Aircraft Photo of A30-9 | Douglas DC-2-112 | Australia - Air Force | AirHistory.net #332045
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:A30-9
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1292
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Melbourne - EssendonMap
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMEN   IATA: MEB   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:16 November 1984
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 332045
Photo Comment

For most the past 75 years A30-9 has been in the open with its wings removed. It was part of Sid Marshall's collection of DC-2 spares at Sydney - Bankstown and then held in the Camden Aviation Museum yard. In Victoria it was parked at Tyabb airport and is now in the storage yard of the Australian National Aviation Museum (formerly the Moorabbin Air Museum) at Melbourne - Moorabbin. But briefly it was hangared and its wings attached at Melbourne - Essendon as part of a project to return the aircraft to the skies. Project terminated after severe corrosion found.

This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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