Aviation Historical Society of Australia

Home , Cambridge Aerodrome, Moorabbin Airport, Percival Gull, Percival Proctor

Aviation Historical Society OF Australia

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $5.00 (AUST). VOL.X NUMBER 3. MAY - JUNE 1969. ill ■ii

....

Mi* ii iii ii Ujl ill ■■ ■■1 ■ AoH.S.A. Jouraal li ■ -4?- ■ May-Juas 1969

by Go G#odalle From 1946 t© 1958 thirty-aia® Ptrcival ProctorS' w®r® brought ©at© th© Australiaa Ciiril Registere Th^led varied amd activ© lives ia CGaditioms far r©m©v©d from those they were built to operate ia^ aad ©traed respeot aad affectioa of those pilots who flew themo Only four remain in service now, and the following article covers the use of Proctors in this countryo The first Proctor to be imported was actually a military Iv!k,4 which arrived

crated at RAAF Base Laverton^ ¥ic o 3 on February ETtho/ 19459 for use by the RAAF Governor-General®s Communications Flighty to be based at Canberra along with two Ansons and an Avro Yorko Although the RAAF serial A75-1 was allocated to this aircraft it was never painted on and flew under its RAF serial IP336 for its military life. In 1953 it became a civil machine as YH-BNB (see later). The first civil Proctor to arrive her© however came a year later^ when Percival Aircraft shipped an early production Mk,5 G-AGSY out to their Australian agents^ Victorian and Interstate Airways^ Melbourne. This demonstration aircraft left England on board S.S. ”Wairangi” on February Tth^ 19469 and after being assembled at Essendon was added, to our register as VH-ARV to Percivals on May 27th^ 1946. V & IA then demonstrated this Proctor throughout the country until September 1948 when it was sold to the Aero Club of Southern Tasmania. It is interesting to note that although a likoS models VH=AR¥ was actually built as a military I«Ik;o4 for'the RAl’ by Fh Hills Ltdo at Manchester, with the constructor's number of H„800, and became RM197, It was taken back by PerciTals in 1945 as one of a small batch of Mko4*s converted to civilian lvlk„5 standards before the production line of purely civil Mko5’s commenced at Luton, and given the c/n Ae.2. At the same time a Western Australian grazier^ Mr, John Money, ordered a Mko5 Proctor from Percivals, and c/n Aeol3 was painted VH-AIE in the factory for him, and in May 1946 shipped to Freemantle, After assembly at Maylands aerodrome the all blue Proctor was issued with a G„ of A. on July 3rd. 1946, had the name "Jennie Wren" painted on the nose, and departed for Mr, Money's property at Darlot, I’.A. In 1968 this aircraft was to cause the grounding of all Australian IflCoS's after a fatal crash. Next came a trio of Proctor Mkol's which were flown out from England in July and August 1946 by ex~RAF officers migrating out here. First to leave was G-AHTN, which departed Hanworth aerodrome on July EOth, flown by W/O John Dyer, en route to Perth. On arrival here he joined with a local pilot. Bob Coaper, to form a charter service named "B.E.M. Air Services" to use the Proctor and Couper's Avro Anson, VH-BEM. However the partnership was not finalised and the Proctor was not brought onto the register until 1954 after a lengthy rebuild at Kalgoorlie by Goldfields Airways and became VH-BLC. Meanwhile, Dyer had moved to Darwin with the Anson VH-BEItf purchased from Couper, and by 1950 he was in Singapore, while the Anson was in poor condition at Darwin, in the hands of his creditors. The other two Proctors were flown out by a pair of RAF Flight Lieutenants who had served in Australia during the war, and planned to return now to form an air taxi firm in Melbourne with their tvro aircraft. G-AHFX, named"Yorkshire Lass", left England on July 16th flown by Fred Ogden, with his wife and daughter as passengersi and G-AEMG named "Dominion Lass" departed on August 15th, flown by Denys Dalton, with passengers Miss Isabel Ogden and Miss A. Bartlett. These two Proctors became '\/H=AYV and AyCF respectively in October that year, and vrere used by a charter firm that Dalton started at Albury, NS’ff, named Air Taxis Pty. Ltd. In September 1948 VH-AYU was sold to Mrs. Hazel Roberts of "Ennis Downs" Station Queensland, and Dalton flew it up on delivery. This flight involved a large number of breaches of the Air Navigation Regulations, ranging from lowing flying over cars en route, to taxying down the main street of Richmond, Qld. A combined Dept, of Civil Aviation and Police report stated that Dalton was considered "mentally unbalanced" and his pilot's licence was cancelled on medical grounds. The Albury firm continued how- AoHoS.A, Journal May^June 1969

0¥er^ and YH»AY¥ flew from there with several Ansons until 1956 when it was sold* Now began a decade of Proctor deliveries from England to Australia -> many flew out under their own power, others ?/ere shipped out* Most were private imports^ but a small number were brought in by aircraft firms for resale on arrival. One concern named Overseas Corporation (Australia) Ltd® advertised around 1950 ^^Proctorss =- fly away Melbourne or Sydney^ ten to twelve weeks after date of order’ll Bankstown based Morris Air Service imported peveral Proctors^ in conjunction with Suttons Motors/ Sydney, and also did maintainence on the type, Sydney pilot Arnold Class formed a company named Australian Aviation Investments Ptyo Ltd*, to import Proctors for immediate resale« In Octohar 1951 AAI purchased three Proctors from private owners in England and they were overhauled at Croydon, painted in Aust^ ralian markings TO-BQO, BQP and BQQ and then flown to Eanowrth for crating and shipment to Sydney, The next year a fourth was bought, and became UH^BQR. The last Proctor to be added to the register was 'theMkoS ¥H-BXQ on July 15th, 1958, This aircraft was flown out from England as G->ANGC the previous December, and was, by coincidence, the last Mko3 built for the RAF, having made its first flight on December 2nd, 1943 as LZ804o The delivery flights were made by various routes, the most popular being England-: Franoe-Italy-Cyprus=-Lebanon-Syria-PerBin Gulf-Pakistan-India-Burma-Siam-Malaya»Indonesia« Australia® No doubt most flights were.very eventful, but only one aircraft' sustained major damage en route, and that was Mko5 G-AIEV, which was being flown out by Mr® Jesse Luxton, who had been appointed manager of Somerset Airways, Longreach, Qld® He depart-ed Blackbushe, UoK o $ on November 1st, 1951, to deliver the Proctor to his new employers and on the l?th of that month, ?/hile landing at Ifaingapoe, of the Island of Soembain eastern Indonesia, a violent wind gust hit the aircraft damaging the starboard undercarriage and splitting the centre section® As local repair was impossible, the wings were removed and the fuselage placed on blocks on the edge of the airfield® A fortnight later the aircraft was transported seven miles to the coast, and floated out to a visiting boat on a pontooHo The boat took the Proctor to Djakarta, and it was rebuilt at Kemajoran airport by Garuda Indonesian Airways® In February 1952 he continued the journey to Queensland and the Proctor became VH-A.LR with Somerset Airwaysc While G-AIEY was laying damaged at Waingapoe, another Proctor passed through on its way to Australia - G-AIIL, a lGco3 being flown by a Sydney pilot, Martin Cherryo He had left Croydon at lOoOO am on November 9th, 1951, with two companions and had also run into trouble in Indonesia® At Palembang the tailwheel valve collapsed and as no replacement was available, a small tailwheel from a Piper Cub was fittedo This lasted until'Djakarta:_.was reached, where a more permanent, but still makeshift, job was done by'-re-fitting the original" tyre and stuffing it with grass® The tyre gave no more trouble, and the flight was continued via Waingapoe, Portugese Timor and Drysdale Mission, on the northern WiA® coast® From Dysdale, G-AIIL flew to Wyndham where .b ..j HeMo Customs ordered the three weary aviators to proceed to Darvvin for customs clearanceo They chose to ignore the instruction and flew to Sydney via Daly Waters and Charleville, and found themselves accused of smuggling on arrival at Mascot on December 3rd. However everytliing was sorted out and Cherry announced he v/as returning to England immediately by sea, to marry and English girl and fly out another aircraft for a honeymoon flightI Conversely, about the same time in Melbourne, Hon* Simon iarrander of London, married a local girl and settled in Yictoriao He sold his Proctor 5, G-AGSZ, to Fred Edwards in August 1951, after flying it from Essendon for the previous two years as a Britisir aircraft. G-AGSZ had arrived at Darwin on June 13th, 1949, with Warrender and two companions after flying from England® Fred Edwards brought it onto the register in December 1951 as YH-ADP. Well known novelist Neville Schute flew his Proctor 5 G-AKIIT, from England to Australia in February 1949 to gain material for a book he ¥fas planning® The aircraft was fitted with long range fuel tanks for the flight and after a short stay in Australia A.Ip.S.A. Journal -49- May=June 1969

