Flugzeugführerschule B at Fürstenfeldbruck had no less than 122 T-Birds according to Wikipedia. Photo by: James Whitmore / Life

Registered to the Minister of Supply from 1954 to 1961 and here wearing BEA livery after initially flying as BOAC. In 1961 it became XP915 then was scrapped at St.Mawgan in 1982. A poor quality shot but included for the BEA livery which is rarely shown.

The future VH-TFA in a Fokker publicity photo. It is carrying the name of Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog. The aircraft remained in the Netherlands for pilot training and it became the second TAA F27 to arrive in Australia after VH-TFB. On arrival in Australia in June 1959 , -TFA's name was changed to Charles Todd.

Equipped with sanitary evacuation sytem. Taken by a member of my family. Wfu in 1979. It is thought that this is not at the Mécheria airfield, but somewhere off-airport.

Shown here wearing the first & original Electra livery. The tail features a single blue band that was later altered to two blue bands with varying fonts until the re-paint into Ansett Airlines of Australia.

Photo taken before its first flight, which was as N31239. As the first of the shortest 707 model (only 13 built, all for Qantas), it undertook a brief test program. This meant VH-EBB was delivered to Australia first. It was named City of Canberra and -EBA was renamed City of Melbourne. Note that soon after delivery, -EBB reverted to its planned name of City of Sydney and VH-EBC became the third 707 to be named City of Canberra in a few months.

A89-307 in its original glossy sea blue finish and without the underwing jet pods installed later in 1959. It and its companion A89-312 diverted to Brisbane because -307 experienced a prop overspeed. Photo by Barry Flood.

VH-AER was reregistered VH-AED in June 1960.