1281 results found
Registration / Serial:VH-AZO
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-44 Widgeon
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-44 Widgeon (J4F)
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-44A Widgeon
C/n (msn):1466
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:305165Submit Correction
View count: 411
Registration / Serial:VH-AZO
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-44A Widgeon
C/n (msn):1466
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-AZO
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-44 Widgeon
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-44 Widgeon (J4F)
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-44A Widgeon
C/n (msn):1466
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:305165Submit Correction
View count: 411
Registration / Serial:VH-AZO
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-44A Widgeon
C/n (msn):1466
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Area:Fly River [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:304079Submit Correction
View count: 513
Peter N Johnson photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-UNM
Aircraft Version:Junkers W 34d
C/n (msn):2610
City / Area:Fly River [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Area:Fly River [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:304079Submit Correction
View count: 513
Peter N Johnson photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-UNM
Aircraft Version:Junkers W 34d
C/n (msn):2610
City / Area:Fly River [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BZK
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13362
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Proserpine - Whitsunday Coast (YBPN / PPP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:23 June 1957
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:303027Submit Correction
View count: 381
Also taken this day at Proserpine was Ansett's then new Convair 440 VH-BZF. The crowds may have turned out to see the new plane. Ansett owned the nearby Hayman Island resort. For a many years it received an Ansett flying boat service from Sydney via Brisbane. When landplanes took over, Proserpine became the transit airport holiday makers.
Registration / Serial:VH-BZK
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13362
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Proserpine - Whitsunday Coast (YBPN / PPP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:23 June 1957
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BZK
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13362
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Proserpine - Whitsunday Coast (YBPN / PPP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:23 June 1957
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:303027Submit Correction
View count: 381
Also taken this day at Proserpine was Ansett's then new Convair 440 VH-BZF. The crowds may have turned out to see the new plane. Ansett owned the nearby Hayman Island resort. For a many years it received an Ansett flying boat service from Sydney via Brisbane. When landplanes took over, Proserpine became the transit airport holiday makers.
Registration / Serial:VH-BZK
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13362
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Proserpine - Whitsunday Coast (YBPN / PPP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:23 June 1957
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BNH
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):26675/15230
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
Aircraft Name:RMA Warragamba
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:June 1949 to December 1949
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:301853Submit Correction
View count: 465
Ex I-TROS, arrived in Australia with New Holland Airways and carrying migrants. Sold to Butler which disposed of it in 1956. Went to the US where it became N55L. In Italy it had been fitted with an air stair, which appears to have been the rectangular forward half of the standard double C-47 door hinged at the bottom. It was markedly larger than the rounded airstair doors Butler had in its other former C-47s.
Registration / Serial:VH-BNH
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):26675/15230
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:June 1949 to December 1949
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BNH
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):26675/15230
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
Aircraft Name:RMA Warragamba
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:June 1949 to December 1949
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:301853Submit Correction
View count: 465
Ex I-TROS, arrived in Australia with New Holland Airways and carrying migrants. Sold to Butler which disposed of it in 1956. Went to the US where it became N55L. In Italy it had been fitted with an air stair, which appears to have been the rectangular forward half of the standard double C-47 door hinged at the bottom. It was markedly larger than the rounded airstair doors Butler had in its other former C-47s.
Registration / Serial:VH-BNH
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):26675/15230
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:June 1949 to December 1949
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BHF
Aircraft Original Type:Noorduyn Norseman
Aircraft Generic Type:Noorduyn Norseman (C-64)
Aircraft Version:Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (VI/C-64A)
C/n (msn):272
City / Airport:Mainoru (YMNU)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:1953 to 1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:299855Submit Correction
View count: 413
The burnt-out airframe of VH-BHF, the result of radio fault on September 17, 1952. Photo is believed to be in the 1950s. In a 1960s photo of the aircraft the wings have been removed as has the aluminum sheet on the undercarriage legs. It was reported as still at Mainoru in the 1980s.
Registration / Serial:VH-BHF
Aircraft Version:Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (VI/C-64A)
C/n (msn):272
City / Airport:Mainoru (YMNU)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:1953 to 1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BHF
Aircraft Original Type:Noorduyn Norseman
Aircraft Generic Type:Noorduyn Norseman (C-64)
Aircraft Version:Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (VI/C-64A)
C/n (msn):272
City / Airport:Mainoru (YMNU)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:1953 to 1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:299855Submit Correction
View count: 413
The burnt-out airframe of VH-BHF, the result of radio fault on September 17, 1952. Photo is believed to be in the 1950s. In a 1960s photo of the aircraft the wings have been removed as has the aluminum sheet on the undercarriage legs. It was reported as still at Mainoru in the 1980s.
