Aircraft Photo of VH-TAW | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-TAW
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):	12539
Operator Titles:	Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:	Brockman

Location
City / Airport:	CambridgeMap
Region / Country:	Tasmania, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YCBG IATA: - Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	January 1956 to June 1956
Photo from:	Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:	134845

Photo Comment
VH-TAW at Cambridge just before airline operations were transferred to the new Hobart airport. The grasshopper on the fin is a relic of the aircraft's use as a sprayer during a locust plague in southern NSW and northern Victoria in November-December 1955. This photo was added on 3 April 2019, and has since been viewed 270 times.

Photo Comment

VH-TAW at Cambridge just before airline operations were transferred to the new Hobart airport. The grasshopper on the fin is a relic of the aircraft's use as a sprayer during a locust plague in southern NSW and northern Victoria in November-December 1955.

This photo was added on 3 April 2019, and has since been viewed 270 times.

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