| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-CAT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-100 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10132 |
| Operator Titles: | Department of Civil Aviation |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Adelaide - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YPAD IATA: ADL Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1962 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 240454 |
| Photo Comment |
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One of the most photographed Australian F27s. Served as an airways calibration aircraft and then an airborne laboratory, sometimes sporting a long nose probe that earned it the nickname Cyrano. Less common are photos of it before it received weather radar, as seen here in Adelaide in 1962. This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 6 May 2020, and has since been viewed 376 times. |