he returned to England along the same route. Howevers in June 1950 he returned to live permanently in Australia and G-AKIW was shipped to Melbourne^ assembled at Moorabbin and added to the register as 1/H-DIW in October that year under his full names leville Sohute Norway. (He had asked D.C.A. for a registration marking ending in "IW” for the Proctor^ because he wished to continue to refer to his aeroplane in his books as "Item Willie"). He later sold it to Schutt Aircraft at Moorabbin who used it for charter work, (in 1955 Schutts imported another Proctor for general charter flying VH-SCG) Colpurful Sydney pilot, Gregory R. Board, who had formed the ill fated New Holland Airways in 1948, was visiting England early in 1951 and purchased a Proctor 5, G-AHTG from a firm, and on January 24th he departed Redhill aerodrome in the air craft, freshly painted as 7H-BDA for a leisurely flight to Australia. At least one delivery flight was made solo, that being G-AIEN, flown out by Jim Bullen, who owns a motor business at Nhill, Vic. He purchased the Mk.5 at Croydon in September 1955, and reached Wyndham, WA, on November 11th. The following month he registered the aircraft as VH-BSH. The Proctors were used in all parts of Australia, except New Guinea ( although Crowley Airways did use the Percival Gull VH-UTP at Lae in the early 1950’s). It was soon found that the Mk.5's were underpowered during the hot summer months, but the Mk.l and 3*s gave a satisfactory performance even on the hottest days. This made the popular on outback station properties. One family of station owners operated no less than three Proctors at the same timel This was the Treloar family of northern S.A., whose four brothers Messers B.H., G.H., J.H., and KoH,Treloar based TO-AUG, AVG and see on "Mooleulooloo" and"Waiwera" Stations. However the Mk.5’s poor hot weather performance caused the Mlure of at least one operation - that being the Mclllree/Loneragan partnership of "U-Drive Pty. Ltd., Sydney's use of Proctor 5 TH-BCM to transport pilots and engineers to EAAF stations throughout NSW ans S.A. where Avro Ansons were being sold by the Commonwealth Disposals Commission. U-Drive purchased nearly fifty Ansons for conversion to civil standards and re-sale in the early post-war years. While in England in June 1947 after ferrying and Anson from Australia, Eric Mclllree bought Proctor G-AGTB and it was flown to Sydney and became YH-BCM with U-Drive, It proved to be unsuccessful due to its poor take-off performance apd was replaced by the B.A. Eagle VH-UUY. Charter firms found the Proctor and excellent aircraft, being very stable in flight, a good range and good performance on the cruise. (The Proctor’s general performance compares favourably with such types as the Piper Comanchel), however being basically a military training and communications aircraft, the sound proofing and noise level was very high. The Queensland firm. Western Air Navigation, began operations at Charleville in August 1955 with Proctor 3 VH-BPR which had been flown out from England earlier that year as-G-ANPR by chief pilpt/manager Barry Kerr. He had recommended the Proctor to the shareholders of the new firm from his experience the the Mk.5 VH-DIW, which had been his private aircraft at Sydney in 1954. Australian Air Charterers of Moorabbin began in May 1956 with the Proctor 3 VH-GGB which had just been flown out from England as G-ANGB in connection with the Olympic Games being held in Melbourne that year, and had the Olympic insignia painted on its cowlings• Sunraysia Air Taxis of Mildura^ Yico flew two Proctors on charter work for some timCo The bought Mk.5 VH-ALR in 1955, and Mk.3 VH-BQO in 1956 and flew both until ‘ ■ 1960 until replaced by a Tripacer and a Cessna. Two Queensland firms that were later absorbed by Bush Pilots Airways of Cairns used Proctors on their early services s- Mitchell Aerial Services of Cairns had VH-AYU from 1956 to 1959, and Somerset Airways of Longreaeh had VH-ALR from 1952 to 1955. Many others used the Proctors, based all over the country. Muir Aviation at Darwin (m 'BQP)| Air Activities, Perth, (VH-BGY); Central Western Air Services of ■ Nyngan and Bourke, NSW VH-BLU) | Aero Taxi Service, Wilcannia, NSW (YH-BQO) etc etc. A.HoS.A. Journal -50=. May-June 1969

Only one Aero GIub''oiTOe'd a Prootor, that being the Aero Club of Southern Tasmania, who bought the original demonstrator Mkc5 VH-ART on September 15th, 1948, and used it for cross country training and charter work from Cambridge aerodrome at Hobart. On^July ilth 1954, engine trouble caused ARY to make a forced landing in a freshly plowed field near Campania, Tas, The port wing dug into the ground, and the Proctor was damaged, Two days later the fuselage was towed on its wheels behind a tractor back to Cambridge, and stored awaiting a decision on re-building. Meanwhile, in Melbourne, Mr„ Jack McKean had been successfully operating his Proctor 5 YH-SAS for aerial photography work as "Sabre Air Snaps" since 1953. On October loth, 1954, he was taking off from Moorabbin in SAS when the engine failed and he made a forced landing on nearby Mordialloc Beach, The aircraft hit a breakwater groin on the beach and turned on its back into the water, McKean was injured but his passenger. well known pilot Miss Freda Thompson, was unhurt, The Proctor was beached and returned toMoorabbin that afternoon badly damaged...... Early in 1955 purchased the damaged ARY from Tasmania, and it was loaded into an A.N.A. Bristol Freighter and flown to Melbourne. Tfork then began at Moorabbin on re-building a Proctor from the fuselage ofARY and the wings and fittings of SAS. The rebuilt aircraft was added to the registeron July 6th 1955 as YE-SAS (2nd issue) and it resumed aerial photography work until 1960 when it was scrapped. Two Proctors were used as ambulance aircraft. In 1947 the legendary "flying doctor" of central H.S.W., Dr. Geoffrey Young of Forbes, purchased a new ilk.5 fi"om Perciirals, YH-BJY. He flew it out himselfand reached Tfyndham on May 8th, 1948. With a removeabls stretcher fitted, the Proctorwas used by him along with his old Yfaco YKS-6s YH-UYD, until replaced by an Auster. The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia bought Idk„3, YH-BQR in December 1953, and based it at Ceduna, SA, for medical vrork in western and northern South Austi'alia until 1960 when it was replaced by the Lockheed 12A YH-FMS. Another unusual role for a Proctor was Super Spread Aviation of Moorabbin’s use of Proctor YH-BCM, In late 1955 they hired it from Australian Aircraft Sales in Sydney (who had bought it from U-Drive after it had been unused by them for six years) for evaluation as a transport for pilots and loader drivers of their fleet of agri cultural Tiger Moths. In 1956 it was returned to A.A.S. as being unsuitable, and ^although it was registered VH=SST for this short period with Super-Spread, from November 25th 1955 to February 3rd 1956, this marking was never painted on. Only two Proctor Mko4’s appeared on our register. First was VH-BNB, which was ex the Governor General*^s Flight, NP336, It was sold by the RAAF in January 1953 after^logging 151 hours in RAAF service. The Proctor was purchased by Mr. Ralph Beaton of Melbourne, who, at the same time, bought an Anson from the MAF to form a charter’firm named Moorabbin Air Taxis. The Anson was never converted to a civil aircraft but NP336 was issued with a C. of A. and added to the register as VH-BNB- on October 10th, 1953. The other Mko4 was YH-GBTf, which was flown out as G-AJMH in 1954 by British racing pilot Beverley Snook, v/ho later returned in the first demonstration Edgar Percival EP~9 in 1957. The Proctor was brought onto the register on November 22nd 1954, by Mr. Geoffrey B„ Woodward of Melbourne, who used it to fly between his home in Melbourne and Canberra, where he worked. However on January 4th, 1955, with only twelve hours experience on the Proctor, he crashed near King Lake, Yic, while en route Moorabbin to Canberra, with two passengers he was taking back to Canberra. All three were killed and the aircraft wrecked. Only one Proctor was ever exported from Australia, the lik. 5 VH-BLU, which Eingsford Smith Aviation Services sold in November 1956 to Cercle Aerienne Calsdonisnne New Caledonia. It was dismantled and crated that month and sent to Noumea by ship from Sydney. On May 16th 1957 it was added to the French register as F-OAYU, and was later used for charter work by the local airline, Transpac, until replaced by an Apache, when it was taken out of service and dismantled. However, two Proctors were imported to Australia that did not come on to the AoH.S.Ao Journal -51- May-June 1969

register. Firstly, a Wik„3 G-ALJK, was flown out from the U.K o $ but crashed before acquiring Australian markings, and a New Zealand Mko3, ZK-AOA, The former was owned by Mr. Louis Jackson of Sydney, and on December 27th, 1949, he flew from Mascot to Blackheath airfield, near Katoomba. That afternoon, while taking off from Blackheath for the return flight to Mascot, the Proctor swerTed off the strip and ran into thick scrub, destroying the aircraft and seriously injuring Jackson and his passenger. ZK=iAOA was shipped to Melbourne in 1958 from the Eawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club in N,Z « 5* and after being damaged during unloading, was taken to Moorabbin, where it was left in its crate until 1961, when taken by road up to Bankstown and assembled. By November 1961 it had been left outside in the weather at Bankstown with its wings folded, and in late 1962 was burnt for fire practice after becoming derelict due to vandals and the vreather. Details of the Australian ownership of the aircraft are not known. In 1962 there were still twenty-one Proctors on the Australian register, in 1965 there were eight, and by 1969 only four. The reason for the rapid decline in airworthy Proctors was an accident that occurred on August 25th 1962, in Western Australia, Mr. John Money was flying his Proctor 5 ¥H-AIE on "Wildara” Station, 70 miles from Leonora in conjunction with a ground party rounding up Isolated flocks of sheep. The men on the ground were watching the Proctor circle several sheep when they saw a piece of the aircraft fall to the ground, and immediately the Proctor went into an uncontroll able dive and was destroyed by the impact and fire. The pilot was killed. The investigation found that the leading edge of the starboard wing had broken away in flight. MH-AIE had been hangared all its life, all maintainence had been done correctly, and it had a total of only 652 hours on the airframe. The investigation stated that **the glue used in the assembly of the starboard wing had deteriorated to such a degree as to render the wing considerably under the design strength." On October 21st, 1962, the Minister for Civil Aviation announced that all Aust ralian liko 5*s would have their Certificate's of Airworthiness suspended as from December 31st that year. In addition the C. of A. examination of the wing construction of Proctor Mk. 1 and 3’s would be more detailed and would involve costly "pull tests" on the wood itself to test the strength of the glue joints. This brought immediate protests from several Proctor owners, including Mr. Alan Nelson of Melbourne, who offered his airworthy Mk.5 VE-BJY to D.C.A. for a full inspection and load testing - the offer was declined. At Camden aerodrome on December 19th, as the final grounding date approached, the l4ko5, YH-BDA was flown by "persons unknown" across to Wollongong, even though its C. of A. had expired over a year before! It was impounded by D.G.A. at Wollongong and a wing removed to prevent it flying. It was then taken by road to Bankstown and left in the open in a truck compound. The cost of C, of A. renewals for Proctor 1 and 3*s now became uneconomical for many owners, and one by one they were struck off the register as "withdrawn from service" after failing C. of A. examinations. This brought a lot of bad feeling towards D.G.A o ^ and such comments as "D.CoA. judged Proctors on the condition of their paintwork were common"s.. The four still registered are s “ YH-BCZ Mkol Owned by Mr. and Mrs. K. Shersby, Brisbane. Based at Areherfield. VH-BXQ I\Iko3 Owned by Mr. GoJ. Hunt, Geelong, Vic. Based on a private strip near Geelong. Major rebuild at Albury in late 1967, re-added to the register on January 4th, 1968 to Colin Hunt. YH-DUL Mk.l Owned by Mr. LoK. Kirk, Sydney. Based at Camden aerodrome, near Sydney. YH-SCC Mko3 Owned by Mepsers PcA. Bainbridge and R.M. Milner, Adelaide. Based at Parafield. Major rebuild at Parafield in 1966 using parts from VH-GGB. In addition several Proctors are held by museums. The Camden Museum of Aviation has YH-BCM in its hangar at Camden aerodrome| The Moorabbin Air Museum has YH-AUC and YH-BJY in storage(although the latter is in. very poor condition and may only be used to provide parts for AUC) | Warbirds Aviation Museum at Mildura has VH-A.VG in storage A.HoScAs Journal -52-,- May-June 1969