Registration / Serial:VH-BHF
Aircraft Version:Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (VI/C-64A)
C/n (msn):272
City / Airport:Mainoru (YMNU)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:1953 to 1959
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-INX
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18327
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melton (YMEL)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:July 1971
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:299295Submit Correction
View count: 398
VH-INX soon after arrival from Melbourne-Essendon. It had been trucked to Melton to be converted to an airport cafe. Sometime in 1972 the undercarriage retracted and it lay on its belly with the Ansett-ANA markings blacked out. Back on its undercarriage the tail was painted white but from then on it was all downhill. Parts went missing including the cargo doors and the rudder and the paint flaked off. INX eventually fell back on its tail and remained that way until scrapped in the early 1990s.
Registration / Serial:VH-INX
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18327
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melton (YMEL)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:July 1971
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-INX
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18327
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melton (YMEL)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:July 1971
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:299295Submit Correction
View count: 398
VH-INX soon after arrival from Melbourne-Essendon. It had been trucked to Melton to be converted to an airport cafe. Sometime in 1972 the undercarriage retracted and it lay on its belly with the Ansett-ANA markings blacked out. Back on its undercarriage the tail was painted white but from then on it was all downhill. Parts went missing including the cargo doors and the rudder and the paint flaked off. INX eventually fell back on its tail and remained that way until scrapped in the early 1990s.
Registration / Serial:VH-INX
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18327
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melton (YMEL)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:July 1971
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Airport:Wau (AYWU / WUG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:298039Submit Correction
View count: 604
Impressed into the RAAF as A44-1 in 1942. Peter N Johnson photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-UOW
Aircraft Version:Junkers G31go
C/n (msn):3010
Operator Titles:Guinea Airways
City / Airport:Wau (AYWU / WUG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Airport:Wau (AYWU / WUG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:298039Submit Correction
View count: 604
Impressed into the RAAF as A44-1 in 1942. Peter N Johnson photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-UOW
Aircraft Version:Junkers G31go
C/n (msn):3010
Operator Titles:Guinea Airways
City / Airport:Wau (AYWU / WUG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BKJ
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec (UO/U-11)
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-23-250 Aztec D
C/n (msn):27-4113
Operator Titles:Leonora Air Charter - LAC
City / Airport:Perth - Jandakot (YPJT / JAD)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:November 1974
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:297135Submit Correction
View count: 223
Registration / Serial:VH-BKJ
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-23-250 Aztec D
C/n (msn):27-4113
Operator Titles:Leonora Air Charter - LAC
City / Airport:Perth - Jandakot (YPJT / JAD)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:November 1974
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BKJ
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec (UO/U-11)
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-23-250 Aztec D
C/n (msn):27-4113
Operator Titles:Leonora Air Charter - LAC
City / Airport:Perth - Jandakot (YPJT / JAD)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:November 1974
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:297135Submit Correction
View count: 223
Registration / Serial:VH-BKJ
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-23-250 Aztec D
C/n (msn):27-4113
Operator Titles:Leonora Air Charter - LAC
City / Airport:Perth - Jandakot (YPJT / JAD)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:November 1974
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-AOH
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12790
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:July 1947 to December 1948
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:295804Submit Correction
View count: 464
The second VH-AOH registered just weeks after the first was lost in a training accident.
Registration / Serial:VH-AOH
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12790
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:July 1947 to December 1948
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-AOH
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12790
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:July 1947 to December 1948
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:295804Submit Correction
View count: 464
The second VH-AOH registered just weeks after the first was lost in a training accident.
Registration / Serial:VH-AOH
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12790
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:July 1947 to December 1948
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:A85-441
Aircraft Original Type:Commonwealth CA-22/25 Winjeel
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-22/25 Winjeel
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-25 Winjeel
C/n (msn):CA25-41
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Point Cook (YMPC)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:294385Submit Correction
View count: 610
Photos of A85-441 are rare. It was written off in a midair collision at Point Cook on June 6, 1964. While both pilots survived, Bill Robertson flying -441 was critically injured. He did resume his RAAF career three years later, rising to the rank of wing commander and commanding No.5 Squadron. Awarded the DFC in Vietnam where he flew UH-1 Iroquois. Photo by Errol Walker.
Registration / Serial:A85-441
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-25 Winjeel
C/n (msn):CA25-41
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Point Cook (YMPC)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:A85-441
Aircraft Original Type:Commonwealth CA-22/25 Winjeel
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-22/25 Winjeel
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-25 Winjeel
C/n (msn):CA25-41
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Point Cook (YMPC)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:294385Submit Correction
View count: 610
Photos of A85-441 are rare. It was written off in a midair collision at Point Cook on June 6, 1964. While both pilots survived, Bill Robertson flying -441 was critically injured. He did resume his RAAF career three years later, rising to the rank of wing commander and commanding No.5 Squadron. Awarded the DFC in Vietnam where he flew UH-1 Iroquois. Photo by Errol Walker.
