6 results found
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Collection: | South Australian Aviation Museum |
Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 714157Submit Correction |
View count: | 93 |
This Aero 145 was built at Kunovice, Czechoslovakia in 1961 and imported into Australia in 1962, being assembled at Bankstown and then being used for fish spotting (especially tuna) by Commodore Aviation out of Port Lincoln, SA. From 1963 a 10-year contract for lighthouse supply began, taking advantage of the aircraft's excellent endurance and short-field characteristics. A Cessna 337 took over the fish spotting in 1968 but the Aero continued with charter and island work till 1979. Wfu by 1985, it was allocated VH-ZCL for a long-term restoration project from 2001 and placed on display at SAAM
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Collection: | South Australian Aviation Museum |
Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 714157Submit Correction |
View count: | 93 |
This Aero 145 was built at Kunovice, Czechoslovakia in 1961 and imported into Australia in 1962, being assembled at Bankstown and then being used for fish spotting (especially tuna) by Commodore Aviation out of Port Lincoln, SA. From 1963 a 10-year contract for lighthouse supply began, taking advantage of the aircraft's excellent endurance and short-field characteristics. A Cessna 337 took over the fish spotting in 1968 but the Aero continued with charter and island work till 1979. Wfu by 1985, it was allocated VH-ZCL for a long-term restoration project from 2001 and placed on display at SAAM
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 12 December 1992 |
Photo by: | David OsborneContact |
Photo ID: | 711194Submit Correction |
View count: | 82 |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 12 December 1992 |
Photo by: | David OsborneContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 12 December 1992 |
Photo by: | David OsborneContact |
Photo ID: | 711194Submit Correction |
View count: | 82 |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 12 December 1992 |
Photo by: | David OsborneContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 10 October 2021 |
Photo by: | Gavin HughesContact |
Photo ID: | 401891Submit Correction |
View count: | 190 |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 10 October 2021 |
Photo by: | Gavin HughesContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 10 October 2021 |
Photo by: | Gavin HughesContact |
Photo ID: | 401891Submit Correction |
View count: | 190 |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | 10 October 2021 |
Photo by: | Gavin HughesContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
C/n (msn): | 1859 |
City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 1958 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 114123Submit Correction |
View count: | 567 |
VH-WWC was operated by World Wide Air Services in Papua New Guinea on behalf of Australasian Petroleum for oil exploration. In 1961 it was sold to Trans Australia Airlines for use on airline services . It struck a submerged object and sank at Daru on April 26, 1962. The seaplane base at Port Moresby operated from 1939 to 1966. In 1967 it became a patrol boat base, for the Australian Navy and today the Papua New Guinea Defence Force. Photo from Trans Australia Airlines.
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
C/n (msn): | 1859 |
City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 1958 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
C/n (msn): | 1859 |
City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 1958 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 114123Submit Correction |
View count: | 567 |
VH-WWC was operated by World Wide Air Services in Papua New Guinea on behalf of Australasian Petroleum for oil exploration. In 1961 it was sold to Trans Australia Airlines for use on airline services . It struck a submerged object and sank at Daru on April 26, 1962. The seaplane base at Port Moresby operated from 1939 to 1966. In 1967 it became a patrol boat base, for the Australian Navy and today the Papua New Guinea Defence Force. Photo from Trans Australia Airlines.
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
C/n (msn): | 1859 |
City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 1958 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Airport: | Adelaide - International (YPAD / ADL)Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | February 1964 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Photo ID: | 93332Submit Correction |
View count: | 501 |
Visiting from Port Lincoln to drop off a passenger for an airline flight. VH-WWC was withdrawn from use in 1976. It returned to the register in 2001 as a long-term restoration project with the registration VH-ZCL.
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Airport: | Adelaide - International (YPAD / ADL)Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | February 1964 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Aero 45 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Let Ae-45/145 |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Airport: | Adelaide - International (YPAD / ADL)Map |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | February 1964 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Photo ID: | 93332Submit Correction |
View count: | 501 |
Visiting from Port Lincoln to drop off a passenger for an airline flight. VH-WWC was withdrawn from use in 1976. It returned to the register in 2001 as a long-term restoration project with the registration VH-ZCL.
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Let Ae-145 Super Aero 145 |
C/n (msn): | 20-002 |
Operator Titles: | Commodore Aviation |
City / Airport: | Adelaide - International (YPAD / ADL)Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | February 1964 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 337-0193 |
City / Airport: | Narromine (YNRM)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 29 September 2007 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
Photo ID: | 40723Submit Correction |
View count: | 163 |
This fairly early production Skymaster was registered, new, in Australia on 17 September 1965. Despite this early date, it was preceded by a Catalina, then an Aero 145, of the same rego.
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 337-0193 |
City / Airport: | Narromine (YNRM)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 29 September 2007 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 337-0193 |
City / Airport: | Narromine (YNRM)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 29 September 2007 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
Photo ID: | 40723Submit Correction |
View count: | 163 |
This fairly early production Skymaster was registered, new, in Australia on 17 September 1965. Despite this early date, it was preceded by a Catalina, then an Aero 145, of the same rego.
Registration / Serial: | VH-WWC |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 337-0193 |
City / Airport: | Narromine (YNRM)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 29 September 2007 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |