Aviation Historical Society OF Australia
VOL.X NUMBER 2 MARCH - APRIL 1969. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $5.00 (AUST).
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EEC07EEY AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES IN PAPUA-NEW GUINEA. Travor Wo Boughton. To Find a Vengeance. ■ i; At the end of January 1969 a party of four began an aerial search for a Vult@¥ Vengeance of Noo 24 Squadron, RAAF, that crash landed in the Markham Valley on January 29th 1944o The aircraft was stated as being flown by Guy Main (now a sales represent ative for Hawker D© Havilland Australia) with Lou Stevens as the radio operator/air gunner but Stevens, in a letter published in the **South Pacific Post” on February 14th, 1969 pointed out that he was the pilot and cited "Air War Against Japan 1943-45” page' 190 to support this,, The other three with Main were ”Sonny”Rankin of West Wyalong, NSW 3 Brian Dodd (Hawker De Havilland PNG Manager) and Margaret Hay. "Althbugh'the search'was 'fruitless" the party did locate several other wrecks. Other- 'information reported included, that the " aircraft" cohce’rhe'd was' bn loan to Stevens /Main and was'named’"Lett'We.Forget". Main stated that he would return in the next few months to continue the search.
Air Museum of Papua and New GuineA. Since the notes published in the September-October 1968 issue of the Journal, the Museum has achieved the following After being cut up into smaller components under the guidance of Robert Diemert, the Republic Thunderbolt 42-8066 was transported into Port'Moresby op November 25th.' The wing and fuselage centre section of the Bell PL'SUD Aifacobra '41-6970, from Gaile, was brought in together with the Republic'P-47 from Hula, on December 7/8th. A number of Bell P-39’s have been investigated, including the crashed P-39D 41-6802, number on Woodlark Island and three in the Port Moresby area. A Curtiss P-40 and a Supermarine Spitfire have been acquired from the South Papuan coast area. The C.AoCo Wirraway A20-13 at Port Moresby has been stripped for fi'stora'tio’n and the work'is proceeding slowly. In a letter to "Pacific Islands Monthly", January 1969 issue. Bill Chapman, the Museum* s chairman, indicated that a replica Curtiss Seagull would be added to the Museum - this machine would use the engine and nacelle of the first aircraft (a Seagull) to fly in the Territory,
Robert, Diemert of Canada. Three Zeros and a Val were recovered from the Solomon, Islands area and arrived at Port Moresby on September 29th, 1968, Lack of facilities caused the aircraft to be broken up with an axe, into easily managed components for shipping, and although the result was startling/Diemert was most confident of his ability to rebuild the aircraft into flying condition without any trouble. The engines were left behind as they would not be useable and will be replaced with Wright Cyclones from North American B-25*So On January 14th. a Canadian Armed Forces G-130, 10324, arrived at Port Moresby to pick up the aircraft but despite strenuous efforts by all concerned it was necessary to leave one Zero centr© section and two tail cones behind, These will be picked up during a '■■future training flight when it passes through Port Moresby, One of the rebuilt Zeros will be.presented to the.Cahadiah Governmentfor the Canadian Air Museum, The Zeros were numberes 5355, ' 5451 Cpresent'atio'n number 1045) ' and (presentation number 1053) whilethe Val serial number appeared to be 3179, " SOTeral interesting points were noted during an inspection of the components. Most striking was the■lack of corrosion - apart from the obvious areas such as the arrester hook and some of the components around the tail unit which would normally be close to the ground - the only area consistently damaged was the wing spar caps. The Zero is not the only aircraft to suffer this form of damage, it appears on Bell Airacobras which have been located, and is obviously an unsuitable metal. The construction methods used in the Zero are very light when compared to American aircraft, the light ness being' in the form of thin skin and frames together with built up ribs and brackets and formed sheets with numerous lightening holes and stiffening flanges. The paintwork on the upper sufaces had suffered greatly from the tropical sun while under the wings and tail units the Japanese letters appeared as new. The markings were ^ f
AoHoSoAo Journal March-lpril 1969 particularly noted on th© lowert surfaces of th® Yal wingso
Papua^^Maw Guinea Museum/Goroka Brancho Work on the Bell which was recoTered from Tadji Air^strip^ has almost finished and the airoraft' xs now" painted a mustard yelloia/dark green camoflag© with a red spinnere Th©""standard of workmanship is very rough and over-^^all the project does not reflect veiy favourably on those who' undertook the worko Th© Muse-om was originally a Hotary project and was later accepted as a Branch of th© Territory Musamiio Most of the equipment in the 'Museum is in th© form of native artifacts from, the New Guinea Highlands and at on© stage proposals' existed to build an aeronautical museum which would have rivalled the Port 'Moresby bas'ed Air Museumo The leader of this part was RoHo(Bobby) Gibbet but it ii understood that he does not now have anything to do with the organisationo
Malmaluan Lookout^ Rabaulo The Rabmul Lions Club ii developing the former wartime lookout and rada^r station into a Coaitwatchar^ s reserve which will be opened at Saster 1969« One of th© items on display is the Zero recovered from lobera Plantation, near KoKopo (July^^AugustlQSS Journal)o Sine©'being transported to the lookout the aircraft has been badly damaged by vandalsj despite a barbed wire fence, and will require extensive rebuildingo Two firms, Obmaioo of Australia, and Australian Steel PrefabrioationsCNew Guinea) have each donated' llE5 worth of aluminium sheeting to re^-’Skin the aircrafto When the aircraft is" rebuilt"more" extensive"security provisions will be necessaiy to protect it from visiting European vandalso
MLITAHI AYIATION « 1968 John Bennettc Royal Australian Air F©ro©e After the acceptance in September of the first F-lllC it was expected that th© ■RMF^s tw©nty«four strike reconnaissance aircraft (A8«125 to 148) would be delivered by th© end of the yearo But cam© December and all aircraft were still in the UoSo, painted in greerj/^brown oamoflag© and Australian markings, awaiting modification to overcome their latest problem -"that of fatigue in the carry-through box of th© aircraft^s variable geometry wingso It is now anticipated that Noo 82 (SR) Wing will receive these airexaft inmid-1969. Meanwhile nearly all Mirage IIIO aircraft have been delivered to th© PiAAF, the last, Ao-lOO, ii expected to be received in February X969o The ten Mirage HID dual- trainers (A3-101 to no) are now in serviceo Noo 3 Squadron, at Williamtown, equipped with twenty Mirage IIIOCA) ground attack fighters, is to move to Butterworth, Malaysia, early in 1969 to replace Noo 77 Squadron Sabres, th© latter unit then free to re-equip at'Williamtown« NOo 79 Squadron was withdrawn from Thailand during th© year and re-grouped with 77 Squadrohi "The first RAAF P-3B Orion was" received in January and the first three were ferried to''N6c 11 "Squadron^ s new base at Edinburgh, SoAo in Mayo Details of the aircraft are A9-.B91 o/n 5401 BuAer 155291 " A9-296 c/n 5406 BuA®r 155296 A9-292 5402 155292 A9-29? 540? 155297 A9-E93 5403 155293 A9-298 5408 155298 A9-294 5404 155294 A9-E99 5409 155299 A9-295 5405 155E95 A9-300 5410 155300 With the loss of A9=E96 in the UoSo only nine aircraft are in squadron servio@o lew aircraft for the service during the year also , were more UH-1 Iroquois helicopters - Six UH-ID's (A2-505 to 510) were delivered to No, 5 Squadron at Fairbairn, and sixteen (known aerials being A2-377 and 379) were received by Noo 9 Squadron at Yung Tau, Yietnam, ^ On the training side, C,F.So at East Sal® now have twelve Macchi MB-326H trainers on strength and loo 2 F.T.S, at Pearce is in the process of re-equipping, having receivsd aircraft up to A7=030 by the end of the year. The School of Air lavigation at East Sal® » AoHeSoAc Journal March-April 1969
is ' also"’6btaining.n0w'"aircraft «= HoSi 746.Series' 228" naVi'gition"'trainars’''t^^ ripla6e"‘xts C-47 Dakotaso Three 748 aircraft (AlO-601 to 603) had arriired in 1968^ the remaining fiY© (AlO-604 to 608) will be on strength' in 1969o As for YIP aircraft the two BAG One-Eleven Series 417EA's' CA12-124 and 125) arrived early in'19'68' for Kco"’ 34' Squadron at Fairbairno Tenders were c'alled for the Metropolitans CA96-S13'" and 353) and these were sold to the IJoSo "The Yiscounts will be "the next'^rithdrawn so that th© unit wiil’haire seven'aircraft on strength^'- the two'BAG Ohe^Elevensi-'three Falcons (All-OTS^ 085 and 090) and two HoSo 748“ s Series 229 o (110^595 and'596). The Bloodhound IvIkolYs of Hco 30 (SAI'l) Squadron were withdrawn from, service lata in 1968 and the Squadron disbanded. No surface to air missiles are to be obtained by the EAAF in the near future^ leaving the air defence role to Mirage interceptors supported by Control and Deporting Units^ two new GARU“i being formed at Williamtown and Amberleyo' • ■ Futur# Equipment? Th© F-lllGYs and remaining Macchis are expected to be delivered during 1969c Apart from these^ no ther orders have been placed* New Orions could be purchased.early in the 1970^s’ to replace No, 10 Squadrons Neptune aircraft* As for'the •acquisition of an advanced''trainer^ th©' Jaguar.could be'” under consid'eration however^ as it'“'appears the'DAAF could not afford the cost of developing an aircraft like the C^AoCo proposed C1--31* Royal Australian Navjr, ..... 1968 has been a year of'working up for the'aviation component of th© RAN, Ncu805 Squadron was reformed with A-4G Skyhawks and Noo 816 with S«-2E Trackers* These squadrons a're to be taken aboard'HIvIAS Melbourne early in 1969* No* 817 SquadroriYs TTessex HAS,Si helloopters were modernised’ with the installation of some new equipment during the year to be redesignated as HAS*31Bo Newspapers discussed th© leasing or purchaser of Hl/IS Hermes by the ROIf but this is " now unlikely as is the deliirery of any other.o.arri©r fcr"a nuiiber of years, But it is possible the RAN could soon receive hew 'aircraft s purchase of a small helicopter type seems likely for training and oommuniG-atioEo .. Australia Regular Army* Th@""16ng expected'"Army Aviation'Corps cam© into existence on July l-st^ 1968o Still co'hs'istihg of NcU.1'Aviation" Regimentthe nucl'eus of Army Aviation is to be centred at D'akey'"from Mid-1'969o At prese’nt th'©"regiment is divided into No,s 16 and 18 (^Reconn- aissa’hde)Squadrons'1 HToo "I'TCAlr^Cavalry) Squ'adron and'” an Aviation Training Squadrori, Bach"'squadron.will.eventually consist of three flights/ but' the expansion to the extent of forming -a second Aviation Regiment is still not yet envisaged. Present Units are 16 Squadron 161 Flight in Vietnam^ 162 and 163 Flights at Amberley^ Qld, 17 Squadron ^ 171 Flight at Holsworthy, NSW, 18 Squadron 182 Flight in Malaysia^ 183 Flight in New Guinea, HQ and Training Squadrons at Amberlej/o Flights could soon be sent to Army centres^ such as Townsville and Albury, ...... A third batch of Bell 47G<«3B-»1 Souix was ordered 'in February and deliveries started later in the year, Th© helicopters are Al«-673,j 720 and 721 to 738 (c/nls 6673h 6672’h. 7'401', to 7418), Of the fifteen TurbO“>Port©rs on order eleven had been delivered as at the ©nd of December 1968o Th© serials are A14«=’652^ 653^ 66I5 662^ 680^ 08I; 683/” 684," 686V’”687''"and "6880...The'other aircraft are serialled 690, 692/ 693 and Toil ' A'"'further batch' of "helicoptefs,''most p'robably' not Souix, .may be ordered during 1969 to replace the ageing Bell 47G--2. and 2A“s delivered during 1960, Squadron Markings During 19 68, Noo 1 (B) OoCoUo Canberra, This unites yellow and black checked band marking gave way during the year to a small checked diamond on the fin. However, this did not remain in service long, and by December no aircraft at Amberley had squadron markings. Only Canberra T»21“s are nowsilver, all bombers being oamouflaged. Two aircraft which carried the diamond were A84“125 and 307. AoH.S.Ao Journal -30- 'March-April 1969
Uo. E (F) OoCoUo - Sabra. Noted in October was the new yellow band (outlined in black) across the fin/rudder of Sabres belonging to the Transition Flight which is part of 2 OGII. These aircraft are Used by pilots who have completed their training and are awaiting posting to operational squadrons» Some of the aircraft also had swept fin flashes paralleling the leading edge of the fin, and all had a yellow band around the intake. The aircraft carrying the Tiger on the band illustrated below was A94“949,
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NS1(B)0CU Nhl SQUADRON NMO SQUADRON No, 10 (MR) Squadron - Neptune. At the completion of World War Two, 10 Squadron Coastal Command) was disbanded and it was some three years later when the squadron was reformed as.No. 10 (OR) Squadron, In order to maintain the tradition so dearly won by personnel of the original 10 Squadron, their unit badge was adopted by the present squadron. The blazon is ”a northern Chimaera pierced by an Australian fishing spear”. The northern Chimaera - a fish which attacks shoals of herrings in northern, waters - is indicative of the activities of enemy submarines, The motto -"Strike First”- needs no amplification. The badge is on all aircraft. No. 11 (MR) Squadron - Orion, Their blazon is "an albatross in flight surimposed on a rapier crossed with a shepherd's crook". The albatross recognises the fact that, for the first ten years of its existence, the squadron was operating flying boats, The shepherd's crook and the rapier symbolise the function of protection of the shipping lanes and the quick thrust of an attack on enemy submarines, hence the motto -"Shepherd or DestrojU'. The badge is on all aircraft. slack wHire
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WHITE black / 7 /L-BLACK N'2 OCU. r77 SQUADRON brown TI6ER with black STRIPES. ORAWGE green/WHITE CHECK. BlACK HoftSE HEAJ) EVES 4 TONSUE.. With wHiTE DETAIL ON 'WH\te BABE, No,. 77 (F) Squadron - Sabre, First seen in August was the Squadron's new green and white diamond band across the fin. In the centre of this band is a black horse head - similar to a knight in chess. The Squadron has adopted its previous green intake band. Aircraft with this marking were %- A94-946, 948, 951, 954, 956, 962, 963, 965, 966, 969, 9s0, 974, 980, 982 and 989. . • AoH.SoAo Journal March-April 1969
Noo 79 (F) Squadron » Sabr®, Before its withdrawal from Thailand the Squadron adopted its previous Thai Cobra fin marking in green on a white band (bordered in green) across the fine The intake band is green as in 77 Squadron. Aircraft which carried the Cobra marking wars s- A94“ 963, 974^ 978^ 987, 988 and 990.
lo. 805 Squadron, EAN, - Skyhawk. These aircraft now have red and white checked rudders. Previously the Squadron operated Sea Venoms some of which had their wing tip tanks painted in the red and white check., M?79 oOUADROi'i DARK green cobra with The drawirigs for the badges were supplied by KoJo Kerleo Rep detail eye KlQNGUE, AIRLINE COLOURS IN TATm-WM GUINEA « Current Trends. Trevor Boughton.
Ansett Airlines of Papua-New Guinea (formerly Ansett-MoAeLo) began the year with a strong newspaper campaign featuring topics such as passenger service g-*^Flying Ansatt Airlines of Papua New Guinea means more than just getting thera^’,| the number of flights s-^^^Who has 1152 seats a week between Port Moresby and Lae?**<, | flying experience in the Territory g- ^In 31 years we^v© covered a lot of Territory” o j and punctual arrivals g- ”With 259^116 seats available Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea can put you on-^’the-spet on time any time” o As part .of this new ?Lmage the hostesses have been issued with a new bright yellow uniform^ complete with military type straps across the fronts that was designed by the chief hostess^ Miss Margaret Jenkins« The flying experience advertisement^ No* 7638/77^ depicts the Friendship^ VH-FNM^ in a new colour scheme - see'diagram below* By the end of February both of the Friend ships -flSlFNlf and'"FNN)" were.still w@arihg"th©ir”usuar sohemes but two new DC-3* MML^ from MacRobertaon Miller were in use'and they had been painted in the new scheme* The'writer feels the scheme is very simple and attractive but suffered from visual impact due to the lack of colour definition on the fuselage by the windows. However^ another variation soon appeared - see drawing 3 below - with the red along the windows on the freighter VH-MAB* ¥H-MMA has just the orange tail without the ”A” symbol. /
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TAi\ 4 F^i}E..VPSH iP ifV Vs/Hir~E While discussing Territory colour schemes it should be k JS recorded that Trans Australia Airlines haT© used adTertis©- m mants showing the Friendship^ VH-TFE^ in a Sunbird colour scheme (TAA 2658/67) but this is a retouched photograph (TAA mF^feAiDAHlP 4426/68 shows th® same view with the aircraft in the mainland sohem®). Although the Sunbird scheme has been abandoned^ it vh-TFE is of interest to record this proposed scheme - apart from • ■ the tail th® only other changs Was for ®*Sunbird Services" to CD replace "Ths Nation's Jetline" on the lower fuselage. WHI i £ BL-UE. Two new air agreements were signed between Australia and foreign countries during March. The first, signed with Indonesia in Sydney on March ?th, allows their airline, Garuda Indonesian, to fly two services wsekl.y to Sydney or Melbourm, or one service to each city weekly, / In return QANIAS can now operate two servioes weekly through Djarkarba or Den Pasar (island of Bali) or one service weekly through each point. Under the agreement, arrangements hav® been made for an air link between Merauk© (West Irian)'^arid Port Moresby vFapua;, and also a sarvio® between Kupang (Indonaaian Timor) and Darwin, Th® existing ixrk between Laa i^New Guinea) and Djayapura (West Irian) now flown by I.A.A. vrould bs unaltered. The second agreement signed with the Sspubiio of Nauru,' in Canberra on March 21st will allow QANTAS to operate a weekly service to Nauru while a yet un-named Nauruan airline will" operate"a w^^ekiy Nauru to Brisbane service...... Answering questions In Federal Parliament on April 22nd., the Minister for Civil Sw&Hz, strcngly denied press reports that the Govarnment would be lii'tiag or relaxing the banioh jet operations at capital city airports, The ban preveats ist flights from these airports between the hours 11 pm and 6 am, Mr. Swarta stated that perraission, as in the past -would be given for jetA'’lights in amergencies and st peak times, such as the Christmas or Easter holidays. A confrontation between eight international airlines serving Australia and the Australian Government was reported in the pr-ess lat© in March. The sight airlines. Pan American, B.O.A.C * S Air India, Alitalia, Lufthansa, U.T.A,, Air New Zealand and Pliillipim A?.,ri.ines were protesting against the 20,7% increase in landing charges -which cam® into ©ffeot on Januaiy 1st. These airlines paid the Governmant on the basis of th© old landing oharges, with-holding the increased difference to stress their concern at the high and continually increasing air navigation charges which are the highest in the world. Four other airlines, G?-Air, K.L.M,, Malaysian-Singapor© and South African, paid uthe full amount when they fell due but -with strong protest, Representatives from all the airlines concerned in the dispute met with the Director General of Civil Aviation, Sir Donald Anderson, on March 31st and presented their case on the high charges. All outstanding charges were paid prior to the meeting so as to facilitate discussions with the Govern ment. Further large expenditure is to be undertaken at various Australian and New Guinea . A.H.SoAo Journal -33- Maroh-April 1969