In the grounds of the Bunbury Technical School in W.A« in Prootor 3 VH-BQR which was donated to the school in 1963 by its owner Mro Fred Lawrence of Benjaberring, ffoAo He towed it by road from Maylands to Bunbury behind a car and the aircraft is still in a small compound in the school yard in fair condit-iono The engine is still started up occasionallyo Below is a listing of the Australian Proctors and their fates Regn Model c/n Prev.Idents. Date Added Remarks ¥H-AM 5 Aeo99 G=.AIER 24.4„52 Became VH=SAS« Crashed Mordialloc Beach 10ol0o54. Used in rebuild of VH-SAS (2nd) YH-ABN 1 H,381 G-AKWD, LZ574 15.12,51 Swung off strip on take-off and hit. trees near CobarsNSWo 4t3o57 ¥H=.ADP 5 Ae.3 G-AGSZ 14.12,51 Struck off register on 30o6o59 as WPS. Last owner Australian Aircraft SaleSs Sydney, ¥H=AHR S Ho466 G-ALCF, LZ684 27,9.49 WPS El„4„64 at Cootamundra, NSW, Last seen at Goulbumj, NSW, in March 1965 TO-AHI 1 H.9 G-AIEE, R7493 10,12,52 WPS 19o5o64o Stored on a farm near GooloogongpNSWs by its last owner. ¥H-AIB 5 Ae.lS 3.7,46 Crashed 25.8,.62 on Wildara Stationj WAj due to failure of starboard wing, ¥E-ALR 6 Ae,lQ6 G-AIE\' 12.3.52 WPS 9,9o62 at Moorabbin, Left outside until 2/63 when, broken up as scrap. ¥H=.AR¥ 5 Ae.2 G-AG3Y, mi97 27.5,46 Crashed Tasmania Ilo7o54,Became VH-SAS (2nd), WPS 28o2.60 and dismantled at Moorabbin. ¥H-AUC 1 K.253 G-AHDI, P6194 28,9.51 WPS 12.11.64 at Parafield, Taken by road to Moorabbin Air Museum. YH-AVG 1 H.224 G-AH¥G, BY658 25,3,57 WPS 19.4o66 at Parafield. Taken by road to Waiwera Station and stored. ¥H-AYQ S He 548 G-AIIL, LZ790 ?„4,54 Became YH-ADU then ¥H=AD¥, WS 2.2.67 • at Scone^ NSW. Derelict due weather and Tandals. ¥H-ArJ 1 K,303 G-AHMG, P6269 16,10.46 Failed to renew 0 of A and struck off register as WPS on 1.5.59 ¥H-AY¥ 1 Ko249 G-AEFX, P6190 18.10,46 Crashed into sea off Mornington,¥iGo on 15.10o61 while low flying. Four killed, ra-BGM 5 Ae,8 G-AGTB 20,12.48 WPS 24,7.57 in Sydney, Stored until 1964 when- obtained by Camden Museum of Airiation. 1 ¥H-BCX A Kc305 G-AHTY, P627i 31,12,53 Currently registered. ¥H-BDA 5 Ae.61 G-AHTG 25,1,51 Impounded by DGA at Wollongong, NSW 19,12,62. Derelict in compound at Bankstown, NSW YH-BEG 3 H.257 G-AKZS, HM347 4.1,54 WPS 10.1.66 at Tamowrth,NSW,Taken by road to a farm near Quirindi, NSW and dismantled. YH-BGY 1 Kc244 G-AHUX, P6185 12,5,55 WPS 21,12.64 at Coolah, NSW.Beliered to have been broken up, TO-BJY 5 Ae.Sl 14.1.48 WS 22.3,63 at Moorabbin. Went derelict in a nearby factory. To Moorabbin Air Museum. YH-BLC 1 K.279 G-AHTN, P6E45 20,5.54 WPS 7,12,65 at Perth Airport, Taken by road to Carnamah, WA, Derelict there. A.H.SeAo Journal -53- May.-June 19 6S

■VH-BLU 5 Ae,139 G-MIV 27/10,48 Sold IK, New Caledoniaj 20.11o567Shipped from Sydney to Noumea November 1956, VH-BNB 4 Ho 70? A75-1, NP336 10,8.53 Crashed Chilterris ViCj 23o5„58 while flying in rain and low cloud. Two killed. ¥H-BPR 3 H,325 G=A1JPR, m!431 16,6,55 Forced landing 5o8o65 at Banka BahkasNT. Due to remote area^ stripped and left. 1 KoSEl G=AIIW, P6312 22,11,54 Damaged on landing Trefoil Is, Tas. 27o3o64o Stripped and biirnto- YH-BQO 3 Ko405 G-AKXI, Z7216 5,9.52 Crashed near Elizabeth^ SA, 31,12,60, while practising forced landings. TH-BQP 3 K,413 G-ALTG, Z7238 8,6.55 Became VH-FRC, crashed at Parafield, SA, 24o9o61 when oartwheeld on landing. ¥B.=BQQ 1 K,247 G-AGYA, P6188 15,2,52 Became VH=.BXE, force landed Roper Bar, NT, 16.5,60o Stripped and abandoned. 7H-BQR 3 K,392 G.=ALIS, Z7203 26.11.52 IFS 14ol.63 at Maylands WA, Stored at Bunbuiy Technical School, WA. VH-BSH 5 Ae.96 G=AIEN 21,12.55 WFS 12oll.6E at Moorabbin. Taken by road to car yard at Geelong, Vic. and derelict there. W-BW 3 H„115 G-AIFE, DX200 1.6,56 Crashed Dellisaville Native Mission, NT, 24.6o56, Hit'tree and two killed. VH-BXQ 3 H,565 G-ANQ-C, LZ,804 15.7.58 Currently registered. ¥H»BXJ 3 K,401 G-AHWY, Z7212 11.4.58 WFS 22oS,6E at Bankstown, Went derelict in hangar and removed as scrap. VH-DIW 5 Ae.Sl G<-.AKIW 10,10,50 WFS 16o7,59. Last owner Dayal Singh Constructions, Tairiworth, NSW. VH-DUL 1 K,246 G-AfIFU, P6187 28.2,58 Currently registered. VH-GBW 4 H,633 G-AJM, NP237 22,11,54 Crashed King Lake, Vic, 4.1o55. Hit hill while flying under low cloud, 7H-GGB 3 Ho 404 G~ANGB, LZ597 29.5.56 WFS 25,llo65 at Parafield. Left in weather and went derelict. Stripped and parts used for VH~SCC. VH-SCG 3 H,44 G-AOrO,. BV544 9,5.55 Currently registered.Named **Th© Beast", 7H-SMB 1 K.325 G-AIEF, P6316 15,5,47 Crashed on take-off at Killarney, Qld, on 15,4,56. Failed to become airborne.

The Minister for Civil Aviatio-Uj Mr. Swartz,, announced in Canberra on May 1st. that ToAaA, and Ansett Airlines had been given Government approval to order an / additional Boeing 727 each for delivery in September 1970s and six additional DC-9-30's eachs for delivery during March and November 1970s March, June November 1971 and March 1872, The approval is subject to each airline being able to arrange suitable finance on terms acceptable to the Government. Changes in the Australia - Netherlands Air Service Agreement were arjnounced in Canberra by the Minister for Civil Aviation on May 1st. As from April 1970. KLfJ Royal Dutch Airlines will operate a second Amsterdam - Sydney service while QANTAS will Increase their services through Amsterdam to three per week, also from April 1970. further expenditure at Australian, and Papua/New airports was announced iu May by Mr, Swartz, On May 14th he announced that a new D.C.A. Administration and Airworthiness Centre will be built at Jandakot airport at a cost of about SlOO^GOO, "The centre will house extra staff needed to handle the growth of operations at 'the airport. In the same announcement, details of extensions and improvements to the Darwin Airport passenger terminal xvei'e also given. Costing $200,000 the improvements v/ill include a larger public iouages, an extension to the existing dining room, a larger baggaije reclaim and cargo area, the re-arrangement of the terminal entrance and a new kiosk'. On May 16th Mr, Swartz announced that a new large D.C.A, store and administration block would b© A o H o S. A. J ou rna 1 May-Juae 1969

built at Port Moresby Airport at'e total cost of $440,000 and would replace the exigtiag smeller store at a nearby suburb. Further announcsment were made on the proposed deTelopment of Tamworth Airport during the first week of June, 'When giTing evidence to the House of Representatives Committee on Aircraft Noise, the Superintendent of Operations for the Dept, of Civil Aviation, Mr, R„M, Green, stated that the runway is to be extended by 1,000 feet and , that subject to Government approval, the proposed instrument landing system is tc be installed within, two years o announced in Perth on May 15th. by the Western Australia B/Iinister for Transport, Mr, R, O’Connor, that Civil Flying Services (WA) Pty Ltd., had been given apprsval to operate a commutor service between Perth and Esperanoe vrith a twice vreekly call at Norseman, both previously serviced by JlacRobertson Miller Airlines, The first service to Esperancs, which will will have five flights per week, was on May 19th. It was announced by Mr, Swartz on June 30th that a coramutor operator has applied to take over the Tasmanian intra-state operations of T,A,A., who have been operating the services at a loss since they ooinmenced in 1964. The routes affected are Hobart and Launceston to Queenstown, Strahan, Dsvonpcrt, Wynyard and Smithton. T,A,A, use their sole remaining Queeriair, VH-TGB, on the services. The Premier of NSW, Mir, R,Wo Askin, announced on May E2nd, that the State Cabinet is oonsidering the "whole matter'* of intra state air serviees within NS'fsT and that an announoement would be made in the near future If any re-arrangement of servicses between Airlines of N.S,¥o and East—Ifest Airlines is to take place. QANTAS Airways have disposed of four of their remaining six Boeing 707-1S8B air craft to Braniff Airways of Dallas, Texas. The airoraft were painted in Brariiff’s markings nrior to their departure from Sydney as follows s- Wl-EBL became N107BN lime green fuselage departed Sydney June 19th. VH-EBM N108BN dark blue " " " June 24th. VH-EBI N105BN cherry red June 28the The last airoraft, 'VH-EBJ, has been painted with an craE^e fuselage and registered N106BN, and is scheduled to depart, early in July, Initial plans wer® for all aircraft to have departed by July 1st, but industrial troubles caused delays. The airoraft had 12438, 11996, EE336 and 22387 hours flying respectively. The two remaining 70f=138B aircraft, PH-EBE is on ohart.8r to British 'West Indies Airways as Sl-TDB and is expected to be sold to them, and VH-EBH, which is still at Msscct, but also is reported to have been sold to B,W.loA, The chairman of QANTAS, Sir Roland Wilson, announced on June Eith, that th@ . _ company’s order for four, plug two on option, Boeing 747 aircraft, had been altered to the more powerful "B” model. The 747B has a maximum take-off weight of 775,000 lbs compared to 710,000 lbs of the earlier version, and has an extended range of 4,450 niiles. Sir Roland stated that this model has an improved take-off performance and will be quieter than the earlier version. Tha switch to the "B” model will not affect the initial delivery date of August 1971. Nef/ hostess uniforms were introduced by QANTAS during mid-Juae. The new uniform from a Sydney designer, is orange-red in colour and replaces the familiar aqua-blue uniform which has been in use for over five years. It was also disclosed that the airline is planning new uniforms for all its aircrew and ground staff. Early in. June local newspapers noted that the DC-4 Skymaster air craft ofQANTAS hate been continuously operating on the Sydney - Norfolk Island route for twenty years -since June 9th 1949, when they replaced Lancastrians. The QANTAS DC-4's have recently had their radar noses painted white which oonsiderfebly improves their appearance. Last year th® Post Office issued a commemorative stamp featuring a QANTAS Lancastrian and DC-4 celebrating 20 years' of air services to Norfolk Island, ...... The Boeing 727, \T!-RMD, finally emerged from the hangars on June 27th, after an overhaul, in the new Ansett Airlines of Australia markings - some nine months after the name change. A,fter a short presentation to the press, sto, it was tow&d away for AaEcScAo JcunmL =^56~. May-June IS69