Registration / Serial:A85-441
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-25 Winjeel
C/n (msn):CA25-41
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Point Cook (YMPC)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1962
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-ASB
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
Licence-built by:De Havilland Australia
C/n (msn):DHA637/T171
Operator Titles:Bruce W McGarvie Air Charter
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1988
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:293095Submit Correction
View count: 382
Other Tiger Moths in the formation as VH-WAP and VH-BDX.
Registration / Serial:VH-ASB
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
C/n (msn):DHA637/T171
Operator Titles:Bruce W McGarvie Air Charter
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1988
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-ASB
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
Licence-built by:De Havilland Australia
C/n (msn):DHA637/T171
Operator Titles:Bruce W McGarvie Air Charter
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1988
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:293095Submit Correction
View count: 382
Other Tiger Moths in the formation as VH-WAP and VH-BDX.
Registration / Serial:VH-ASB
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
C/n (msn):DHA637/T171
Operator Titles:Bruce W McGarvie Air Charter
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1988
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:G-APVX
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove (Devon)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04509
City / Airport:Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1972 to March 1972
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:292216Submit Correction
View count: 248
Former British Leyland Dove G-APVX undergoing its Australian certificate of airworthiness inspection. It was registered VH-WST in April 1972.
Registration / Serial:G-APVX
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04509
City / Airport:Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1972 to March 1972
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:G-APVX
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove (Devon)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04509
City / Airport:Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1972 to March 1972
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:292216Submit Correction
View count: 248
Former British Leyland Dove G-APVX undergoing its Australian certificate of airworthiness inspection. It was registered VH-WST in April 1972.
Registration / Serial:G-APVX
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove 5
C/n (msn):04509
City / Airport:Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1972 to March 1972
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BZD
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):110
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Wagga Wagga - Forest Hill (YSWG / WGA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1954 to October 1958
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:291460Submit Correction
View count: 662
Registration / Serial:VH-BZD
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):110
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Wagga Wagga - Forest Hill (YSWG / WGA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1954 to October 1958
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BZD
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):110
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Wagga Wagga - Forest Hill (YSWG / WGA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1954 to October 1958
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:291460Submit Correction
View count: 662
Registration / Serial:VH-BZD
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):110
Operator Titles:Ansett Airways
City / Airport:Wagga Wagga - Forest Hill (YSWG / WGA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1954 to October 1958
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BBV
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12360
Operator Titles:Queensland Airlines - QAL
Aircraft Name:Wide Bay
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:290766Submit Correction
View count: 293
Crashed into the sea near Mackay, Queensland, on March 14, 1954 while on a night freight flight.
Registration / Serial:VH-BBV
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12360
Operator Titles:Queensland Airlines - QAL
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BBV
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12360
Operator Titles:Queensland Airlines - QAL
Aircraft Name:Wide Bay
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:290766Submit Correction
View count: 293
Crashed into the sea near Mackay, Queensland, on March 14, 1954 while on a night freight flight.
Registration / Serial:VH-BBV
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):12360
Operator Titles:Queensland Airlines - QAL
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Charles Grimes
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:290010Submit Correction
View count: 991
Sold in Thailand in 1970
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Charles Grimes
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:290010Submit Correction
View count: 991
Sold in Thailand in 1970
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:NZ5802
Aircraft Original Type:Handley Page HP-67 Hastings
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HP-67/94/95 Hastings
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP-95 Hastings C3
C/n (msn):HP952
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:40 Sqn
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:May 1965 to November 1965
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:289178Submit Correction
View count: 475
With its elevators removed, this photo appears to show the aircraft after it was withdrawn from use in May 1965. The Pan Am DC-7C in the background shows international airline flights were still using Whenuapai. They were moved to the new international airport (NZAA) in November 1965 allowing the DC-7Cs to be replaced by 707s. The other aircraft in the background in an RNZAF DC-6. NZ5802 was flown to Ohakea in February 1966 and scrapped.
Registration / Serial:NZ5802
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP-95 Hastings C3
C/n (msn):HP952
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:May 1965 to November 1965
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:NZ5802
Aircraft Original Type:Handley Page HP-67 Hastings
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HP-67/94/95 Hastings
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP-95 Hastings C3
C/n (msn):HP952
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:40 Sqn
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:May 1965 to November 1965
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:289178Submit Correction
View count: 475
With its elevators removed, this photo appears to show the aircraft after it was withdrawn from use in May 1965. The Pan Am DC-7C in the background shows international airline flights were still using Whenuapai. They were moved to the new international airport (NZAA) in November 1965 allowing the DC-7Cs to be replaced by 707s. The other aircraft in the background in an RNZAF DC-6. NZ5802 was flown to Ohakea in February 1966 and scrapped.