airoorts in the near futures according to announcements mad© by the MinisterfiFCivil Aviation during March/April,, A new building to house administrative and ©ngiheering staff will be constructed at Sydney Airport at a cost of $250s000s while a further $500s000 will be spent on r@-inforcing the fir® services at the same airport to cater for the large Boeing and similar aircrafto Four ultra large IgSOO gallon fir®.tenders will b@ purchased to replace existing smaller ©quipmento Also a satellite fire station will be constructed at the aouthern end ef the north/south runwayo A similar expenditure will b© mad« on firs services at Melbourne Airport., and will probably be required at’ Brisbane, Darwin and Perth at a later date, A new operations centre,, costing $240,,000 is to be constructed at Alice Springs Airperfe to cater for the rapidly’expanding traffic being’ handled, Perth is to have a new cargo Cuitoms hall costing 1120,000 to separate the cargo customs from th® prase-tit passenger area’in the maip terminal building, .... .flight ’information’ d’isplay ’system coitihg” $190,000’ is to be installed af ’ths new International Terminal at Sydney, The unit comprises electronically operated flight xhfo'matioh.diiplay.boards' lo'cated ’ at strategic’' po'sit'ions throughout the terminal bui’ld- ’ i'hgr’ahd'”wi’Il"’provi’d'©'’upltO“tHe-minute’ fright arrival and departure details. It will also aciHie’'arriving passengers on the appropriate route for immigration, customs and baggage clearances-...... ------..... ------...... jj£^£g.+;Q^-"P6r C’x-vll Aviation annouhced"on'April”7thl,' that'a contract had'been -letr’*’tb’'a p'rivat'e'"firm’i'Group fi'ngiheering’ Lt’d,’, "to build 'and' operate” a multi=storey car parE: .at--Sydhey' a.i rport ' The c,a’r='park,'”tb''be'built.in'various ' stages, would’ eventually' S'olS'li’Bob 'vehieles',"'Mr,'Swartz also announced’that’ a’ ’contract'h'ad’ been let to a'group of~G'us’'tomi'agent’s'known’”as'’A’o’FoC.A.^BV'’Pt.yl Ltd,, to develop’* comple'x of air cargo and cuitomi''fi'c'il'ltie's.'at the'neW Melbou'rrxe..T ul I amarine’’Airport’, .Mr, Swartz said the ’GoHio'rtium”wiIl i-ps"hd"over $300,000 develcping the four acre site, which will be near the airline freight terminals. T, n '" "Th© Prime M-iaist®r, Mr, Gorton, ftaneuneed on March E9th that any thought of \ building'a 'second"International airport for Sydney at 'Towra Point had been d'ropped, 'H® said that.,investigaticns by D„C„A. had shown the site as being unsuitable for an airport. The Federal Government h.a8 appointed a'speci'al committee to investigate th® needs and operations of "business jet" and air freight eempanies. The Minister for Civil; Aviation, when amounoing this on Mar-ch E7th,, said that this is the result of 'app’lieat= ions by present and proposed o'perators to import additional aircraft into Australia and inoreas© their aetivitie’s. The commit fee’s, whioh'wlll’comprise of representatives'from the Civil Aviation, Ireasuiyq, Shippirig and Transport, and the Prim,e Ministers Depart ments will examine primarily whether th® growth of airfreight and business companies will interfer® with the Australian "two~Airlin@" policy, "The Minister for’'Civil'Aviation announced on April 22nd, that four Queensland airports will soon"be equipped with night landing facilities. Three of bhe airports Birdsville, Proserpine and Windorah, are in country centres and will enable a better spread of airline services, while the fourth, Archerfield, will cater for the rapidly expanding general aviation activities at th® airport. The Federal Geverrjn.eat is seriously considering obtaining a collection of hist orical records of the pioneer airman Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, The collection, owned by’an Adelaid# man, is regarded as superb, and the collection has remarkable historical signi,ficaho@o This item, was given by the Minister of Tourism, Senator T/right, Ansett Transp'ort Industries announced on April E8th, that a subsidiary company, th© National Instrument Company, would become the Australian representatives of th® North American Rockwell Corp, of California, Initially N.I.C, will,undertake the sales and market development of unstated 'N.A.R, products in Australia, New Zealand, Papua-New Guinea, Malaysia and Singapore, The .new division of N,IoCo will operate from Canberra, The General Manager for Airlines of NoS.W,, Gapt„ S,Go Middlemiss, announced on March 19th, that their parent, Ansett Transport Industries, had taken out options on two Fokker F=28 Fellowship aircraft for his company. It is hoped to introduce the airGra.ft on to NSW routes late in 1970, but this will depend on the development of the aerodromes AoHoSoAo Journal March-^April 1969 # which will warrant a jet service^ such as Dubbo^ Wagga and Goff^s Harbouro Airlines of UoS.W® advised Moree Municipal Council at a meeting on March 31st§^ that^it would be impossible for the airlines to provide a regular service between Moree and*other north-western towns to Brisban@o The company said there was insufficient traffic available to make services ecomonioi however^ A/NoSoWo advised the council to approach a ^^third level** operator for air ierviceio The request to A/NoSoWo was the result ©f various local bodies requesting the council to approach East-West Airlines and asking if they’ would include More© on their Tamworth-Inverell-Brisbane-Coolangatta service*^" ^ '' ...... MacEobertsbh.Miller Airlines announced during April that the leased Fokker F-E8 C see Mov/Dec Journal) would be commencing regular scheduled services on August lEtho^ initially.on the Perth-Port Headland-Derby-Darwin serviceo However at a later date it is hoped to include Bampier and Kununurra on the jet serviceso Th© new air service between Brisbane and Gove (NoTo) commenced on March lltho^ when ToA.Ao operated their first service with a Fokker F-E7o Th© service will be flown on alternate weeks bt TcAoAo and Ansett Airlines^ who operated their first service on March 25th„ ^ t ToAoAo announced on March 16th that they were adopting a new colour scheme and thafth© first aircraft^ a 00-9^ VH-TJK^ would be shown to the Press and public on March Slsto The new colours^ which have been publicised -as th©**look of the seventies** consists of Australian ochre^ blue and white, replacing the red^ white and blueo The pre-showing publicity material handed out to the press on the new colour schemedisclosed that th® familair red kangaroo symbol had been droppedo However when YH-TJK was shown to the public on March 31st^, it carried a much smaller ochre kangaroo which has been incorp orated in the blue **cheat line** on the forward fuselageo The press claimed that th© retention of the symbol was the result of much public pressure to .retain ito The change in the colour scheme will take about two years to completeo The cadet pilot training scheme ^ commenced by T.AoAo in June 1967 to over com© th© then shortage of suitable pilots, is being abandoned because of the number of suitably trained pilots now available in Australia« Th© announcement was mad© on April Isto, juit,__a few weeks after the first intake of cadets graduatedo
■■ T.AoAo s last helicopter^ a Bell 47J^, ¥H-THH^ was so early in March to Aust- ralian Helicopters Ptyo Ltdo^ of Parafield, SAo T^AoAo had earlier suspended their " _ **Hf;llpab**„.,i^ .between Essendon Aerodrome and Melbourne City Heliport during December .1968^,. and:¥H-THH has been awaiting sal© since ^th©n« 7 .. The regular rumours of a **take-ov@r offer** being made for East-West Airlines were" in the press during the first week of Aprilo Reports stated that News Ltd,,^ owners of Nationwide Air Services and the largest shareholder In Business Jets Ptyc Ltdo , were about to make an offer for East-West and that the company v/ould be used as the basis for a third lnter‘'state airline^ Both parties issued strong denials to the rumourse ■April Yma th® busiest month ever recorded in East-West Airlirx©s^ history, when 24,E00 passengers were carried -just over 1,000 more than the previous busiest months J®.nuary" 1969. Air cargo figures were a record for any month, a large portion of the increase being credited to chocolate easter eggs carried du.ri..ng the first fe?f days of Aprilo The future of commuter services ^being operated by Davey Air Services from More® td“horth-western centres has been resolved (see Nov/D@g Journal)o According to press reports.during March, the service will continue on its present basis and Airlines of NSWwill subsidise any losses when certain traffic figures are not reached over unstated periods o- ...... ‘Nationwide Air Services commenced commuter services from Brisbane to the NSW • north coast cities of Lismore and Grafton on March 31sto The service is flown by Cessna 402’^ aircraft and provides for'a twice daily service Monday to Friday and a single return service on Saturdays and Sundayso, All services connect with East-West Airlines Sydney- Grafton services so as to allow a through service between Sydney and LismorSc ’ AoHoSoAo Journal ==35.™ March“April 1969
Island Airways Ptyo Ltdo^ of Hsrrgy Bay Airport, Pialba, situatod on the central Queensland coast, commencad commuter services on the coastal region between Harvey Bay and Surfers Paradise on March Isto The four times weekly service connects'the small centres of Hervey Bay, Bmggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Eidsvold, Mto Perry, and Gympie to both Brisbane and Maryborougho A through service, via Bris'bane, connects these centres to Surfers Paradise„ The aircraft being used are the Islander, 'VH-AIA and Gheroke® 6, VH=>CIAo Probably the “hardest Worked'* light twin aircraft in Australia •“ the USW Air'"' Ambulance Queeuair, 'Wi-AMB, completed two years successful service on March'25th, Pu'ring this period the aircraft flew just over 4,000 hours, carried 3,741 patients, and flew over 600,000 nautical miles. The aircraft carried an average of 35,97 patients each' week with the average per'flight being 2,95 over the two year period, The aircraft was withdrawn from service at the end of March to undergo'a major overhaul at East-'West Airline's base at Tamworth, Services were maintained, firstly with East-West's Twin Otter, ¥H-E1M, and afte'r'April'30th'with'’th'eir DC=3, "'TH-PWIC....The NSW'Government, at "a " meeting'oh'April litoT’authorised the purchase of a second aircraft for the Air Ambulance service, but its purchaser will depend.on the success..of a'public appeal for funds,.. - The Gharleville base of the Poyal'Flyihg 'Do'ctor 'service of Australia.'is under'l''^ going an extensive re-building and expansion programme,'The expansion became necessary because of the rapid increase of ■operations, 'b'oth mediGal'Iy'and'the School of Air activity. The number 'of patients using _the Gharleville faffiilities., during 1968,__mQre than doubled over.the previous ■'yearr' —.. Mayne Nickless Ltd,, increased their aviation activities early in March with th© 'aequistition of a 51^'interest in West Australian Helicopters Pty, Ltd, Mayne Niokless filsg _ownB‘:'a substantial inters-st“In" Bristow Helicopters'Pty Ltd;, "also based in W,A« The Sydney based Hawker De Havilland Australia Pty, Ltd,, will be expanding their activities' 'to give'more support