engine checks, _ It was put baok intô senriss on June E9tli on the Sydney - Brisbaae blight N0080 THyjiaiE wag then withdrawn to be the next 72f oTrerhauled and pai:ated„ The ehairman and managing director of Aneett transport Industries Ltd!, Mr^ Ansett, was made a Knight of the British Empire (EBE) in the Queen''g Birthday Honours IrsT. issued on uuns Itth., ihs award was made for his long services to the ooriirminity particularly in the transport industry. The general manager of Airlines of KcS.W.Q Capto ScGo Middlemiss, announced in Sydney on May E8th., that the options held on two Fokker F-28 Fsllowshlp aircraft had been converted into firm orders and that the aircraft would be introduced onto selected company routes during October 1970. As a result of the phasing out of DG-S aircraft in their fleet/ MaoHobertson Miller Airlines issued dismissal notices to eight junior pilots during May. This follows the retrenchnient of^tsn pilots during October 1968^ caused by the withdrawal of many country services wisich were taken over by third level operators. (Sept-Oot 1968 ASHA-J) The eompletg integration of MlacRobertson Miller Airlines Ltd., into the Ansett group was completed at the end of May when, as from June isto, the operations in WesternÂustralia were_transferred to a division of Ansstt Transport Industries \,^Qp|ratic.ns) Pyjo Ltd. horraver, this new division, in the operating company is known as kiaCh^ôbertsoTi. Miller Airline Seririces^ a registered trading naiii©o Aoooraing to newepaper reports on June lEtho^-. ToAoAo HaYe mad® a fourth applio-- ation, to the Fed®,ral Goverrmieat for a lioence to operate the P@rth-Darmd;a trurJc route Gurrent sxolusive lioenoe held by MacRobertson Miller Airlines expires in iJil. It wag pointed out that T.AoA, would require knowledge of their access to the route long before 1971 so that it could order suitable equipment and training for gpeuxaxised aircraft which the route requires. It is understood that airoraft of the F=>j6 and BAG i-ll standard a,re suitable for the service. East-¥@sf Airlines anncuneed early in May that the month just ooncluded, April, was a record .tor the coBiparsy. Passengers carried duritig the ffi.onth totalled 24,e6o - more than 1,000 more than the previous .highest month of Januaiy 1969., During^May the managing director of Irens West Air Charter Pty. Ltd., Mr. Kl Kessai, based at Perth, that the company had acquired control of KM Air Charter Ptv. Ltd., of Derby, Yfyadham and Kunumirra. Trans West itself was acquirsd duriiitj December i9fcb^^by a syndioat© cosiprising the Hong Kong based Jardina Math©r.©on & Co,, and th® New Zealand Qaged dames Aviation Ltd. The third level operator, loeska Aviation of îaj,go©rli©_p became a subsidiary of Trans West in January 1969. boubh, Aasbrsi^xan^ and Territory Air S©.rYioes announced .on June 30th that they had acquired ^ne Aaexaide based Chartair Pty. Ltd. S.A.A.T.A.S. will now have a fleet of 27 airoraft and will operate from bases at Melbourne., Adelaide, Alio© Springs., Katherine iyndham and Daarwin. As well as the Australian bases, the company recently established a main ^âse at Singapore to service operations in Borneo and other south-east Asian areas. ' . The actii^ N.S.W. Minister for Transport, Mr. David Hughes, announced in Sydney on June xbcn that Masiing Airlines had been issued a licence to onerate a Sydney - Lake uargexligo - Eiiiston - Ivanhoe air service. Details as to when the service is commenoing^ and th© frequenoias^ war© not stated. ^ The first major accident suffered by a "third leval" operator occurred on the eve^ng oniviay Sth, when an Asro Commander, TH-EXT, of Executive Air Services crashed airorafv extensively damagsd. The winter schedule issued by Ccmmuter Airlines early in June, disclosed that the company had curtailed services to Swa.n Hill, Horsham, Grbost, and Mario in Victoria, and to the^ ISW^ . towns of Leetcn., and Merimbula. However it is intended to re gum© services to Ordost and MeriHûla during the summar months. Services on the company's A»,H,S.-A, vJourn,al -56- May-June 196

remaining two routes of Melbourne to Albury and Melbourne to Sale/Bairnsdals have remained unaltered. Meanwhile the Company purchased a further Piaggio Pol66Bj VH-ASA, from Ansett AirlineSj thid being the fourth in their fleet, Lanhams Air Taxis withdrew their Commuter serric© of Lismore-Coolangatta-Brisbane in faTour of the more frequent senrice operated by Nationwide Air Service, This operator' s service has been extended-to include calls at Coolangatta Airport. Details of a new company to commence skywriting were announced early in May, The company^, Skyads'Ptyl Ltd,, will be based in Adelaide and operate throughout Australia, Details of the aircraft to be used were not disclosed, however it was stated that permission has been received from the Dept, of Civil Aviation to carry out the skywriting over major cities at an altitude of 16,000 feet. A Cessna 180, ¥H=RBA, has recently been used over Sydney skywriting for ”Skyads‘* and during June the ex Royal Aero Club of NSW Chipmunk, VH-RSQ, was modified at Bahkstown for skywriting with another firm "Skysigas", The aircraft has been re-engined with the Continental 0=470 engine formerly fitted to the Chipmunk ¥H=B¥Po The ooFJ-lings and propeller have also been transferred and the aircraft now has an orange fuselage, a belly tank carrying oil vAich is burnt to produce the smoke, a lengthened exhaust pipe and oxygen equipment. The five per cent discount on return fares between Australia and Europe was abolished by the airlines concerned as from May 1st, This increases the cheapest tourist return fare to London by approximately $60 to approximately $1,240, The discount on return fares for flights in the Pacific area including the UoSoA, remain unaitered. According to numerous newspaper reports during mid-June, the Australian and New

Zealand distributor for the English company, Britten Norman Ltd o o I slander -Aircraft'• Sales Pty, Ltd have ordered 100 of the recently announced single engines four seat B=N Nymph at a cost of between $700,000 and $800,000, The Mymphj designed to be assembled b5/' the various distributors of the aircraft, will be supplied in kit form from the UoK, fac-toiy. The reports stated that the first deliveries will commence in mid 1970 and that the aircraft will be assembled by Aero Engine Service of New Zealand for Australasian market. The decision by A.EcSoL, to be involved in the distribution of this four seat aircraft will end the conjecture of whether they would eventually take up production of the still dormant Yiota Aircruiser, Cathay Pacific Airways of Hong Kong announced on June 25th that they propose inaugurating a Tokyo-=Hong Kong'-Djarkarta-Perth serTice in April 1970o The flights^ to operate twice F^eekly^ will be flown by Conirair 880 aircrafto Cathay Pacific operated Eleotra aircraft on the Hong Kong Sydney serTice during the late 1950® s but these were dropped due to poor loadings. A new airfreight serTice oomn'ienced in ISW during May^ when a new operator^ Savage Air Services^ began flying between Mittagong and Wollongong using DHC»2 Beavers, VH-EPX and TO-EFIo The serTice^ which is being operated under contract to Yellow Express road freighters connaots Wollongong to their Sydney-Melbourne road freight serTices which pass through Mittagongo The champion Australian racing car driver^ Jack Brabham^ has entered the Australian aTiation industry with, his purchase of the Bankstown based Ray and Larkin Pty^ Ltdo^ Mr® Roy Coburn^ who has been associated with Jack Brabham for ma.riy years^ has been appointed manager of the company* At a general aviation'symposium held at the Royal Victorian Aero Club during the

weekend June 21st and 22nd o 3 the Director of Medeoine for the Depto of Civil Aviation^ Dr® Jo Co Lane^, disclosed that about or one in five pilots^ killed in light aircraft accidents had consumed various amounts of alcohol prior to their ^*last flights**® For the second tiirie within seven days^ a South African Airways Boeing 707 en route Sydnsy-^Johannesburgg made an unscheduled landing at Adelaide Airpoi'^t on May 30tho On both occasions5 the landings were the result of a **bomb hoax** being telephoned to Sydney airport thirty minutes after the aircraft had depax^ted® A.HoS.A. Journal -57- May-June 1969

