| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC777 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated 28-2 |
| C/n (msn): | C-3 |
| Aircraft Name: | Guba |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YRAY IATA: RSE Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | May 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 126366 |
| Photo Comment |
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NC777 on its second visit to Rose Bay (the first was in November 1938). Qantas installed extra fuel tanks so the aircraft, owned by Dr Richard Archbold, could be used to survey an Indian Ocean air route for the Australian government. In June it island hopped from Port Hedland to Mombasa in Kenya. Guba returned to the US where it was sold to the British Puchasing Commission for use by BOAC. Sunk at its moorings at Pwellheli, Wales, in 1945. The hangar in the photo was for Qantas and completed in October 1939. Demolished after flying boat operations ended at Rose Bay in the 1970s. This photo was added on 19 February 2019, and has since been viewed 837 times. |