in the sales and servicing of aircraft manufactured by thei’r'Ga'nadiah’associate', de'Havilland Aircraft of Ganada Ltd,, who manufacture th® Twin Otter, Caribou, Buffalo and the proposed four engined "commuter liner" DHC-7, Th® President of the Canadian company, Mr, WoB, Boggs, disclosed during a visi't to Australia early in March that the Australian company would be responsible for sales and "factory" type after sales service over an expanded territory including south east Asia and other nearby areas, The Australian distributor of Cessna aircraft, Rex Aviation Holdings Ltd,, announced to the .Sydney Stock Exchange during March that they were agai0 omitting a dividend following'a fall in sales and profits for the six months ending December 31st,, 1968, The Directors reported that the depressed conditions which have affected th® us© and' sale of single'engined aircraft, have- continued oven a full year, particularly in training activities. The company sold 48 aircraft in the period under review. The Fokke'r'F-28 Fellowship demonstrator, PE-MOL, returned to Australia on March 13th’, , when it arrived at Notfoik Isla|id from New Zealand, The aircraft continued on , to Brisbane on 'tha'l4th, and then on t‘o Tamworth the following day, landing at Glen Inn.es sE”'rbut0. At* Ta’mw'orth the aircraft' was demonstrated to East-West Airlines'and local people. The aircra.ft departed later in the day for Sydney, from where it departed for Holland on March 17th, PH-MOL was the first purs jet aircraft to land at Glen Innes and th® first commercial jet to land at Tamworth Airport, Th© Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia and the Royal Aero Club of London have begun organising an air race from London to Australia to celebrate the 50th f. anniversary of Sir Ross and Keith Smith's first England - Australia flight. It is planned to hold' the' race in December of this year over the same route and the prize will be 125,000 and a trophy. It has not been decided whether the race will terminate in Sydney or Adelaide,. ' The first example of the Concorde, the French built 001, made its maiden flight from Toulouse'oh March 2nd,"Some five'weeks later'the BAG assembled 002 made its first flight from Filton near Bristol, on April 9th, QANTAS have options on four aircraft. A.H.S.A. Journal -36- Mar ch“April 1969
Central Pacific Airlines have shown interest in the operation of a DC=6 between Nauru and Australia, However at this stage the company's proposals are still under consider ation by DoCoA. The two latest models of the Bellanca range of aircraft are now permitted to be imported into Australiao These are the 260G and the 300 Vikingo This is due to the relaxation of the wooden aircraft restrictions, as now the wooden shell structures are put through a plastic Impregnation process to eliminate glue and wood deterioration, a feature of earlier types of wooden constructiono The only restrictions are that they are not to be used on aerial agriculture work or operations in Papua-New G-uinea,, A new airstrip at the NSW Blue Mountains city of Katoomba was officially opened oh March 15th, by the local member of Parliament, Mr, Coates, MRo The strip of about 2,700 feet in length and 3,EOO feet elevation, was constructed by a private firm,
Katbomba'Air Services Ptyo Ltd o .9 'Aircraft visting for the opening included Cessna B^r'EFP; DZC, DZR; EHE, EEC, ETr, B3S and ICG|'Tiger Moth tH-P0L| Auster J5 VH-ADS| Baron INI-ARI, Piper yS-P]®. There was no flying display. Airshows held in Yjotorla during Aprili netei supplied by DoProssor. Shepparioa g- Held at the Shepparton airfield on April 6ths in aid of th® local boy scout troop,'the airshow was poorly organised, although well attended by local'people, Admission charge was 800 for adults, no programme being issued, Th© actual show consisted' of demonstrations of Cessna,Piper and Beech aircraft, th® RoYoA.G, "Eagles” flying'their thre'e PA-28* g in formation and low level runs by the Baron, VE-TfSW cn, one engine.. In all 53 aircraft attended the show, some ©f the more notaworthy are listed below. Fuji'FA-200..VH-FJA, FJB, FJl | Ylcta 100 ■VH-DDZ 5 Ryan SIM 'ITH-AHCi Auster J5B YH-BGTJj Auster J1 '¥H-EDQ,| PAE2-160 YH-EIffiT? Beech 36 ‘fH-I’SLPj, DH-82A 9H-AAR, AlTAj DHG-l '^f'H-RJX (This aircraft is powered by a Lyoomi.ng engine and has metal covered elevators and rudder. Mcrw^j^s- Organised as a Fly-in by t-he Latrobe 'Valley division of the Ultra Light Air craft Associatiorj., this event was held at the Lstroh© Imllm airfield, Morwell, on April 6tho A.S a DCA oommunicatlins unit was not in attendancse this allowed "ne radio" aircrafts to- participate, one coming from as far away as Goffs Harbour, on the northern NSW oo-ast. The Programme consisted of demonstrations by the homebuilts and vintage air-sraft with s static display of uafinished aircraft in the hangar. One of the .aims of th® show was that it be an annual event to be attended by Vintage and Homebuilt aircraft. Next ye,ar'’ s event'promiges tc- be even bigger and better, Airora,ft that attended are listed 'below s - Homebuilts s- Corby Starlet YH-GBSi Druins 1947/50 Turbulent 'Vn-U'SI,; Piel Kmeraude look's YHiIGC, T3BJ, CXU^ ‘Jedal VE-BRJi Thorp 1,18 VE-AGE, IXJD| Luton Minor VH-U'LL (this'aircraft suffered engine seizure during a cirout of the airfield 'but landed safely, Vi'aMgs §- DH-94 VH-AIff| Beech F17D ljH=.ACUs m-82A VH^EVBi Aeronoa K VH-ACK| Rearwin 9000L YH-FfS (see April ar.ih denTf.) Other aircraft were g= Maule ¥14/210 Rook-et VH-EMA I'AoEoSoL, ll-t 7H-M0I and c/n 514, usa.tig trad© plate ^FGY* , Yiota 100 'VH-SHR, M0.H, MRLs PA3E-300 Td-hlB | Beech C35 W-CCA | LHC-IT, 10 VH-BSU, RVY 3 Geisna 237A M-ROli Cessna 16EC Vli-LTJZ j Auster JiE VH-KAJ | Auster J,5 VH-KSZ j Cessna 172D VH-EKY J Cessna 1?2H 'YH-EFH, RPR, KWEs PA28-180 VH-CWI (this aircraft later flew tc the Shepp- .a'rtoE airshow) PA-18 YH-MLE (this aircraft, was overturned by wind at Thorpedal® oa April'5t.h and oa the 6t.h was in the Morwell hangar). Berwick (Casay) Airfield s- On April 20th the Victorian Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society held a garden party at.Casey Airfield for local members and their families. Although there was' no flying programme there was a static display of two homebuilts and two gliders,'Airoraft noted (included aircraft based th©re)were Aero Commander 500S TO-SXTj Aero Gommander Lark VH-BFLj Beech A23-19 VH-GFL| PAE8-140 YH-GHR| Cessna 150G YH-EQffi, RXY, Cessna 172H YH-EFH| Cessna 182A VH-KLJ| PA32-300 VH-AJBj Sud GY-80-160D Hb'risoh ■VHlEOLs DH-82A 'VH-KYH ( doing glider towing) TIG (minus engine) | DH-60 ''TH-UKV (static display) I DH-85 VH-'OIJL (fabric being rejuvenated) | Luton hlinor YH-ULL (atatio) Baby I.ce 'D' (unfinished homebuilt) Li1ydale g- Held on Sunday, April E?th, at Lilydale airfield, the proceeds being donated * AcH,S.Ao Journal =S7= Maroh-April 1969
to local charityo The airfield is owned by CiTil Flying Services who also run th® flying schoali and oharter out of Moorabbln Airport^ Vic, and Jandakot Airfield, ¥A» The main aim of the airshow was to interest local people in flying, especially flying with the Civil Flying School at Lilydale, The programme was well organised and the printed handout included the aircraft registrations, the pilot’s name and the type of aircraft. The first event consisted of skydiving followed by Beech aircraft demonstra tions then Hughes 369H, ]\f9CXJ6F, showed how ’’choppers” are handled in Vietnam,. After more Beach aircraft demonstrations, the Vlcta 100, VH-CTM, was stolen by a little old maffi. from the crowd {the CFI Jock Garden), Aircraft ’vhcih attended are listed below Aerona K Td-ACKt Beech A23-19 TO^CFI^, OFX, GFY, CFZ| Beech A23A VH-CFP, GTQ, CT7 | ’ Beech 35CSS VH^GFU, DDGj Beech 35C33A VE-FBM| Beech V35 M-CFE| Beech S6 j Beeoh 65A90 "Hi-BIBj Beech 95B55 VE-CFJj Baeoh 96055 VH-CFE; Cessna 150E vTi-DMIT| Geasria 21G-5A W-KL/Pi Hughes 369H m%6Ft PAEB-MO IHI-TNJs PA28-150 PA28=160 IHI-RIAi Sud-QI80-160D VH-SOLj Viota 100 W-GTM. Th© first Beagle B,lEi Pup Series 2 ^c/n 016, ex G-Ai/’lKXi) arrived'in Australia during February and my&s assembled in th© workshops of the Hoyal A©ro'Club of NSW at Eankstown, - . - ...... An Air Trial from Parafialu toPort Pirie was a feature of the air pageant hsld at Port Piri© on March 23rd. Of seventeen contestants departing from Adelaide only two completed the oours© due to poor WR conditions. (Mora airshow reports on page 40)
PAPUA - IM GlIIHEA MOTES - - ...... Following. Goinpletiba' of improvements at Tadji, the Administration armounosd that the- nearby-Aita-f)e airstrip would bs closed" on March 31st, The" decision didn’t appear te-'give ruuoh regard to the building oomplex established at Aitaps by the Franciscan Mission and it was not unexpected to hear the decision withdrawn. The Tadji airstrip' oomplsx is the subject of a compensation dispute as the land owners (focal people and the Catholic Mission) claim they were never paid for the land taken to build the war time airbase. Improvement works have been complated at Lumi (now suitable for light twin air craft)', IB,Ecu, Kagamuga (new suitable' for Friendship operations) while work on runway sssaiiag i-s underway^at Msdang and Wewak, and ext'Sngions are in progress at Ehu ( bo bs suitabls for all wsathsr cpsratibns and extended to 3,600" feet) The airstrip at Woniara will be ciossd in Jiin© when the majority of ths Administration station at present located there ?/ill have been trariferrsd to Marawa'ka which will be developed to handle twin engined aircraft up to IhTin Otter sise. As p"art of -the CRA copper mining development, just starting on Bougsinviils in the Kista area, the ilropa"alrstrip will hive to be extended tc permit operation of 'Friendship and larger aircraft, Ths political situation in the area is" vary tense -and it vms not unexpaoted to hear that the local people had chas-ad away a DGA team, on April [Llth, _.wbo wore inspacting the land adjacent to the eirport. Miss-Maria'lilson, f rom. Samarai, has corrimBiioed air hostess training" with Aasett Airlines of-Papua-Mew Guinea. Mias lil-soa was educated at Firbank Curoh of Enp^land Girl’s Grammar School, Malbourne, and will be the first native hostess in ths Territory, ■Trans Australia Airlines have employed a native ground hostess. Miss Helen Fletcher, at Port More-sby for several years but have not been able to attract suitable applicants -for air hostess duties.