BoOoAoC. issued details of their services to Australia by YG-10 aircraft during Junoo The services between London and Sydney, via Los Angeles, will commence on October E8th and will arrive in Sydney on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, '-Thursdays and Saturdayso As from this date, Los Angeles is replacing San Francisco as the U,S.Ao west coast stopping point on the Pacific service. The pilot of a Victa Airtourer flew low over the road from Leonora to Agnew (WA) on January 31st and forced a Land Rover to leave the road and overturn, slightly injuring one of the three occupants, i'his had its sequel on May 22nd, when William Conroy of Kalgooriie, WA, was fined a total of $225 for two breaches of the Air Regulations, Conroy also owns the Gomper Swift, "JE-ACQ. A new WcA, company has been formed to market the Aero Subaru light aircraft range, A subsidiary of the Royal Aero Club of W,A„ (Inc), it has been named Aviation Services Pty, Ltd,, with the aero club's general manager, HoV, Beeek, as managing director. The company will market the Fuji FA-200 with both the 160 hp and 180 hp engines, Two Fuji's are now stationed at the Royal Aero Club of TLA, -...... The longest flight ever undertaken by a helicopter‘ ended at Broome on the^ noi’thern ¥,Ao coast on June 27th, after an 11,000 mile flight from London* s'Satwibk Ai-rport, The helicopter, 0- , owned by Bristow Helicopters (Australia) Pty, Ltd 1, departed London on June 9th and was flown to Calcutta, India, by an English crew, and'from there to Broome by an Australian crew. This helicopter is to be used on communications duties to off-shore oil rigs, replacing the Wessex Series 1, VH-BHL, which was damaged in a gale early in June, “he new Wessex will becorae ¥H=BHXc. Rex Aviation Ltd,, has sold the Indonesian Air Force seven Cessna 402 aircraft, complete with spares and servicing equipment valued at more than $1,07 million. They will be used as V,IcP, aircraft and will replace the Douglas DC-3 aircraft used at present. A plaque containing a bas-relief of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was unveiled before a crowd of nearly 2,000 during a ceremony at Sydney Technical High School, Bexley on June Sth, Aircraft of the Royal Aero Club of NSW flew overhead during the unveiling. The NSl¥ Premier, Mr, Askin, announced in Sydney on June 17th, that the NSW Govern ment would contribute $15,000 towards the cost of the England Australia air race which is being organised by the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs in Australia. The race is being held to commemorate the 50th anniversary .of Ross and Keith Smith's flight to Australia in the Vickers Vimy, G-SAOU in 1919,'and is expected to terminate in Sydney in January 1970, The Government has decided against the acquisition of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes, the Minister for Befence/Mr, Fairhali, announced on May 21sto In view of the RAN's commi'tments and the manpower, s'upport and techaicai problems involved in such an acquisition, it had been concluded that no action should be taken. The Minister for Air, Mr, Irwin, announced on May 1st, that an intensive investigation had failed to find any technicai fault in Iroquois, A2- , which crashed at Captains Flat, ACT,, on April 2nd. The acc-ident resulted in the grcumding of all Iroquois in Australia, Iroquois helicopters of Ho,9 Squadron have been modified to gunship standard with the fitment of two 7,62 mm mini-guns (4300 rounds per minute) firing forward, twin rocket pods each holdir^ seven 2,75 inch rockets, and two M„60 machine guns litted amidships. The first was fully modified in December 1968 and by the end of February 1969, 30 test flights had been made and crews were being trained. Afoer an absence of two months. Mirages of 3 and 75 Squadrons returned to Butter- wort.h from RAF Tengah, Singapore, on May 28th and May 27th respectively, They had been based there while the 8,000 foot runway at Butterworth was resurfaced. Hawker de Havilland (Aust) Pty, Ltd,, has been awarded an American sub-contract for the manufacture of 1,000 tail rotor hubs for the Bell Helicopter Company, valued at A.H.S.A, Journal -58~ May-June 1969

about $400j0000 The hubs will be made at the Lidoombe plant. The Prim© Minister, Mr^ Gorton, announced in Canberra on June 13th that Australia would increase its WaTal and Air Force patrols along the Great Barrier Eeef following recent intrusions by foreign fishing vessels. The RAAF patrols are expected to be made by Noo" 10 Squadron, operating Heptune aircraft from Townsville, The 69th pilot's course graduation ceremony took place at RAAF Base Rearce, on June 17tho The significance of this ceremony is that the course marks the end of combined propeller and jet aircraft training, Future courses will receive their training on Macchi MB326H aircraft. The ceremony also marked the end of the use of Vampire aircraft in the training role. The RAAF is modifying its Mirage IIIOD's in order to correct a cockpit canopy defeeto This defect has caused several canopies to detach in supersonic flight in the three years since the HID was introduced into service. However the training programme had riot been affected although restrictions on speed and altitude were imposed until the modifications were completed. This entails fitting extra latches in order to secure the canopy more firmly...... „ The Federal Government has tightened the rules for the use of VIP aircraft. Cabinet has instructed the Minister for Air that in general private MHR's (Member of the House of Representatives) should not accompany Ministers on VIP flights excepting when travelling to or in his own electorate. The Minister for Air is also empowered to consider the importance and necessity of VIP flights. During the month news regarding the twenty four General Dynamics F-IHC aircraft appeared almost daily in the newspapers. These reports ranged from troubles experienced by the aircraft presently in service with the USAF, to delays in delivery of the RAAF model,to even rumours of Australia's cancellation of the order. The aircraft, A8=125 to A8-148 are still at General Dynamics Fort Worth facilities. An RAAF squadron is at last to be presented with a citation awarded to it by the late President Roosevelt in 1943. Ko. 2 Squadron had to wait for 19 years because it did not have a standard, and then a further 8 years because the award was apparently forgotten. The Distinguished Unit Citation, the highest unit award the President can make, was awarded to No, 2 Squadron for its outstanding performance of duty during the period April 18th to August. 25th 1942, The squadron's commanding officer at that time was Wing Cdr. AoB, McFarlane (previously Secretary for Dept, of Air), and the squadron was operating Lockheed Hudson aircraft from the Horthern Territory, The presentation of the award took place on June 11th"at Phan Rang, South Vietnam, by the Commanding General of the UoSo 7th Air Force. The RAAF has awarded Andett Airlines $1970 contract to airfreight a number of aircraft engines from Sydney to Pearce. The engines involved are believed to be Vipers used by Macchi aircraft. The contract was awarded to an airline because the RkAF does not maintain a regular service between Sydney and Pearce. Approximately fifty fighter, bomber and maritime aircraft of the RAF, RAAF and RNZAF, converged on Darwin to take part in Exercise "Town House" held on June 19th, The exercise was designed to test the co-operation bet.ween the three air arms and the carry ing out of various defensive and offensive techniques that can be employed in the Sou;th East Asia-Timor Sea-Horthern Territory area of Australia and would provide valuable lessons of how to use the available aircraft to the best advantage when the RAF no longer maintains a large contingent at Singapore, On June 3rd the.RAN aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collided with the USS’Evans while on manoeuvers in the South China sea, sinking the latter. The carrier was temp orarily repaired in Sembawang Naval dockyards at Singapore, departing for Sydney on June 27th for permanent repairs at Garden Island dockyard. The Lockheed Hercules A97-210 took part in a search and rescue exercise held off Sy"driey Heads on May 28th, which was held by QANTAS in order to test a new system of search and rescue for airline use. A.H.S.A. Journal -59- May-June 1969

"Ryan STM, VH-AGW, Re-engined, D.L. Prossor.

Originally owned by Mr, Robin luttall of Edenhope, Vic, -AG¥f was sold to Mr^ William F„ Suhr, of Fraakston, Vic, on. December 7th 1967. (Mr. luttall then purchased the Rearwin 9000L, VH-UYS). Mr, Suhr bought the Ryan because it was a sporty aerobatic type of aircraft, but on a flight on January 19th 1968, it got as far as the Moorabbin airport training area when the engine, a Menasco C4S Pirate, lost powered and continued to do so as it limped back to the airport. Until this time Mr, Suhr had only thought of re-engining his Ryan with a modern flat four engine but when the Menasco went unserviceable he decided to swap it for a Lycoming 0-360-A of 150 hp, (The Menasco had 150 hp at E260 rpm at 3000 ft) At this stage the Ryan was still using a portable "Bayside" VHF radio as the Menasco did not have an electrical generator, Mr, Suhr and his brother, both dentists, had branched out into the aviation industiy by starting a firm known as Peninsula Air Services and it was in the PAS hangar at Moorabbin airport that the work was done. At first progress was slow, the Ryan taking second place to any customer*s aircraft, but by February 1968 the Menasco had been removed. By June a new fibre=glass cowl had been made, and by September the new engine mounts had been fitted. At the same time as this work was being done, the aircraft was fitted with Cessna wheel units for hydraulic braking and making it easier to obtain new tires (the originals were 18 x 8 x 3 Airwheels) By early 1969 the Ryan, with its Lycoming engine fitted had been completed and it only remained for DCA certification to be completed. To DCA the re-engining was known as DCA Major Project VA-13. Taxi Trials were conducted on March 14th to test the brakes but on the last run the aircraft lifted off but was quickly put down, again. The first official test flight was made on March 18th with Mr, Suhr at the controls, and lasted some twenty minutes. Spin tests were made on the 21st„ During all these tests the front cockpit was covered over. With the Lycoming fitted there was a power supply for a radio so an AoW,A. VG-10 Skyphone VHF radio was fitted on the floor in the rear cockpit, Bow that the Ryan was complete it was re-designated by DCA as a Ryan STM Al, The A1 indicating that Australian registered Ryans with this term have been re-engiaed with a Lycoming 0-360-A. HEW GUINEA NOTES. Air Chemicals (NG) Pty, Ltd,, began operations early in June with their Snow S2D-600, VH-AGT (ex ZK-CPV) when a coffee plantation was sprayed near Mt, Hagen, Further contracts were completed in the Highlands before the aircraft left for the Rabaul area where contracts for insect control on copra plantations will be carried out. Hear Honiara, B.S,I.P. a New Zealand o'xned Fletcher Fu-24 suoGessfully completed spraying trials on rice fields during May-Juae. A skydiver, Geoffrey Kennedy, aged 21, was killed near Port Moresby on May 11th, when both his parachutes failed to open after a jump from 9,000 feet. Miss Maria Nilson graduated as an air hostess from the Ansett Airlines training school on June 11th, thus becoming Papua-New Guinea’s first native hostess (see March- April notes), After a brief tour on the Australian network she began operations with -ti-nsett Airlines of PNG, Ansett Airlines also employ a considerable number of Asian staff in Rabaul and have two Asian air hostesses. Ansett expect to have a training school mainly for native staff in operation at Lae by August 1969. I.AoAs has repainted the DHC-4 Twin Otter, VH-TGS in the new colour scheme, there- by becoming the third aircraft in the fleet to be so treated, Ansett Airlines have further examples of its colour scheme in service but the definitive scheme is similar to that seen on DG-3 VH-MAB except for a black trim line above the windows (on DC-3 W-MT similar to Boeing 727 VH-RMD) The DC-3 VE-MAN has been repainted in the same scheme as DC-3*s VH-MMA and MML. Tne A,]iieS»L* Airtourer li5 ;6K-GXU arrived at Kavieng on May 17th during its round A”v*'H,S*Ao Journal -60- May •-’June 1969

