Photo taken from the balcony of the then control tower, now demolished. The background is the Sydney suburb of Tempe. In 1968 Tempe was best known for its tip, where household garbage was dumped in old clay pits. The seagull-attracting qualities of the Tempe Tip proved dangerously incompatible with the nearby airport and dumping was restricted to rubble from building sites. The forward fuselage of G-APFJ is now preserved at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland.

Ex RAF NR747. Based at RAF Netheravon 1963 until 1975 and used by the Army Parachute Association for parachute dropping of volunteers.

This 1939-built light sporting aircraft last flew in 1972. It was on an extended rebuild up to 2009 but there has been a No Flight declaration in 2014.

VH-DQY was withdrawn from use in 2000. Thunderbird Aviation was an early third-level airline operating between Sydney and the Hunter Valley. Third level airlines were intended to fill the void from the withdrawal of DC-3s from passenger services. This had left many regional towns without air services. It was to prove a short-term answer and most of the affected communities no longer have air services. The operating economics of light twins, shrinking rural communities, improved roads and restricted access to major airports such as Sydney all took their toll.

Retired by Qantas in September 1968