Aerial Tours Pty. Lid , 5 had a new office block completed at Port Moresby airport in April. They began to,operate the Beeoh Baron ''ffi-TYM which is replacing the crashed Cessna "3'iO^lH-ATL., At Lae airport Maeair Charters Pty. Ltd., comraenced operations from their new termlnal/hangar complex'on M-arch 10th. Prsviouslj'' they had been using the Lutrheran Mission hangar on the opposite side of the runway. Movements of note through Port Moresby during the pjeriod included s- Lockheed C-12I Buaer 145925 "Paisano IDos" of Project Magnet on March 4th| Canberras A84-214 (black serial and large.roundel on fuselage, darl camouflage) and A84-.219 (white serial AoHoS.Ao Journal ^58- Mar oh-April 1969 and large roundel on^fuselage/ light three colour camouflage scheme) on March 5th. Piper Pawnee 235 YP-PAI (appears to be ex ZK«BBR) was m.0Yed into Aerial Tours hangar for disassembly on April 8tho On April 30th the Schutt Safari group arrived to start a short> tour of the Territory in Cessna. Skylanes DYS^g RPF^ KRI^ UGX^ DPI^ DSJ^ DQR^ KMM.^ DYM and RW^ Papuan Airlines Piaggio Pol66^s W-PKG and PID have been ^^out to grasince Christmas^ and the Yicta Airtourer YHc^MKL still waits for a new wingo The Minister for SupplySenator Anderson^ revealed in Parliament during F'ebruary that the Grovernment Aircraft Factory has begun modifying Mirage aircraft from, the interceptor role to the ground attack The Senator said that it was hoped that the work would stabilise employment in the Melbourne aircraft production industry<> It has also been rumoured that several RAAF Mirages are to be fitted for tactical reconnaissance duties o It is not kno?m whether the cameras will be fitted in a lengthened modified nose or if they will be carried in separate pods fitted to the wings. The Minister for Defence^ Mro Fairhall^ stated on April Ist^ that the joint services concept would be emphasised in current re-organisation of the Australian defence system.e He rejected the integration of the three Australian armed services into a single defence force as not practical at this stage^ however^ he acknowledged that circumstances may ohang^ in the futureo Sixteen RAAF men have been decorated for gallantry and outstanding service in Vietnam^ the Minister for Air, Mr^ Erwin, announced on April lltho The are Group Gapto Evans, the D*SoO,| DoF^G.^s for Group Gapto Espie, SqdUoLdr^s Grump, Dirou and Porter, Flto Lto^s Kendall and Gocperi DcFoMe^s for Sgt* Stoyles and Gpio 0-Rourke| Mentioned in Despatches, Fltc Lto Perry, f/o Cooper, F/S Hayes, Sgto O^Neil, Gpl* Gray and Matthews, and A/C Jackson. Three RAAF Heptanes left Townsville to fly to HavYaii to take part in exercise **Hawalian Gonger^% which ' was conducted from April 2nd to 19th« A Hercules supported the Heptanes with equipmento A trophy oo.mm8morating an outstanding Australian radar operator, was presented by the RAF to the RAAF in Sydney on April 18th« ”The Expert” was the name given to W/O J** Ulett, who died at Concord Repatriation Hospital in February 1968o He gained the title because of his tremendous knowledge of radar, built up during war and peaceo The presentation was mad© at Hod Control and Reporting Unit, Brockvale, by Wing Cmdr. R<»F, Pusey, commanding officer of W/o Ulett^s last unit at Penang. The Federal Government is considering reducing the number of Maochi MB326H trainers it planned to put into production and service with the RAAF, It is now study ing a submission from its defence advisors that an option for 33 Maochi*s be reduced to 12. The air force already has 75 aircraft either in service or on order, and should the proposal be accepted, the total production run will be 87. Australian troops and aircraft took part in a ten day jurigle warfare exercise, ^Crowning Glory” which commenced in South Malaya on March 4th. The operation was to demonstrate the” strike power of the Commonwealth army and airforces. The RAAF, together with the” RAF, are providing helicopters and transport aircraft, for the aviation aspect of the exercise. The Minister ”for Supply, Senator Anderson, stated in Canberra on March 19th that the workload at Woomera rocket range would b© significantly greater than expected up until 1972o This had been confirmed in discussions between the Australian and British officialso Employment opportunities at the range would continue to be available for at least the next three years. Several Winjeel aircraft have recently been modified for forward air control duties and are operated by Ho. 2 OcGcUo based at Williamtown, HSW, The most apparent external difference is the addition of radio aerials needed with the extra radio carried. The aircraft are A85-412, 414, 436 and 445, and were operated in close co-operation with Hoo 3 Squadron Mirages prior to that squadron departing for Malaysia. In two unrelated incidents, two Mirage aircraft made emergency landings on the , AoH.SoAs Journal =•39™ Ha roh-Apri1 19 69
16th."within 30"minutes of each other., both aircraft being from 76 SquadroEio A3» landed at Goffs Harbour, and the other A3- landed at Evans Headc After being repaired th.ey were flown back to Williamtowno The aircraft were being used on a dive bombing exercise at Evans Head boiribing range, Tha Prime Minister, Mr, Gorton, announced in Canberra on April 15th, that Aust ralia is to make a gift of ten Sabre Mk, 3E fighters plus spares, ground support equip ment and a simulator for ti-alning to Malaysia, In addition 90 EAAF personnel are to go to EAAF Eutterworth in order to train. Malaysian pilots and ground staff to fly and maintain the Sabres, Mr, Gorton also advised that Australia had told Singapore of its willingness to help the Singapore Government train operators and teohnioians to operate Bloodhound defensive missiles. The Australian Government was considering a Malaysian request that Australia train operators and technicians for radar equipment Malaysia was acquiring, and also to provide basic training for Malaysian pilots. The British Government had ordered another 24 Jindivink target aircraft. The order worth $2 million brings the total export sales to S20 million. The Minister for Supply, Senator Anderson, announced the latest order in a statement released in ' ' Canberra on April 8th. The Government Aircraft Factory has produced 357 Jindivihks since the first prototype flew in 1950, and has orders in hand for another 77. Exports
total 246 s- 194 to Britain, 42 to the UaS « 3 10 to Sweden. " On April 22nd the H.S, 748, AlO-606 departed from Woodford, U.K,, on its delivery flight to the'EAAF. The Captain was F/o D.I. Ends and the aircraft arrived at Darwin on April 30th. The EAAF is considering the purchase of the six surplus QAHTAS Boeing 707-138B aircraft. Although the RAAF has not given any indication of the number of aircraft involved, it is known that the EAAF has a need for a jet transport for both troop and bhansport work, however, th© EAAF has expressed interest in the 338G model XArhich can carry a larger payload than the 138 model being offered by QAKTAS, “The EAAF Museum at Point Cook has been presented with personal clothing and effects of Lieut. Paterson, a Wff One observer/gunner of Ho. 3 Squadron A.F.C. Lieut. Paterson saw service with E.E. 8 aircraft over the Western Front, The items were presented by a relative of Paterson. Baron Casey left Ganbeirra for the last time as Governor-General on April 28th. At Government House he was farewelled by his staff before being driven to Fairbairn RAAF Base for the official farewell which included a flypast of Mirages and SkyhavTks. Two RAAB’ officers were killed when an RAAF, Iroquois, A2- , crashed south of Ca-nberra on April 2nd. The helicopter which was from Noo 5 Squadron was operating in an area*used for ¥ietnam“flight training." Following the fatal crash, the Minister for Air,’ ^ Erwin, ordered the grounding of all UH-IB and UH-ID helicopters in Australia. Immediately the order was made known on the 3rd, the Havy followed suit with orders to ground its five Iroquois. This .makes the fourth Iroquois accident since October 1968. "^ith the grounding o"f the UH-lB and D models, this leaves only the UH-IH models currently flying with the RAAF in Vietnam. A team from the British Aircraft Corporation visited Australia during April to conf©r"*with the"Dept. of Air regarding the BAG AA-107 supersonic trainer/atrike air craft.' It is understood that the Australian Government will insist on the aircraft being produced at tha Government Aircraft Facoty at Melbourne if it is purchased by the RAAF. A demonstration of fire-power was given by aircraft from HMAS Melbourne off Jervis Bay on April 18th, for Federal politicians. The display by four Skyhawks, six Trackers and fourteen Wessex helicopters was to show the efficiency of Melbourne after tha recent refit". The exercise was called ’^Operation Shopwindow". The Australian Army is expected to get at least 15 new Light Observation Heli copters" in the armed services re-equipment programme. The LOH'under consideration are the Hughes " 500, Ithe "Beil ^Jet Ranger, Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 . and the Anglo I'rench S-341, with the first two being the most favoured. The Aviation Corps has a total of A.HoSoA, Journal -40- March-April 1969
52 Souix at present, 17 of which were delivered last yearo The LOH will replace the oldest of the Souix introduced by the Army Aviation Corps in 1960, Many Army officers weuli also like to see Agstralis. adopt a heavy transport helicopter such as the Chinook as Australian i;hifiking is that the Army should not be dependant on the UoSo for such a basic requirement, Shiuld Australia decide to buy a aophlsticated helicopter it would be ordered and flbwri, by the MAF as the Defence Dept, has made it clear that it will, not allow the opeTaticn of a heavy aircraft by the Army. Lt. AoAo Gasadio, RAN, who died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam last August, has been Mentioned in Dispatches posthumously. Two other Navy pilots and a Petty Officer hav0__ also been. Mentioned in Dispatches. They are Lt. Godfrey, Sub Lt, Dalglieah and Petty Officer Museio. The awards were made whilst the officers named were serving with the RAN helicopter unit in Vistnam. A flypast of six Bell 47* s c?f the Australian Army over Archerfield, Qld, marked a ceremony to hand over the la.5t of the 64 Bell 47* s supplied to the Army. The last, a Bell 47G-3B-1 model is reported to b@ the last piston engined helicopter to be delivered to the Army. All future orders will be for turbine powered aircraft. Hawker D@ Havilland have secured a contract to supply components for the Ling- Temoo-Vought A-7 Corsair II strike aircraft.
Ballarat Airshow K„ Murphy, This’'airshow was held on April 20th. The flying display started in mid-afternoon with a formation of three Cherokee 140*8, VH-R'*/M, RVA, and CMF, making a flypast and then' several formation manoeuvsrs. Later Vict-a 100, VH-lvKJP, did aerobatics at a reasonably low level and close to the crowd. T,hen the Fuji VH-.FJB did further aerobatics and provided quite a good showing. This was follwed by Pawnee 150 W-FAP,doing a series of runs with pink water. This was don© at about 150 yards from the spectators. Aircraft present were j- PA-2? V-^^'-TGQi PA28-235 TO-FAR; PA25 TO-AGL; PA28-140 VH-INJ- PASS VH-SMIf 'PA28-180 ''/H-PYXj PASO 'VH-GWT, SKL| PA24 VH-RTJ; PA22 "7H-PCKj DHC-2 Fu3i’;"\/E-FJA,'FJE| Mauls TO-SIvLA, Beech 33 TO-DDGj Besoh 36 ’fLP; Beech 155 M-GFJj luster VH-lilOi; Cessna 172 VH-DOZ, KMR, DFS, DFX, CX5T, AMC| Cessna 182 SPJi, RBK, BOH, PGIi Cessna P20SG VH-EFA; Cess.na 150E ni-DML| Cessna 170B VH~BUXj Cessna ITo’l’H-EFJj H.So 748 AIO-6OI0 Ah air pageant was held at Deyonport, Tas, on March 16th. A fairly comprehensive display was given, ranging from a Lutcn Minor to an H.S, 125, VH-GAO. Other aircraft types present (registrations unkown) frere a DCA Aero Commander, Civil Flying Services Beech 36, Piper Cub, Beaver of Benders Spreading Services, Fuji FA-200, Cherokee Arow, Comanche 260B and Twin Coma,nGh9 from Pipeair, Victa Airtourer, and the Cherokee Eagles,
The number of Fuji FA-200 aircraft in Australia is rapidly increasing with the 9th being delivered to Adelaide during March and another six ea route. Details of those to date has been supplied by M. Davis, vc/n Regn hp Date Manuf. ex 2 160 22.4.67 JA3335 Crashed off Ambon, Indonesia, on delivery, 10 VE-FJB ISO 30,3.68 J'ASSTe c/n* s 10 and 11 were the first to be air deliver- 11 VH-FJA 160 3.4,68 JA337S -edc After the crash of the third, c/n 2, ail 13 5/H-FJE 160 9,11,68 the rest have been orated and shipped, 14 VH-FJC 180 19 olio 68 c/n's 13 and 14 were delivered during January. 16 VH-FJG 160 3,12,68 The remainder were delivered in March, 1? 160 10.12.68 18 VH-FJH 160 17,12,68 to WoA, Aero Club, painted red and white. 19 160 23,12,68 At the present time one of the aircraft is being evaluated by the RAAF for use in the light trainer role. ______^ Mis 0 e n a ne ou s . A Ryan STM, VH~ACW, completed its first flight from Moorabbin on March 20th after a complete rebuild. The pilot/owner was Mr, f/.F. Suhr, managing director of Peninsula • A.HoSoAc Journal »41= March-April , 1969
Air Serviceso Th® ©rlgiaai Menasoo Pirate engine has been replaced by a' 150 ho Lycoming. At Esseadoa on March 14th Jindivlrjks A92»525 and 526 were noted aboard"Garvalr YH-IHM, which was freighting them to Woomera. / The TAA Visoount ¥11=11/11 departed on March ISth for Botswana National Airwayg aticf'^was registered ^A2-ZEL„'It flew^ via Mt . Isa,‘...... Darwinp" Den Pasarj Singapore.^ Bangkok^ Caiouttaj New Delhi^ EAF Base Masirah,, Aden Nairobi, Lusaka thence Francistowno .The tFSCa icebreaker ”Southwind” was in Freemantl® on March 2ad and had two Kaman IIH=EBS@a,,Sprite helicopters, 151324" and 152204, onboard. The Pokker F-27=200, ¥H=B’NE Is at present'on charter to'Macllobertsoa Miller, On March'::23rd"the Flettsher Fu=MA2/"¥H=FLB was noted at Jandakot,, The Oulfstrsam II 1500S paised through Perth from Bali also on this datel ...... ::0ivil Flying Servises are now the West Australian distributors for Piper air craft and as a result of this PASSE-ISO M-CNIi arrived to be followed by PA32-300 VH-CVF and. PAE8L180D m-OTj; '...... The remains of three Sabres, A94-912, 927 and 930 were noted in a scrap metal yard at"'Garingbah, NSW',' They were almost completely stripped of fittings and equipment. On March 24th Adastra’i Hudson VH—AOS departed for a three month survey in North Queensland, . . . - . . i'Comper'Swift, -yH-tJYC, which was last noted in 1963 in Bundaberg, QLD, with its erig-in© out arrived at Bankstown during March to b@ overhauled by Mr„ SoD, Marshall, During mid April two new aircraftharrived in arrived in Perth, The first was a Pawnee C PA25-235 YH-PJF for John Forrest Pty„ Ltd,, and the second a PA23-250C, ¥H~ASH
for Aviation'Services in association with the Eoyal Aero Club of W,A o s> apparently a charter branch of the' Aero Club, Baron'YH-SQG was noted at Jandakot on April 14th with a insignia consisting of a winged horses haed in a circle and the letters AoMoA, on the bottom"of the eircls, •i-his was positioned the rudder and a name, "Spirit of Pilbara" was marked on th# ©agine cowlingso Besoh 66-A90. lE-DYN arrived in Perth on April 19th for use bv the Swan Brewery a-s th0ir^.e;x9^tiveyt'faiipsi' airc:raft in place' of the Queenair W-SLb' Aero Commander " 630FLP,^¥H-Doji, of the Lravo Company"'arrived also and is to be based in ¥oA. The TAA Yiscount TO-TYI was painted' up in the markings of Australian Aircraft Sales during lat© April" and is currently parked out at Mascot airport, = has sold"the last of its Chipmunks', YH-RSQ, and YE-RSP and >/H—SS'qi, during April, The latter is being converted to Lycoming power for use as a skywriter.