Registration / Serial:NZ5802
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP-95 Hastings C3
C/n (msn):HP952
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:May 1965 to November 1965
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-EDA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42917
Operator Titles:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Pacific Trader
City / Airport:Norfolk Island (YSNF / NLK)Map
Region / Country:Norfolk Island, Australia
Photo Date:November 1976
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:287870Submit Correction
View count: 1480
Qantas retained two immaculate DC-4s for services to Norfolk Island. It was in theory an international destination and Qantas protected its international monopoly vigorously. But for an airline with ambitions to become all 747 they were an expensive luxury. Runway restricts on the island stopped jets and limits on overwater operations prevented twin props. The dilemma was resolved when an exemption was given to allow F27s with long-range tanks to replace the DC-4s. Longer, stronger runways later opened the airport to 737 and A320 aircraft.
Registration / Serial:VH-EDA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42917
Operator Titles:Qantas
City / Airport:Norfolk Island (YSNF / NLK)Map
Region / Country:Norfolk Island, Australia
Photo Date:November 1976
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-EDA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42917
Operator Titles:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Pacific Trader
City / Airport:Norfolk Island (YSNF / NLK)Map
Region / Country:Norfolk Island, Australia
Photo Date:November 1976
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:287870Submit Correction
View count: 1480
Qantas retained two immaculate DC-4s for services to Norfolk Island. It was in theory an international destination and Qantas protected its international monopoly vigorously. But for an airline with ambitions to become all 747 they were an expensive luxury. Runway restricts on the island stopped jets and limits on overwater operations prevented twin props. The dilemma was resolved when an exemption was given to allow F27s with long-range tanks to replace the DC-4s. Longer, stronger runways later opened the airport to 737 and A320 aircraft.
Registration / Serial:VH-EDA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42917
Operator Titles:Qantas
City / Airport:Norfolk Island (YSNF / NLK)Map
Region / Country:Norfolk Island, Australia
Photo Date:November 1976
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-AHB
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron 1B
C/n (msn):14006
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
Aircraft Name:RMA Warrawee
City / Airport:Tooraweenah (YTWN)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:287250Submit Correction
View count: 568
Butler Air Transport publicity photo. Arthur Butler made his tiny home town of Tooraweenah a hub for his airline. Traffic from towns in NSW and southern Queensland fed into the airport for DC-3 services to Sydney. Tooraweenah vanished from the world's airline maps with Butler but was for a while a base for gliding over the Warrumbungle mountains seen in the background of the photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-AHB
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron 1B
C/n (msn):14006
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Tooraweenah (YTWN)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-AHB
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron 1B
C/n (msn):14006
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
Aircraft Name:RMA Warrawee
City / Airport:Tooraweenah (YTWN)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:287250Submit Correction
View count: 568
Butler Air Transport publicity photo. Arthur Butler made his tiny home town of Tooraweenah a hub for his airline. Traffic from towns in NSW and southern Queensland fed into the airport for DC-3 services to Sydney. Tooraweenah vanished from the world's airline maps with Butler but was for a while a base for gliding over the Warrumbungle mountains seen in the background of the photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-AHB
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron 1B
C/n (msn):14006
Operator Titles:Butler Air Transport
City / Airport:Tooraweenah (YTWN)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Manufacturers:Douglas / Aviation Traders
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:286338Submit Correction
View count: 2037
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Manufacturers:Douglas / Aviation Traders
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:286338Submit Correction
View count: 2037
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Airport:Wewak (AYWK / WWK)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:April 1967 to November 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:285468
View count: 551
Interesting gathering on the grassy ramp at Wewak - Aerial Tours Do28 VH-EXA, an RAAF DHC-4 and a Hudson survey aircraft operated by Adastra. Wewak was a major Japanese base during World War II and water-filled bomb craters still pock-marked the airport in 2019.
City / Airport:Wewak (AYWK / WWK)
Photo Date:April 1967 to November 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Airport:Wewak (AYWK / WWK)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:April 1967 to November 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:285468
View count: 551
Interesting gathering on the grassy ramp at Wewak - Aerial Tours Do28 VH-EXA, an RAAF DHC-4 and a Hudson survey aircraft operated by Adastra. Wewak was a major Japanese base during World War II and water-filled bomb craters still pock-marked the airport in 2019.
City / Airport:Wewak (AYWK / WWK)
Photo Date:April 1967 to November 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)