| 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: | CSIRO |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1989 to September 1989 |
| Photo by: | David Carter |
| Photo ID: | 24073 |
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A former Department of Civil Aviation aircraft, VH-CAT joined the Australian government scientific research organisation in 1978. It was used for all manner of scientific research and experiments. COSSA was the CSIRO Office of Space Science and Applications. At one stage VH-CAT was named "Cyrano", a reference to a very long nose probe sometimes fitted. The name was dropped by 1987 even though the nose probe continued to be fitted when required. This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 December 2017, and has since been viewed 461 times. |