r ' _ In February^ Hughes 269A helicopter YH-IEC,, c/n .43/0204, was noted in the front ^ ^a used oar lot in Darebin Ed, Northcote^ Melbourne, On the other side of the road -^s a oar wreckers yard which features the Pairey Firefly AS, 6, Ti¥D833, as an eye catcher for Dusinesso By April %h@ helicopter had been removeds 3®!^ Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" was released in -us.raiia in i9b6, one of the aircraft used in th© production was brought to Australia .0^ promote jihe riim, Tim aircraft, a replica of a French Demoiseil®, mk® a few .short liights oeiore .©mg dismantled. It is currentlu stored in a freight hangar of Ansett Airlines of Australia at Essendon Airport, Yic, During February two Indonesian Navjr G-47*s toured Australia, Details ©f ths air serialled 11-601, a C-47A-80-DL, 8.x USAAC 43-15044 and aiSG PH-DAn, m® second was serialisd U-602, a G-47A, o/n 18812, «.x USAAG 43-12017 io/n Plate was also marked DC-SCS1C3G), (For further details see AHSAJ page 22/196Q) ^ .,^_..Q^ot previously ffi.entione.d was the fact that th® U,S,S„ Intrepid visited Sydney paring aarlyJanaaryu Squadrons and equipment w©r@;-YA36 and YA66 Skyhawks? YPlill F-8C urusaders, /FP63 EF-8G Crusaderi YAQ-33 EA-IF Skyraider- VAWIEI E-IB TracerI CYSll, G-IA Trader; and HC-2, DH-BB Sea Sprites. PEOJECTS. i- NSW 29 Australian Army Aviation Corps, K,JoKerle,Inst Sect, 486(M)Sqdno^RAAF Base, Eichmond, NSW 2755 AoHoS.Aa Journal -42- March-April 1969
Th® Civil Aircraft Register From the formation of the Civil Aviation Branch/oapartment one of the many jobs don® by this organisation was the keeping of a register of civil aircraft which recorded the registration., type of aircraft., o/n, engine type, registration certificate number, date registered, owners, change of ’ownership date, date being struck off the register and sometimes the reason why it was struck off. Until 1964 this register was recorded in special ledger books and updated by hand. With the large influx of new aircraft in the early 1960*s and the need for Increased statisical information., it was decided to oomputorise this information on magnetic tape. Needless to say, other DCA sections required their material to be recorded on the computor., but this is not the main feature of this article. On September 30th 1964 selected registration and airwortliiness details of each aircraft was recorded on a computor, at first on space hired on a Honeywell 600 at Melbourne's Southern Gross Hotel, and sometimes on the computor at the Melbourne Univ ersity, Late in 1967 the computor information was transferred to the Department's own G-eneral Electric 225 computer situated at the old DCA head office at 499 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, This computor has just come into operation. Although the computor is excellent for the dissemination of register material, it was found that there was a time lag between initial gathering of registration details in the various DCA regions and the print out by the computor of these details, (approx, every two months). Also it was found too expensive to run a print out of the current register after each input of details. As a result of this the hand ledgers are still maintained, so that individual enquiries can still be readily answered. HOWEVER, It is REQUESTED that society members requiring register details, request them through the Secretary and NOT write direct, because oases are occurring where individual members are asking for the same information supposedly for Journal articles which have not been listed in the project column. TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED SUPFLY'fOF REGISTER INFORMATION,FROM THE DEPTo OF CIVIL AVIATION WOULD MEIfflERS PLEASE COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE REQUEST. Notes for this issue have been contributed by ;- L, Anderson, D, Garter, B„ Fay, W„ Murphy, D„ Prossor, E, Allen, A, Thomas, P, Anderson, Eo Favellej N, Parnell, G, Watt, T„ Houghton, K, Eerie, T„ Ellis, P, Kelly, M„ Madden, P, Ricketts, M, Davis, The Civil Section was compiled by R, McDonald, P, Ricketts and NQ Parnell, The Military Section was compiled by B, White, C, Lynch, and P, Ricketts, Contributions to the Journal should be addressed to the Editor j- NoMoParnell, 22-24 Elizabeth Drive, Liverpool, 2170, NSW. Enquiries for information and subscriptions should be addressed to the s = Hon, Secretary, Aviation Historical Society of Australia, Boc G262, ______Clarence Street, P.0, Sydne.y, 2000, NSW______Photographs , Front Goverj Cessna 337 seen at Mt, Hagen, New Guinea Highlands. ToWoBoughton, Inside coverj Mitsubishi Zero at the Malmaluan Lookout,Rabaul, T<,WoBoughton. Bell P-39 at Goroka (see page 28 for details), T.W. Boughton. Typical New Guinea wreck is this B-25 in a swamp and overgrown with kunai grass. ToWo Boughton. Rear Cover, leftsidei P-47 42-8066 on a trailer for transport to Port Moresby, T<,¥cB. Lennycopter (on trailer after accident on Jan 5th,) D,Prossor Refurbished Austar J5G in red and white based at Bankstown. N,Parnell Fawcett 120 which emerged from Fawcett's hangar during April. E.Favelle Right sidej Ryan STM, VH-AHC at the Shepparton Airshow April 6th, D.Prossor Lycoming Chipmunk VH-RJK at Shepparton, colours whit® gold and black D.Prossor, Bankstown based Emeraude VH-DBJ at the Morwell Ultra-light flyl-in, J oHopton Sol® Saab 91C Safir in Australia, at Bankstown during February, E,Fav0ll®. 5 i;: ^ Ma rch-=April 1969 Suppl®ni-®i3.'b 1 AcS.SoAo Journal ■' -I AUSTRALIAN CIVIL REGISTER NSW TPKG jyiQ B@®ch:D55^^: • ^ »?. s-r.;s: r.rs-£"i.2;: NSW ATS Britten Norman BN^^iA BGl DH-82,A Tiger.Moth sis tm BOW Piper PA32=260 4727 U;68 Koyal Aero Club Coffs H.rbour.ESW BIX Piper PA28-180 TC64S Ii;68 B & C iii.Arohertleld, QLD ■ .'.7 BZY BeecE.g5/B5&^ 530 U;68 Cropcair ^^“p/r ' Moorabbin, VIC CCS Grumman G«I64A TE449 llo68 CiTil Flying Services P/Lo. M.ora . NSW Baboh 95/C56 1709 12o68 Wo Boles, Cumnock, .0 CFR Brewarrina, NSW CVS Piper PA30“i.60 56105 I0o68 JoWo & GoTc Green, Bank, shown., NSW -m Cessna 172H 67831 10a68 Rex Aviataon Ltd QLD ISTT Cessna 150H RfiAQS n 68 Wo Jeffries, Inglewood, NSW HfJ Cessna 17EH ACT DZN Cessna 177 £s if:f8 - «»* DZS Cessna 177 NSW EFC Ci'ssrAa l78H l%m uifs Sydney. NSW EFG Cissna I72H 4s07 4 68 Her Aviation Ltd.. Banb.town, 864o 10.68 Hex Aviation Ltd.. Baj^atown. NSW EFS' Cessna 17 2H NSW |]pp. Cessna 1721 0825 9o68 Rex Aviation Ltd,, bankstown, NSW EGX Cissha 337C 59066 9 o 68 d° ’ BlStoInl ' EHB Cessna 182L 0797 10o68Pex Aviation Ltdoy Ba^s^ p/L.Cessnock, NSW EHY Cissha 337C 01172 10o68 GoWo Campbell Aircrafts^ / .. EIP Cessna 177A 3190 12=68 SoDo Marshall, Bankstown, WA EOI Auster J5B ' ' ^36 10o68 Simpson Aviation ^ (^g®Sivine’word,W0wak,TPIG EOR Fletcher Fu-24/Al 1421 10.68 C.tholio Mre.ron of »e Briab.ne. 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I KG Douglas DC.^-3/GEOEA 43-15485 lie 68 WFS Owners request (sold for static display at Moorabbin Airport) M*JJ Aero Go-inmander 680F 933/6 12068 SA to HL-2017 (Korea) Asia Aero Survey CoA A MFd Cal lair A9A 11E9 8.68 GR EO.8068, Kondut,, WA /MapO“ku, Seoul. IvffR Callalr A9A 1233 6068 Accident MUU Victa 115 ■ IE II068 U/s after forced landing PRU Airro’ 643 Cadet Mk.II 1060 4068 GR 26.3.67, Albury, NSW PUF Austor V...... 1436 8068 Correction to c/n RlvIQ, Yiclcsrs 720C Viscoimt 45 12:68 CR 31.12,68, Port Headland, lA SBC Douglas DC-3/S1C3G 11870 11068 SA to XW-PFY (Laos) SEK Dbuglas pG-3G/SlG3G 6023 11.68 SA 27.7:68 to PK^HDG (Indonesia) SBM Dodglas DC-SC/SIGSG 11866 11.68 SA 27:7o68'to'PK~RDE‘(Indonesia) SSM Cessna 180 ' 3248S 11.68 CR 8,9.67, Qaklands, 5fSW ULI D ru i n@ D31 SE 11.68 Correction to c/n UTA Bell 47G-2' 1702 10:68’ CR 1.10.663 nr Fanning River HomegteadjQED UTL Ball 47D-1 35 10.68 CR 0 .60 UIO Bell 4;7G-4 3X67 10.68 CR 25.9,67, near Miilingimbi, M UTQ Bell 47G-4 3337 10.63 CR . .6 . ■ ■ Aocidents and Incidents. Nov.1st. DHC=6' Twin Ott'er,..YH-TGT, c/n 84, When landing at Brampton IslandjQld. .the ai'rc’ra’ft’wa''s' caught in a down draft and landed heavily tearing off the nose- wheel and damaging the' stbd. undercarriage. Four passengers slightly injured. Nov.lit",...DS-S2A Tiger fioth, '’YH-ATW, G/nDHA400 . The aircraft was damaged when, landing at "Emerald, Qld'., it ran into a crop beside the strip. Nov.2iid. Bristol 171/4, ’YH-SYC, c/n 13270. During a landing south of Wjrndham, WA, the helicopter struck trees and was damaged, Nov.8th. K.A. 6: W-GTW, c// n The glider'was landing near Suroa, Yic., when e ' ' 'wingtip hit thh ground' during a low turn. It was badly damaged. Nov.9th.