, and has since been viewed 1315 times.

Photo Comment

When Gibbes Sepik Airways bought this aircraft it was VH-BHG. Gibbes Sepik was taken over by Mandated Airlines in 1958 and in 1959, -BHG was reregistered VH-GSB. The Gibbes Sepik titles were eventually replaced by Mandated Airlines titles. Ansett bought Mandated to form Ansett-MAL in 1960. -GSB was sold in 1962 to the founder of Gibbes Sepik, World War II fighter ace Bobby Gibbes. He reregistered it VH-RHG. Photo from the Ben Dannecker Collection.

This photo was added on 5 December 2018, and has since been viewed 1315 times.

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