.the world flighto The pilots Cliff Tait^ had flown from New Zealand via Norfolk Island^ New Caledonia^ New Hebrides and British Solomons Islands Protactorateo Mro Tait contin ued to Japan (via Truk Guam and Iwo Jima) where he arrived on May 22nd, A liquidation order to wind up Stol Air Services Ptyo Ltd,^ now called Sairs Ptyo Ltdc^ was made in the Port Moresby Supreme Court on June 10th thus ending a long struggle to save the companyo The petition to wind up Stol was presented by Territory Airlines PtyV Ltdo^ Goroka/ on September 6th, 1968. Airstrips continue to attract the lime-light and during the period three were officially opened - Siassi (on Siassi Island near Finschhafan) on May ITth; Morobe Post (near Lae) early in June; and Kelanoa (Finschhafen area) on June IStho The last two were wartime Piper Cub strips that have been brought up to current standards largely through the efforts of local villagers. Leaders on Emira Island (off New Ireland) claimed compensation for land rendered valueless by preparation of a camp, a 7^000 foot airstrip and revetment areas during 1943-44. The question will be considered by the Administration who will also have regard for similar actions by other villagers in other parts of the Territoryo The Ibwak Returned Soldiers League commenced preparations for a memorial park on the wartime Cape Worn airstrip in June^ The strip was the surrender site of the 18th Japanese Army on September 13th, 1945 and a triangular memorial was erected there on January 21st, 1946o Miscellaneous. During June the TAA Twin Otter YH-TGU was modified with the lengthened nose of the Series 200 version and repainted in the new TAA colour scheme by Hawker de Havilland at Bankstown. Also arriving by ship and truck during the month for rebuilding by Hawker de Havil land was the Air Caledonia Twin Otter F^OCFJ, which was damaged when a tropical hurricane caused the hangar to collapse on to the aircraft. At present being converted to civil standards at Ho De H. is the ex RAF Dakota, KJ881. It is understood that the aircraft is to be used by a new transport firm. It arrived at Bankstown during May using the callsign YH«.PTM in its usual white,dark blue and"dayglo colour scheme but carrying no serial. The front cockpit windows have been modified to about twice their normal size, believed to be for use in missile recovery experiments at Woomera during the late 1950^s and early 1960^s. A C-130B Hercules, 60-0295, of the 463rd Troop Transport Wing.USAF arrived at Essendon og. June 14th to pick up" a consignment of twenty horses, departing on the 16th bound for Clarke AFB, Phillipines, with only twelve of the horseso It arrived back in Melbourne on June 19th to pick up the balance and finally departed on the 24th after a short delay with nosewheel trouble. The aircraft was in Vietnam camouflage markings. In April, the Swearingen Merlin 2B, YH-CAH, replaced the Aero Commander 560E, YH^CAW, as the DCA aircraft in the S.A./NoT. region. The Merlin is now based at Adelaide, while the Aero Commander is at Essendon, YiOo, pending disposal action. ""Early in April two Bell 206A helicopters were assembled at Archerfiald, Qldo, by Helicopter Sales (Aust) Ptyo Ltdo One Bell, o/n 358, was registered on April 24th as YH-PM"to the NSW Dept, of Main Roads replacing their Bell 47J-2A m^Dm. The second Bell," Cv^'n 302, " (formerly N4789R) had the registration YH-AND painted on to it but no other markings.’At first Ansett Airlines were going to trade in their Bell 206A, YH-ANC c/n 14”, on a new Ball 206A but when offered the earlier machine, c/n 302, decided not to^go ahead"with the purchase as it would have meant accepting a machine with a lower Xevel of factory in corporated mandatory modifications (by June 1969 DCA had issued 17 mandatcry modifications for the Bell 206A, most being for engine and control systems). Shortly after Ansett Airlines decided against Bell 206A c/n 302, the markings \/Ii-AND were removed and it flew under the trade plate YH-FYS until registered as YH-UHJ on June 13th, to Airfast'Ptyo Ltdo, of Sydney, NSW. In England it has been reported that the Historic Aircraft Preservation Soc. has disbanded. Among the ten odd aircraft held by the group was the DHA-3 Drover c/n 5014o It was first registered as YH-EAZ, later YH-EAS by QANTASo Sold abroad in late 1959 it was registered G-APXX but never flew under those markings. A.H.S.A. Journal -61- May-June 1969

In the USA, former Australian III-60 'VH-AFN, Is now owned by a Mr, Leo Gay, of Glendale, California. Mr. Gay sold his DE-82A Tiger Moth 15444 when he bought the Gypsy Moth. Under recently altered FAA regulations antique aircraft are allowed to retain their original paint schemes and markings. As a result the DH-60 is still flying in the U.S. with the registration VH-AFl painted on it. While still on the subject of antique exports to the U.S.A. it is learnt that DH-8EA has been sold to a Mr. Ralph Wefel of Canoga Park, California. Ryan STM VH-AGZ has also gone the the U.S. It is now owned by Mr. Dorr Carpenter of Lake Bluff Illinois. Mr, Carpenter put his Ryan STA 118902 c/n 198 up for sale when he bought AGZ. Another aircraft .of Australian origin is the Genairco Cabin VH-UUI now registered as N240G. It is currently up for sale by its owner Don Tosten of Cloverdale, California. During late 1968 Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll, N260X, was noted at San Jose, California. This aircraft was formerly 11587. According to "Profile" lo. 126 this machine was owned by a Mr. Grant Weaver of San Jose during 1966. At January 1st the aircraft was owned by Stan Aircraft Sales, Fresno, California, and the c/n is given as 41H636334. Casey Airport, Berwick, Vlo.„, has become a "Stag Lane" with three De Havilland types based there. The aircraft are DH-82A Tiger Moth ¥H-TIG, DH=60 VH-UKV and DH-85 ’ VH-UUL. The Gypsy Moth is stored for the Moorabbin Air Museum while the Leopard Moth Is having minor repairs carried out before it is airworthy again. The Tiger is awaiting a new upper port wing as the present one has a cracked spar.

At the present time, the smallest aircraft to be based at Essendon Airport, Vic »i is the Piper PA2E'^108 YH-CUY c/n 8586 (ex SE-GUY). It is owned by Dr„ G.J, Dennerstein of Toorak, a Melbourne suburb. Dr, Dennerstein is a doctor at a public hospital which is . nearer Essendon than Moorabbin which is regarded as Melbourne’s light aircraft airport. The ATL-98 Carvair MH-INJ left Essendon late in June for Hong Kong via Darwin and Jesselton (Malaysia) for minor overhaul, namely patching up the wing tanks. The crew comprised of Capt. I. Currey, Capt. K, Leistad (co-pilot), W, Kennedy (nav.) and P. Kettner (engineer). It was due to arrive in Hong Kong on July 3rd and will remain there for an unspecified time. A recent addition to the Australian register was the Grumman G.159 VH-FLO. Formerly registered in the USA as I116K, c/n 100, it was built in 1963. Between 1965 and 1967 it was owned by UoS, ^[easing Corp, of San Francisco, however the following year owner ship changed to Kaiser Industries Corp. of Oakland, Calif. The aircraft was dieted from the U.So register on February 24th 1969, and was then modified and inspected for Australian certification by Airesearch Aviation Co. at Los Angeles Airport. Registered VH-FLO on May 14th with the registration certificate number 6593, it was delivered to Australia by way of Europe, being noted at Shannon(Ireland) and Heathrow(London) on May 23rd. It arrived at Essendon on May 30th. There are now three G.159 Gulfstreams based in Australia - VH-ASJ c/n 52 and VH-CRA o/n 171, both based at Essendon Airport. Two small buildings have been erected near the control tower at Essendon Airport in the past few months. One is used by "Paspa", the director of which, Mr. Rudi Paspa, is a consulting aircraft englneeri the firm deals in aircraft engineering, The second is that of Galaxy Flying Safari Pty. Ltd., which owns PA32-260 Cherokee 6 VH-SMI c/n 338. This airdraft is available for charter, with pilot, on ’^outback" or Barrier Reef type safari flights, Until -theyend of June the Cherokee 6 carried "Galaxy Flying Safari" and a picture of an Aboriginal throwing a boomerang on its starboard side. BACK ISSUES AVAILABLE. Back issues of the AHSA Journal now available from the Editor are Vol. 4 1963 $3.00 Vol. 6 1965 $3.00 Vol. 9 1968 $5.00 Vol. 5 1964 $3.00 Vol. 7 1966 $3.00 NEGATIVES WA1\[TED. Mr. T, C. Mowatt, of 11 Marong Court, Broadmeadows, Vic, 3047., is interested in buying, and/or trading negatives of Australian civil aircraft. His cameras are 35 mm Minolta SR,7 and Baida. Would any-one interested please write to him at the above address. A.H.S.Ao Journal >62- May-June 1969

Donation to the Archives. Recently David Eyre, of the NSW Branch, was in contact with the firm Australasian Petroleum Co. Pty. Ltd., an received on loan a number of photographs of aircraft which had been used’by the Company in the New Guinea area over the years. Photo copies have been made and a set of negatives is now in AHSA Archives. Members requiring prints from these negatives should contact the Hon. Secretary. The Society would like to thank Austalasian Petroleum for their assistance and the loan of the photographs. A list of those available is set out below s- (total 35) DHC Beaver yH=EAY QANTAS S Stinson Reliant VH-ABJ floats 1 DHC Beaver ¥H-FBY APC 1 Douglas Dolphin NC14286 2 Catalina yH-WWB 1 Sea Otter MH-AJO 2 Catalina ■VH-WWB crashed 1 Sea Otter ■yH-AJO crashed 2 Canso CF-CXZ 1 Sikorsky S.38 1 Catalina ■VH-EBD QANTAS 2 Junkers I". 34 FH-Um 1 Grumman Widgeon ¥H>AZO 4 Fokke r PK-AFF 1 Catalina yH-EBC QANTAS 3 Catalina VH-ALN 2 DH Dragon ■VH-UVB 1 Junkers G„33 1