(approx) Fuji FA~200-160, 413335, c/n’E. The aircraft" and pilot were lost with out'tri'ce.in the sea near Amboina Is. Indonesia^ The plane left Japan on Nov. 4th. fo’r delivery "to Holdfast' Motors, Glenelg, SA, and would have become " "l:.:"' A/H-PJC had’ it arrived in Australia. Nov.llth,.CisVni" 20s, ■‘TOIATG, ’ c/n 0002. An extensive nine day search failed to find the aircraft or its pilot, Richard Komer®k, after being posted missing on a flight f rom Variimo, NG, " to'Inionda ./’lest Irian, (see Page 126/68 AtlSl^ij) Nov, 12th. ’ Iroquois, 12-387, c// n . The helicopter crash landed near Ou’eahb'iyan, NSW followi’hg e’hgihe failure,'The machine was badly damaged and th’®: Grew of' three suffered minor' injuries, Nov.13th. Cesiha”l72G;..YBXTffll,....o/n"535l0: Wlien t’axying’ at Sssendcn, Yic., the air- craft"was overturned by'aifirind gust and badly damaged. Nov.17th, DE-104/5 Dove 'YHiCTS c/n 04119. A heavy landing was made at Lovely Banks lirstr"£’p,:,Ge0lGhgs'"'Ylo,.O'n” return to’Moorabbin Airport , Yic., the starboard wing was found tc have structural damag’s. Hsy.gOth. Cess'ris; IYEG, ’i/E-ffiS;.."■’c/n 5411'6’.....ilhenabout"to' 'take-off at Ea^wdcn Yale, NSW the "aircraft was'overturned by ' wind a'nd badly damaged.’ NoVo23rd. Cessna 150G, yTI-RWP, c/n 65198. During the student pilot’s first solo flight the engine failed and the aircraft crash landed near Jandakot, WA. The pilot received'minor injuries but the'aircraft was badly damaged, Nov„24th„ i@ll 47G-SB-'r:'YH-FJQ, e/a 6659. ’The’helicopter’crashed after taking off from _ a pad‘hear'Oliiobip, TPNG, ’ The pilot and a passenger were killed and another passenger seriousljr injured. NoVo26th. Piper PA'E8-140j YH-RSG, c/n S0839, The aircraft ground looped during landing 'at Camde'n, NSW and was badly damaged, Nov.27th, Beech A23"-24: 'VH-DDA, G/'n lviA247. The aircraft made a heavy landing at Burra- wantie'Station,'NSW, badly damaging the prop, undercarriage and one wing. Nov.28th, K.Ao ‘6, WUGRW, ’ o/n c Both wings were substantially damaged when they struck obstructions as the glider was landing at Redoliffs, Ylo. Pilot unhurt. t
March-April 1969 ’ Supplement 1 i.cHoS,Ao Journal
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DeColtto I ... £S=; iHg-ae-fuselage, wings *“'> During an away f-o® tase l.naitig at Bonegill. IS ^ and or.shed Invert.ed. fatally injuring the piUt, DecclBto IrV^MoAo Moonieo ■ The aircraft crashed near Mut'taburra, .QUo ^ 4
Hecolthc SS/iS;e.?Si.h;i,'p.pu., rrSraft .ado a heaty landing I Decc6thc .... damageL ■ ' ' . _ y T)nrino- agricultural operations near Bunyah, SS^'-^hSfrcSfSi atef aid rsled.^The pfnt suffered ninor injures hut PeCoTth.
( PeCcSthc the-.iroraft f^ :):;'®/S35l':lfrr"start-up at Cunderdln. WA, the He Go 8th p?S;lSSrll;warilt„ a l.t£.hd was hadly --fy p d at Pec,9th . C.A.C. CA=E7 Sabre into the ground and hurst into •iTllIi'amtown MAF „ „ Chick, (see Page 124/68 AHSA/J) ■ “ Pec,9the ilto the ground J'*Pj|u‘*irc.raft crashed near Ingham, Qld..during Dec ■:r a . .rt
Pec,18thDec,20th:?:S“IA5^ls^S-rI/^u^l:ouS^:ped.du;^ IISW and Iras damagedr ..... / trarp'q'R " Had dust'bein'overhauled by W 20th. ILil.'nd Widgeon !«; Wy™. o/n WAlg^ Had ^,^1,.^ after a Dec, Tchin at AIhuryV HSW and ^reaSIJ tfe prop, a longeron, and damaging S^rndrirSa;- -I! Icifni; t «irTis:irlid three Australians were
P@c,,22ndc unhurt after
DecElth. ttird.tfg:r|fi;==0:feIraSlIS’iSl'Ih; I'ou'ndlming the Bouty-“P*f„„ p.rrogin. WA
!inardS“Ied™i“ ^ilol an^ a'p.asenger were killed and two other
passengers were injured. _ substantially damaged when the "blast DecoESth ^ Sr:S^m^^^-tationa^ aircraft 0^0 Ifill «!■; DeCo29tho ^ P«’^«°^’^^^®5^/thL^;ie^^ThrmkrGhute malfunctioned and the reserve tangle We^BSA over Pakenhmp^xcc .Ehe max failure on>take off near
Deo o 50 th ' S^ha^KSW, the %/n^4r‘^DeIcSinrinto Port Headland, WA, a _ . ft/ “ l|°^°”/ffrld'irr°u“u;.r”f.mre^.nd the aircraft =r.shed.(s,e page I2O/68) ;.;.,.o;
■iffill lliliiiil:1/ lASN "■Moq.s3i;a@g ^uoi:'4.>?piY T^jensQ qqeguY 69°I 32222 0fr~8Z¥d oad MSI *moqs3^»g 'aoxqBXAY lejetis^ qqesTiY S9°2I 99f02 08I"H82¥J-te 6961 XtjdY“qo0Big 2 40©ui0xdd0g I@U0riop °T°g°H°¥ AoIioS.Ao Jouraal Supplemeat 2 March-lpril 1969 PDQ Piper PAE3--250 27-3933 E,69 Helicopter Transport P/LopLae., TPNG Pl/rr Beech ESS CD1150 11,68 ToMo & EoJo Longj Avenal, VIC prr Piper PA32-300 40359 11,68 Ansett General Aviation,, Bankstown, NSW FTQ Pipsr PA30~160 1579 1,69 Ansett General ATiatibn,, Bankstown,, NSW EDZ Cessna 402 0168 1,69 Commercial Aviation P/L,, ,,Bar4kstown, NSW PJK mC.il/Al B/F/6 12,68 LoEc McDonnell, Mos.maa, NSW PIE Piper PA28..140 2.2662 Uo67 Royal Aero Club of loAo,Perth, WA SFM Fletcher "Fu=.24 142 1,69 SkyfarmersCMorwell) P/L,^Morwell, VIC SJE Auster J„iB 2643 1,69 Bole Yelt^ Wooffibye^ QLD S'QE BeeoH D55 TE642 3,69 Hawker D® Havilland(Aust)p/Lo ,Yagoona, NSW SQG Beech D55 TE638 3,69 Hawker De Havilland(Aust)p/Lo ,Yagoona, NSW TIG DH-82A Tiger Moth 4,68 PoAoWill?iams & HoRo Murphy, Essendon, ¥IG TQQ Fokksr F=.27/600 10388 1,69 Australian National Airlines Commission, Melbourne, VIC TRF Transavia PL-12 817 9,68 Transavia Corporation P/X,Seven Hlilg.NSlI TRG Transavia PL-12 821 3,69 Transavia Corporation P/L„,Seven Hills,NSW TYH Beech A23A M1093 5,68 Hawker D@ Havilland(Aust)lt/l.o,Sydney, NSW TYX Beech VS5A/^2 D8864 3,69 Hawker Dq Havilland(Aust)p/L„ ,Yagoona, NSW IIHH Bell 206A 223 1,69 Airfast Services, Sydney, NSW UHT Beir 206A 109 3,69 Airfast Services, Sydney, NSW UPR Beech35B3S ‘ " CD615 2,69 BoToArbuckle & Co, Kununurra, WA WFN m-82A Tiger Moth ? /T039 2,69 BoFo Hamling, Northam, ¥A me Cessna 402 ..... 0318 1,69 Leighton Contracts Ltd,,South Yarra, VIC Previous Identities AAO VH-AAO EOR VH-EOR,ZK-BII FlY N7868R RIR VH-PWC Am N4930E EPA G-AML FWZ N7778R SFM ZK-eXY BBB N7787R EPX 7Q=YIL,VP-YIL IVN VE-SNJ SJR VH-SAB c/n2 688 BBG ZK-CXX EPy 7Q-YIS,VP-YIS MBY m-P¥L(NTU),N9220Y SQF N7717R BZR N7718R EXT N4659E M.TS N28E4B SQG N7723R CTV VH-ECM(trad0 Plat©) ,m-GEI( NTU) MLE m-MLE TIG VH-AMH,A17-e24 DAL VH-EIB (NTU) FDJ N4827J MOI m-FGZ (trade plat@)TQQ. PH-FNL EFF N8305L FIB VH-EGQ (NTU) PB^ N6662Y TYH H285IB ELX N30S0L FJB VH-FJE,JASS78 HTT N2872B TYX ELY N8111M FOG VH-POO o/n302S FIQ N8497Y UHH BOD ZK-GXZ FWU N2804B RDZ ZK=.CSX,N4068Q TIHI ZK-HCA EOP ZK-CYM FIW NE857B RJK m-RJK,\Yi-RVT UPR N975Sy ALF m-ALF, G-AKJL, FK'330, 42-32134, WFN VH-ITN GSF VH-GSF, VH-3NL, A71-10, 43-5279, me N9908F Change of Type DNJ Cessna A188/A1 OlOO 1373,69 Not Taken Up, IBY Cessna I50H 67851 12,68 to 2K-CSG DvTi Ceisna I50H 672E8 8,68 to ZK-GTF EFS Csssna 1721 56521 8,68 to ZK-CXD FJG Fuji FA200-160 2 9x JA3336, GR 9,11,68(aoprox) on. delivery KQQ Cessna 160H 67640 8,68 to ZK-GTG Deletions, AFQ DH-9'4 Moth Minor 94095 9,68 SA , ,68 to Canada as GF- AHL Bell 47G-.E""... ‘ ' 1334 1,69 OR 31,12,58 Romaj Qld, ARB DEC-1 Chipmunk" T,10 F33 1,69 Owner’s re-quest ALV CAC CA-6 Wackstt 256 8,68 DAIvl/WFS 26,8,68 near Moorabbln,, Vio, BKB Dff-82A. Tiger Moth DHA434 11,68 SA to U,S,A, as N - CGD Auster ^4 2082 4,68 CE 29,3,68 Tfaterfords Qld, CJG Pipeh PAESR-180 30163 12,68 GR 28,12,68 Narrogin, WA cm Piper PAE8-140 21549 10,68 CR/MID air col 5,10,68 Moorabbin Vle-(with DAT C,A.C, CA-E8 Ceres 14 1,69 am BIF 16,1,68 Kojonup, WA C182 VH-STD) AoH.SaAo Jouraal Supplement 2 March-April 1969 Accidents and Incidents JatioSrd. Bell IroquoiSp s/n 0/ n o Th® aircraft of the UoSo Army*s 13,5th Assault Helicopter Company crashed and burnt north east of Saigon, Vietnam, killing’the pilot. Acting Sub-Lti Anthony Huelin of the Royal Australian Naty, The RAN has a flight in Vietnam, which flies UoS, Army helicopterso Sub Lto Huelin was thefourth member of the flight to be killed in actioni Jan,4t.ho Piper PAES^ISO, VH-SCL, o/n 438, The pilot ©soaped unhurt when th© aircraft hit powerlines and crashed during cotton spraying at St, George, Qld, JanoStho DH=82.A Tiger Moth, VE‘=WAL, o/n T306o Uhen landing at Horsham,Vio, th® air craft oYerturned and was substantially damaged, JanoStho Leanycopter, The manpwered gyrocopter was substantially damaged when over turned by a.wind gust at Berwick Airfield, Vio, Built by a Mr, Len Williams of Melbourne the machine is understood to have been doing run up trials at the time o,f the accident. Jan, *7tli. Cessna 150Q, VH-RXL, o/n 65185, When the aircraft landed at Parafield, SA, th* nos® gear collapsed damaging the nose cf the machine. Jan,11th, Piper’PA22-150, VH-PAL, o/n 3593, The nose lag collapsed on landing at EaEuca, Vio„, and the aircraft overturned. Jan,15th. Cessna ’310J, ' VH-ATL,' c/n 0124, The aircraft crashed on take-off on Urea Is. , _ ^ New Britain,' killing one of the five" people on boa,rd. The person killed was Mr, ,0 Von Schill, Chairman of the Papua-New'Guinea Land Board. Jan,16th, E,So': 57 Kingfisher, VH-GNW, c/n , The glider failed to become air- bo;aie a,fter a bunge type launch from the top of Talbingo Mountain in the Snowy ■‘'mountains5NSW, and crashed 130 ,feet to a rocky outcrop below. The pilot/owner Mr, Jo Eisher, escaped with a broken ankle. Jan,17th, Cessna 172F, VH-DOH, c/n 5E815, Yihen being ta:xied at Port Augusta, SA,, the aircraft was overturned by a gust of wind, Jan,18th. Ciisna 150G, ' tH-KPL, c/n 65765, 'During landing at Aero Pelican, NSW, the nos© leg collapsed, over turning the aircraft which was damaged. Jan,25th. Cessna ISSL, "VH-UGW, c/n 58692, When taxying at Essendori Airport, Vic,, ( during gusity conditions the aircraft was overturned by a wind gust. The air craft was substantially damaged but the pilot was unhurt, Jan,29thc Bell UH-IB Iroquois, A2-719/ o/n E04-719, ex 63-9789, During training oper- _ ations some 25 miles from Canbsr'r’a ACT, the aircraft crashed and was burnt out killing the pilot, F/0 Robt, Enders and his co-pilot, Jan.Slgt, Macehi-MBT3E6H, A7-d08, "c/n " o When the aircraft failed to pull out of a spin from 8,000 feet th© crew ejected and the aircraft crashed and was destroyed. The Instructor, F/L W, McAllister, received face and back injuries but^the pupil. Cadet R, Heideman, was unliurt. The accident was at Wanneroo,WA, Jan,3lstio GoAoCo GA-28C Ceres, TO-CEB, c/n 2, During takeoff from an ag-strip) at Waioha, NSW, the aircraft was caught by a willy-willy and damaged. Feb.3rd. Beech" 65 Que'enair, VH-CFD, 'c/n LC184„ After the undercarriage failed to lock down for"'a' landing at Rottnest Islarid,¥A, the aircraft was returned to Perth airport where a landing was mad® during which the starboard undercart leg collapsed. The were no injuries but substantial damage was sustained by the star-board wing. Feb,4tho Druine D3i Turbulent, VH-ULI, o/h Sl„ During take-off on an endorsement flight at Hopetown,Vic, the prop struck th© ground and the aircraft overturned-, FeboEnd. BelltUH-L'-'' Iroquois, s/n ',0/n/ , The helicopter of the U.So Army-s i35t.h Assault Helicopter Company was acting as gunship during an airborne a&sauit when shot down'by Tietcong machine gun fire. The pilots, Sub-Lt,*s iio Supple and W, Symons, of the RoAoN, landed the machine 20 yards from an enemy burJcer, and then with their oT&w, carried on firing at the enemy in a rear guard action until picked up by another gunship ,also orewed by R^oA.N, personnel. The action occurred in the Delta^^ Provioe of Vinh Long, Sth,Vietnam, Febobth, Cessna ISbA, "VH-BVG, c/n 0356, The aircratt had just landed at Mt„ Hagen, TPNG, when, the undercarriage collapsed. AeHoS«A« Journal Supplement 2 Ma rch-Apri1 19 69 FeboStho Douglas DC-4/D6, VH=EDA, o/n 4E917o After an undercarriage malfunction the aircraft was landed at Port Moresby and at the end of the landing run the nose gear collapsed damaging the nose area and three propellorSo None of the 71 persons on board the aircraft were injured. FeboStht, Cessna P208Aj TH^UPfC, c/n 0187, When on a flight from Ceduna. SA to Para« field Airports Adelaide SA, the aircraft disappeared during bad weather. The wreckage was found on the lOth near Kyancutta, SA. All six on board had been killed in the crasho Feb„9tho Piper PAE8»160, VH-PIL, c/n 2473, The aircraft, which is bellsTsd to have been low flying, crashed on to a golf course at Hughenden,Qld„, but the threci! occupants were unhu,rtc Febo9thc Besoh A23A/ "7TI=GTE, c/n M983, During landing at Jandakot, WA, the ncs@- wheel apparently came off and the aircraft was substantially damaged, Fabol4tho beech 95/A5-5 Baron, TO'-FDP, c/a TC466o The starboard undercarriage collapsed when the aircraft was landed at Marble Bar, WA, Feb,13th. Fletcher Fu-24, ¥H=BBG/ o/n 141„ 1During spreading spreading operations near MuswellBrook, NEW, the aircraft crashed in. a Talley seriously injuring the pilot and destroying the aircraft, Feboiethc Cessna 17EH, TO-RZX, c/n 55671„ The aircraft is reported to have crashed during a landing near Meekathara, ¥A, badly damaging the machine, Feb,19tho Cessna 337, W-AM, c/n OEEl, The aircraft turned onto its back during a takeoff at Karimui,¥G, The two oceupants were not hurto Feb„19th, Beagle 206S, ¥H<=UNC, o/n BOES, When an engine failed on takeoff at Port Moresby, TPNG, the ai.reraft was force landed in scrub damaging the machine but thb five people on board were uniiiirt„ Fsh„19th, Piper PA25=235/ VH.=TND, c/n 3410„ During night sr^raying of cotton at W@e Waa/'NSW, the undercart entered the orop, Th® aircraft was landed but was damaged in doing so. The pilot was unhurtc F8b„19th„ B'e«ch 23/" W=SPI, ij/n M306o The pilot attempted to land on a strip on Phillip Island, VlOp but OTershot, skidded, hit a fence and then glided into the sea. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and being pounded onto rocks before siavage. The three persons on board escaped unhurt. FebcEOtho Beech V55 BonanEa, ¥H==CFH, o/n B8396, During a low leT-el inspection of a strip at Mansfield/ Vio, the engine apparently hesitated on throttle appli- eatiorio The aircraft was landed while the urideroart was still being lowered damaging the propeller and nosegear. The pilot, Mr. J.A, Brabhairi, and his wife were unhurt. / Feb, 21st, Boeing 707.-338G, VH^SAB, o/n 1962S, The aircraft was being flown OTer the Persian Gulf when the autc-pilot apparently malfu.notioaed( see Jan-Feb P,16) FeboESrd, Victa IQO, ¥li-ivP/C, o/n 2„ Hlieri landingat Narrogin, WA, the engine apparently failed and the aircraft undershot the strip goi.ng through a fence and trees before stopping. The pilot was uiihurt. Deletions (continued) DER Vi'cta" 100 43 2,69 CR 8,6,68 Woolanpa, SA EJC Cessna l^EA' 47517 1,69 Storm damage 8,1,69 EOR Flet Che r" Fu.= 24,4l 36 2,69 Details change FDT DHA>.3 DrcTer Mk,3 ■5011 2,69 SA 12,2,69 to IT-PAP FJB Fuji FAEOO^ISO FAS00=I0 3,69 Change of b/n on computor FJE Fuji FA200=.160 FAE00“13 1,69 Change of c/n on computor FTA DHC=,1 Chipmunk I„10 B/F/368 1,68 CR 27,1,68 near Camden, NSW IDE DHC=S*'Bea ■ n ■iil:-Nfc:;.^-