NEW MEMBERS. Rev. Henry Quigley, Box 28, P.Oo, Coolah, NSW 2833. East-West Airlines Ltd., P.Oo Box 269 Tamworbh, NSW 2340 Victorian Division, AFC & RAAF Association, 10 Queens Road, Melbourne, Vic. Peter’B ^ TfaIton, 34=41 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, U.S.A. Po Capron, 15 Madeleine Road, Clayton, Vic 3168 Alan Lewis, PoOo Box 81, Paddington, NSW, 2021. W.G. Duffy, 7 Tabrett Street, Rockdale, NSW 2216. John Kepert, 37 Pine Crescent, Ringwood, Vie, 3134. Graeme Rushworth, 29 Hedderwick Street, North Balwyn, Vic, 3104 McCo Shield, ’ North Reef Lighthouse, PoO. Box 90, Gladstone Qld, 4680 John Po Stewart, 7289 Hansen Drive, Dublin, California, 94566, U.S.Ao Douglas Aircraft Company, PoO, Box 2731, Long Beach, California, 90801, UcS.Ao Notes for this issue have been contributed by s= Mo Davis, Po Ricketts, M. Madden, T. Ellis, Ko Kerle T, Boughton, G. Watt, N^ Pamell, Eo Favelle, P. Anderson, A. Thomas, E. Allen. Do Prossor, W„ Murphy, Bo Fay, D„ Carter, L„ Anderson, G* Goodall. The Civil section was compiled by R, McDonald, Po Ricketts, and H, Parnell. The Military sedtion was compiled by B. White, and P. Ricketts.______Contributions to the Journal should be addressed to the Editor ■ Nolo Parnell, 22-24 Elisabeth’Drive, Liverpool, 2170, NSW. Enquiries for information or subscriptions should be addressed to the s •= Hd’n. Secretary, Aviation Historical Society of Australia, Box G262, Clarence Street. P.Oo. Sydney 2000 , Anst-rfl 11 a ——— Front Covers Peroival Proctor, VH-DUL, at Hoxton Park P. Ricketts. Inside coverj Proctors VH-BXE, BXQ and DDL at Albion Park 1959 P. Ricketts Proctor- VH-BXE at Camden P. Ricketts VH-SCC and GGB at Parafield in February 1966 G. Goodall VH-BPR at Moorabbin during 1961 Air Graphic ' Rear cover, left sidej VH-SAS at Moorabbin in December 1959 Air Graphic VH-SCG at Christie’s Beach SA 11,6.67 To 'febb VH-TJK Do’uglas DC=9-30 being rolled out in new colours. T. Ellis VH-AGff Ryah STM-Al (see tdxt for details) D„ Prossor Rear cover. right side, VE-AVG shown at Walwera Stn, Olary SA October 1967 G.Goodall VH-ADV at Cessnock in November 1968 via G. Goodall VH-RMD Boeing 727 during engine runs after repaint June 27th T. Ellis N7648N Beech Duke ®t San Francisco on delivery to Australia J. Stewart. A.H.S.As Journal. Supplement 1 May-June 1969

AlISTMLIAIl Cn.riL AInt:SAFT.REGI3iaR ASH Piper PA23-250 27«.3300 S.69 Aviation Services Pty.Ltd.^Jandakot, WA BFL Aero GGffiaa.nd0r 180-100 5024 4^68 Executive Air Services P/Loj Essendon VIC BPX Cessna 402 0169 10.68 Bush Pilots Airways Ltd.^ Aero Glen," QLD CTF Piper PA28-140 23830 3o69 Civil Flying S6rvicas(WA)P/L.,Jandakot, m CTI Piper PA28-140 23820 3,69 Civil Flying Services(WA)P/'L., Jandakot , WA CTJ Piper PA28-180 4508 3.69 Civil Flying Sorvices^HfA)p/L,, Jandakot, WA CW Piper PA32-.300 40454 3,69 Civil Flying Services(¥A)p/^L., Jandakot, WA 0\m Piper PA28P-180 30674 3.69 Civil Flying ServicesC¥A)p/L.,Jandakot, WA CYI Piper PA24-260 4727 3.69 Civil Flying Services(WA)p/L,,Jandakot, WA CP/11 Piper PA23»180 27-4045 3.69 Koki "Holdings Pty.Ltd!,Port Moresby, TPllG DOE Aero Commander 680FLP 1655/33 4,69 DravG Pty. Ltd., Perth, WA DJF Piper PA25-235 4309 4.69 John Forest Pty. Ltd. s Gariiamah, WA DSH Cessna 177 00513 3.69 M.Ho Stroud, Carnarvon, WA DVD Cessna 150H 67206 3.69 Rex Aviation Ltd,, Bankstown, NSW D''/E Cessna 150H 67207 3,69 Rex Aviation Ltd ,, Bankstown, NSW DVJ Cessna 150H 67230 3,69 Rex Aviation Ltd • 9 Bankstown, NSW DZX Cessna 172K 57165 4.69 Rex Aviation Ltd. 9 Bankstown, NSW EHF Cessna 182M 59377 3.69 Rossair Pty. Ltd,, Parafield, SA EHG Cessna 182M 59579 2.69 Gill Grove Aerial Services, "Blackall QLD EHI Cessna 182M 59386 2,69 Schutt Aircraft Pty, Ltd.,Moorabbin. VIC EHJ Cessna 182M 59388 3,69 Rax Aviation Ltd., Bankstown, NSW EIC Cessna 210J 59064 3,69 Rex Aviation Ltd., Bankstovni, NSW EOQ Fletcher Fu-24 145 4,69 Marsden Airspread Pty.Ltd.,Blayney, NB'ff ERG Mooney M20G 690009 4,69 Kingsford Smith Aviation Services,Sydney, NS¥i[ FBG Fletcher i''U“24 60 4.69 Tifestair Aviation Service p/L., Coonabaraban, NSW FDF Beagle B206/2 061 4,69 Royal Flying Doctor Service of Aust., Sydney, NSW FJG Fuji FA200-180 14 3.69 xHoldfast Motors Pty.Ltd., Glenelg, SA FJH Fuji FA200-160 18 4.69 Holdfast Motors Pty, Ltd P 9 Glenelg, SA FJS Sud SA318C Alouette 2029 4.69 Helicopter Transport Pty, Ltd,, Lae, TPNG ILB Beech A23-24 M2 88 4.69 Hawker De Havilland( Aust)pty.Ltd. ,LidGombe,,NS¥ KQS Cessna 150H 67660 3.69 Rex Aviation Ltd.,Bankstown, NSW KQX Cessna 150H 67710 3.69 Rsx Aviation Ltd,,Bankstown, NSfil' PI® Bell 206A 358 4.69 Dept, of Main Roads, Sydney, NSW PVL Piper PA31-310 301 3.69 Vacu-Lug Australia Pty, Ltd,, Toowoomba, QLD RTB DH-82A Tiger Moth TO 46 4.69 Maroochy Aero Group, c/o G.R. Reph, Nambour, QLD SQH Beech D55 TE646 4.69 Hawker De Havilland(Aust)F/L., Lldcombe, NSW SYY Piper PA31-310 370 3.69 G. Plasto, Double Bay, NSW TAS Transavia PL-12 825 5.69 Transavia Corporation, Seven Hills, NSW TRH Transavia PL-12 824 5.69 Transsvia Corporation, Seven Hills, NSW TYR Beech A23A M1072 2.69 Hawker De Iiavilland(Aust)p/L. ,Lidcombe, NSW _Change of Type KVG Cessna A188/A1 0189 4 ,”69 John Goddard Agricultural Services, Gunnedah, NSTf B'/P DEC-10 Chipmunk B/f/339 12.60 E. Treloar, Caringbah, NS‘ff Deletions APV Vieta 100 143 4.69 CR 8,3,69 Bundaberg, Qld. BBL Beech DllR/M 67755 3.69 ITO'S « .69, Moorabbin, Vic, BTQ Aaster J5/B’ 2768 1,69 Owner's Request - unairworthy. GTS DH-104 Dove Mk.5 04119 11,68 DAIva 17,11.68, Lovely Banks, Vic. FDT IHA-3 Drover Mk.S 5011 2.69 SA 6 , to VP-PAP FJC Fuji FA200-1S0 200-11 3,69 c/n correction. A.H.S.A. Journal Supplement 1 May-June 1969

IDM DHG-2 Beawer 1541 4.69 SA o «69 to New Zealand as ZK-CZL RVJ DIiC-1 Chipmunk T.IO B/f/302 3.69 SA to -U.S.A. as 1 RVL DEC-1 Chipmunk T. 10 WB690 3.69 SA to UoSoA. as Sf RfiiP Cessna 150G 65198 11,68 CR 23ello68, Jendakot, W.Ao SAB Auster JIB 2688 1.69 Hew fuselage c/n 2643j to VH-SJR. SFI Beech 23 M306 2.69 OR 19,2,69, Phillip Island, Vic, TAJ Douglas DC-3 S1G3G 13085 2.69 SA . to Indonesia as PK-RDH TOT Beech C17L 107 8.67 GR 30,8.67, Cooktown, Qld,, TSI Piper PA25-235 3545 4.69 CR 3.4.69, Proserpine, Qld. TTO Vickers V756 Viscount 374 4.69 SA 3.4.69 to Botswana as A2-ZEL, UPK Cessna P206A 0187 2.69 GR 8.2,69, Kyancutta, S,A„ UTI Bell 47D-1 43 3.69 CR . , ,

It should be noted that the deletion of the Beech D17R/M VH_BBL is only temporary while it' is being completly overhauled by Civil Flying Services at moorabbin. As this is also-a-spare time job it could take two or three years to complete. The Viscount 'VH-TVH was registered to Botswana National Airways of Francistown. ■ ...... Accidents and Incidents. Mar. 3rd. Piper FA24-250, VH-RSW, c/n 2365, When landed at Walcha, NSW,, the aircraft ground-looped and the starboard undercarriage collapsed. Mar. 7th. Cessna 180A, VH~BVL, c/n 50296. When landing on an agricultural strip near Shooter’s Hill, NSW., the aircraft ran off the side of the strip and over turned. It was badly damaged. Mar. 8th. Viota 115, VH-APV, c/n 143. During a heavy landing at Bundaberg, Qld,, the nose-ivheel collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the nose section of the aircraft. Mar. 9th. Auster 3F, "VTi-HHT, c/n . After' a hand start at 'Walcha, 'HS'ff., the aircraft jumped its chocks and collided with a fence damaging the propellor and rear fuselage. Mar.10th. Auster J5L, ‘VH-BYE, c/n 2733. The aircraft overturned on landing at Dromana Vic., when the rubber bungee shock absorbers failed and the undercart collapsed. The owner. Hr. J. Ellis, claimed that the bungee cords had been sabotaged. Mar.25th. Mirage irlO(F), A3-37, c/n . The aircraft was lost from radar screens after"taking off from Tengah, northern Singapore. The following week it was reported that an Indonesian fisherman had found the wreckage on Rangsang Island some'50 miles west of Singapore, however this was proved false and the aircraft and its pilot. Wing Commander Edward Myers, has still not been located. Mar.27th. DH-'82A Tiger Moth, 'WB-AZP, c/n T303o During a local flight from King Island, Vic,, the passenger, a photographer, accidentally turned the ignition switches off and the aircraft glided into the water about half a mile from shore. The pilot and his passenger swam clear. The'aircraft was alvaged but will probably be written off as a result of the crash and the effects of the salt water action on the airframe. Mar.31st. Cess'na 210/5,. VH-RYG, c/n 0105. When taking three insurance representatives to Sydney from Griffith, NSW., the aircraft crashed on Weddiri Mountain, near Grenfell, "during bad vreathsr. All four persons on board were injured and had to^be flown out by an RAAF'Iroquois helicopter to Grenfell Hospital. Apr. 1st. Piper PA32-300, ' VE-ASX, o/n 40C58. The pilot made a precautionary landing on a road near Hermannsberg, N,T., but during the landing roll the aircraft apparently swung off the road and collided with trees badly damaging the wings and undercarriage. A^H.SJournal Supplement 1 MayJune 1969

Apro 2nd* Fokker F^-^ET^-lOO^ TA^EWA, c/n 10127. 'When landing at Bathurst^ NS'i/7^ the aircraft hit two sheep which had vmndered onto the rummy. A propeller was damaged Apr. End. Bell DH-1 Iroquois^ A2- . c/n . The helicopter was on a training flight when it crashed at Captain’s Flats ACT,, and was destroyed by impact and fire. The crew of two, F/o Io McLean and F/o E. Collett were killed. Apr. 3rdo Piper PA25-235., ¥11-1315 c/a 3545. The Pawnee was spraying cane fields near Proserpine^ Qld.j when it hit powerliaes and crashed. The pilot, NoBo Lang, was'unhurt and jumped clear before the aircraft vTas’ destroyed by fire. ' Apr. 5th. Piper PA18-150, l/H-MLE, c/n 7028. After landing at Thorpdale, Vic., the aircraft was oTerturned by a gust of wind when it turned downwind. The pilot was not hurt. Apr, 5th. Eearwin QOOOL, "VH-UYS, c/n 5350. Iffnen doing local flying prior to the Latrobe Falley ¥ltra Light Fly-in, the engine suffered rocker valv© trouble, and the Rearwin was forcelanded downwind and down hill near Church tIill,Vic, A longeron was damaged when it was groundlooped to airoid a fence. Apr, 6th. Bell 206A Jet Ranger, Vli-FJR, c/a 168. The helicopter suffered damage to its rear boom and fittings vThen, during unloading at Telefornin, New Guinea, the landing pad partially collapsed. Apr, 6th. Cessna 150G, FH-KPD, c/n 55091. Cessna 172H, VH-DPD, c/n 55811, Cessna 17211, m-mP, c/n 55091. were all blown over by a wind storm at night at Jandakot Airport, W.A. Apr. 7th. Piper PA24-250, VH-MGD, c/n 2569, After landing at Keppel Island, Qld., the aircraft was taxying when the starboard undercarriage collapsed. Apr. 8th. C.A.G, GA-25 Winjeel, A85-414, c/n 25-14. During a lovv level patrolling exercise, the aircraft crashed on the bank of the Myall River, 60 miles north of Newcastle, NSW. The pilot, F/o MU, Robertson,was killed in the crash, and the second pilot, P/o L.H. Ferguson, died in hospital on April 12th as a result of burns received when the aircraft caught fire after impact. Apr. 9th. Cessna 172B, FH-UPA, c/n 47752. ’’When landing at Peebiaga, S.A., the air craft struck power lines and crashed to the ground substantially damaged. The pilot was unhurt. Apr,12th, Bell 47G-3B-1, VH-MCG, c/n 6503. The helicopter was spraying trees at Sal© RAAF Base, Vic., whan it struck a tree and plunged to the ground. The holicopter was substantially damaged and the pilot received minor injuries. Apr.13th. Schneider ES-60, VH-GQO, c/n , When landing at Bacchus Marsh, Vic., the glider hit a parked vehicle damaging a wing of the aircraft. Apr.15th. Macchi MB326H, A7- 5 c/n . During flying training the aircraft crashed on a farm some seven miles; north-east of -the RAAF Base at Sale, Vic. , The pilots, lit. Lt. T.7, Spencer and F/o I.B. Cooper, were killed in the accident and the aircraft caught fire and was burnt out. Apr.17th. Cessna 210-5, VH-RJC, c/n 0114. The engine failed on take-off at Minna- moolka, Qld., and the aircraft was force landed during v?hich it struck a fence and tore the nosewheel off. Apr.18th, Schneider ES-60, VH-GPO, c/n . After an aero-tow to 2,000 feet, the glider dived into the ground near Waikarie, S.A killing the pilot, Mr. D.F. Johnson and destroying the aircraft. Apr.13th. Cessna 310K, VH-PSB, c/n 0128. The aircraft struck an ant hill after landing at Atambua^ Indonesian Timorc The port undercarriage collapsed and the port wing was damaged^ A«H,S.A« Jourmal Sapplemerit 1 May»June 1969

ApToEEndo DHA--100 Vampire ^To 35,3 A79-641A" o/n 4163« 'When the aircraft caught fire in the air the pilots Cadet le Watson^ ejected and the machine crashed in flames about eight miles north»=©ast of Pearc® RAAF Base^ W«Ao During a search for the ' ' pilots who was unhurt^ a vehicle overturned and Airman MfW'« hall was killed. Apro25th.* Piper PAEJ-EGO^ 'Vji--STF^ c/n 4449.3 After touchdomrn at Cambridge, Tas.^^ uhe ■ ■undercart collapsed^ damaging the propeller and undersurfaces of the aircraft. Apr, 27thoCessna 180C^ VH^DJS^ c/n 51333o During agricultural work at Portland^ hSWt^ the aircraft failed to take off and was badly damaged when it fences and logs. AproESth. Piper PA25«:S35, c/n 2680 The Pawnee crashed and w^as burnt out when it crashed during night spraying operations. The pilot was badly burnt. Apr.28th, PiperfPawnee TA.25-235, VH^MCJ^ c/n 4227. The Pawnee crashed into trees in the Jamieson Pviver Valleyp Vico ^ during agricultural operations, Apr.29th. Cessna 172H/A1, ¥Ii-EFD, o/ri 56502. The aircraft over^’ran the strip during take»»off at Mai^ New G-uinea^ and was badly damaged.

More additions and amendments to the Register. YE-BXF DoH. SEA Tiger Moth c/n is DHA152 YH-EOG Fletcher Fu-24 ex ZK=.CBQ, ZK-BHB YH-INM Aviation Traders Carvair ex ¥H=imi (DG=4)UA6015, U8888I, 44=9088 YH=SJL Auster JIB ex VE=HFV, 9M-ALF, YR-RBP YH-BNJ Cessna 180A ex PK-RKG, JZ-PTG YH-CJZ Oardun Horizon ex F=0CLI YH=IMP Cessna 206 ex YH-UCY (NTU) YH=AIF D.Ho SEA Tiger Moth c/n DHA027, DBF at Rokebys las (nr. Hobart) YS=BSD DoHo SEA Tiger Moth c/n DHA1080. CR at OusSj las on 7.5.67 YH=INS Douglas dD<=6B Sold abroad as B-2007 (Taiwan) YH=AKG D.Ho SEA Tiger Moth c/n unknown, DAM near Broken Hill in windstorm YH=DLZ Beech Baron Sold abroad as YQ-FBG to Air Pacific Ltd, Suva. YH-KFI Piper PAE2==108 Sold abroad as YQ-FBI to ToFo French, Suva. YH.JvlfA Beech Baron VP-PAJ was not taken up, became YP-PAK. YH-PTO Piper Aztec Sold abroad as PE-TPA to P.T. Indonesian Air Transport. YH-BGE DTHo 82A Tiger Moth c/n is 308, not 304 as shown VH=ALF Faircild Argus c/n is 339, c/n shoxvn is corrupted USAAF serial YE P DQ Piper Aztec ex N6626Y YH=PIQ Piper Twin Comanche ex N8479Y YH=RJK DHC=1 ChipmunkCSundowner) ¥H=RJK, VH-RYT, -VH-CPC YH=TIG D.Ho SEA Tiger Moth ex TH-javti, A17=624, FK-YYT (Rebuilt at Moorabbin from YH-Al/E plus other airframes, YH-WFH D.H„ 82A Tiger Moth ex ¥H-WI, VH-RHO, A17-649, (Went derelict in open at Cunderdin,WA. Removed 1968, rebuilt. YH=ATS Britten Herman Islander G-AWICL was a taken up registration, added to UoKo register of 2.8.68 to B-N Aircraft Ltd. W-EOI Auster tToB" ex YS=limH, YH-BPD ¥H»FSG Short Skyvan ex G-AYJX, 7H=EJR (NTU) YE=MDK Cessna 180 ex PK=EKI, JZ-PTI TO=STP Cessna 185 ex ■VH=STP, YH=BPB YH=AA0 DHC-2 Beaver ex YE=AA0, 9M-ALW, VR-RBW ¥H-AKB DHC-1 Chipmunk c/n is abbreviated fuselage number only, actual c/n is unkown YH-CTE Beech 65 shown on additions page as B55 YH-KM Piper Arrow c/n is 28R=30568 ¥H»CYY Fletcher Fu=24 ex ZK-CTfQ, ZK-BOL, ^7H-B0T, ZK-BOL \Hi-E0Y Do He 82 A Tiger Moth c/n not known, 'WFS in Queensland now at Cootamundra, NSW 1 \ it ill S' 1

lilWiilliSI

^li

,1:

...... t'J