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A00336533P, ARRN 092-671-773 Volume 34 ■ Number 1 - March 2003 EDITOR, DESIGN & PRODUCTION EDITORIAL Bill Baker With 2003 being the Centenary year of the Wright Bothers Address all correspondence to; first flight,your Society will help celebrate this momentous The Editor, AHSA, occasion by organising a centenary dinner in Melbourne at P.O. Box 2007, the RAAFA rooms in Cromwell Street, South Yarra. We South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia have extended a welcome to the Royal Aero Society and the 03 9583 4072 Phone & Fax Civil Aviation Historical Society to join with us. This will be a E.mail: [email protected] non profit event to help keep costs down. At this stage www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/ahsa.html please contact President Keith Meggs (phone number Subscription Rates; below) to advise him of your intentions. Australia A$45. This issue of AH has wide variety of interesting articles Rest of World A$68. which I hope you will enjoy. 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Whilst every effort is made to check the 11 Prelude to Airways Dr. Leigh Edmonds authenticity of the material and advertising 20 Hawker Demons in the West printed, the Publishers, Editors, and the 22 Billy Stutt Neville Hayes Aviation Historical Society of Australia and its 23 John Watkins The right man Mac Job Office Bearers cannot accept responsibility 26 Full Military Honous Mike Flanagan for any non-performance. 30 "Sutty" Sutcliffe Chas Schaedel 2. The views expressed in 'Aviation 33 ....One Aeroplane Mac Job Heritage' are not necessarily those of the AHSA or its Editors. Meetings of the AHSA; Melbourne Branch: The fourth Wednesday in every AVIATION HERITAGE month, 7:30 at the Airforce Association, 4 Cromwell Street, ISSN 0815 -4392 South Yarra. Further information - Keith Meggs 9580 0140. Print Post Approved PP 320418/00017 NSW Branch: The first Wednesday in every month 7:45 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Studio 1 at the Powerhouse Museum, enter from the ©2001 by the Publishers; Macarthur Street end. Further information Warwick THE AVIATION HISTORICAL Bigsworth 02 9872 2323 SOCIETY OF Queensland Branch: The last Friday in every month 7:30 AUSTRALIA INC., A0033653P ARBN 092-671-773 at the RQAC Archerfield. Meals available. Contact Richard P.O. BOX 2007, Hitchins, 07 3388 3900 SOUTH MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA Index to Civil Identities Ryan ST-A & ST-M2 Compiled by John Hopton Suplimenl to Aviation Heritage Vol.34 Number 1 VH-AGD # 6020 ST-M2 standard ain 459 Photographed at Mildura, Vic on 30-9-64 , owned by Laurie Smith. Photo; Hopton Collection Reg’n ain Date on Previous Date off Fate Register Identities Register Event Date Remarks Later I.D. AED 469 19 Aug 02 VH-AHD, A50-34 S-33 current AGB 493 07 Sep 45 A50-6, S-57 28 Aug 46 CR & DEST 25 Aug 46 Queen's Park, Geelong, Vic. AGD 459 02 May 45 A50-ll,S-23 XX Oct 67 CR&DBR 15 Oct 67 Mildura, Vic. - to VH- AWG AGQ 473 21 Nov 45 A50-l,S-37 16 Mar 49 CR 31 Jan 49 Mullumbimby, N.S.W. note I AGRl 483 21 Nov 45 A50-5, S-47 06 Aug 51 CR 13 Feb 51 Bankstown, N.S.W. - to VH- AGR2 AGR2 475 06 Feb 55 A50-9, S-39 ? ? ?? VH- AGR3 AGR3 466 xxxxx58 A50-18, S-30 24 May 81 SA XX XXX 81 toU.S. ofA. N2617W AGS 489 27 Feb 46 A50-13, S-53 25 May 54 SA XX XXX 54 to New Zealand ZK-BEM AGU 454 26 Apr 46 A50-27, S-18 06 Aug 51 WFS 26 May 49 certificate lapsed - to VH-WEB AGV 458 26 Apr 46 A50-17, S-22 30 Jun 69 SA by Dec 69 toU.S. ofA. N17343 AGW 465 02 Apr 47 A50-22, S-29 current AGX 490 A50-26, S-54 SA XX Jan 47 to Hong Kong VR-HDM AGY 452 ASO-spare, S-16 SA XX Jan 47 to Hong Kong VR-HDL AGZ 476 22 Nov 45 A50-31,S-40 20 Jan 69 SA XX Jan 69 toU.S. ofA. N288Y AHA 481 13 Mar 46 A50-32, S-45 06 Aug 51 WFS certificate lapsed note I AHC 492 26 Apr 46 A50-29, S-56 ? = current AHD 469 30 Oct 46 A50-34, S-33 21 Dec 81 WFS certificate lapsed - to VH-AED AHE 474 27 Aug 47 A50-^pare, S-38 27 Jan 56 WFS 04 Nov 53 ? AHF 450 06 Aug 47 A50-7, S-14 13 Jul 55 WFS XX Jul 55 as "damaged" note I I 1 Reg’n ain Date on Previous Date off Fate 1 Register Identities Register Event Date Remarks Later I.D. : AHG 494 A50-3, S-58 SA XX Jan 47 to Hong Kong VR-HDK ARR 464 12 Jul 46 A50-4, S-28 26 Nov 48 RC 26 Nov 48 conflict with Q-code - to VH-BNG ARS 467 16 Oct 46 A50-2, S-31 06 Aug 51 WFS XX XXX 51 certificate lapsed - to VH-RAE AWG 459 17 May 00 VH-AGD, A50-11, S-23 current BBJ 457 04 Jul 47 A50-30, S-21 31 Oct 47 WFS 29 Sep 47 airworthiness invalid - to VH-BXN BNG 464 26 Nov 48 VH-ARR, A50-4, S-28 08Jun51 RC 08 Jun 51 became VH-RAF BWQ 132 190ct51 VH-UZQ, NC16043 21 Jul 61 CR 11 May 60 nr. Barham, N.S.W. - to VH-UVQ BXN 457 06 Sep 57 VH-BBJ, A50-30, S-21 24 Mar 65 SA 31 Mar 65 to U.S. of A. N8146 CXR 482 29 Dec 61 A50-j/jare, S-46 18 Mar 86 CR & DEST 20 Jul 85 Wyndham, W.A. DBD 471 10 May 74 A50-23, S-35 current RAE 467 04 May 53 VH-ARS, A50-2, S-31 23 Jun 70 CR & DAM 13 Feb 70 Clifton, Qld. note / RAF 464 08 Jun 51 VH-BNG, VH-ARR, A50-4, S-28 09 Jul 52 CR&DEST 08 Jun 52 nr. Broken Hill, N.S.W. RSY 474 17 Aug 99 VH-AFE, A50-5/?are, S-38 current UVQ 132 llJan99 VH-BWQ, VH-UZQ, NCI 6043 current UYN 147 21 May 37 ? 09 Jan 48 CR&DBR 14 Jul 46 Belmont Common a/d, Vic. UZQ 132 18 Jun 37 NC16043 19 Oct 51 RC 19 Oct 51 became VH- BWQ WEB 454 27 Jun 57 VH-AGU, A50-27, S-51 XX Jul61 CR&DBR 06 Apr61 Taree, N.S.W. Note I : aircraft so annoted are believed to be in varying stages of rebuild, and all may eventually return to the register. VH-AHD #12827 ST-M2 standard ain 469. Photographed near Jerilderie, NSW .owned by Val Chapman. Photo; Hopton Collection 2 AHSA Aviation Heritage THE POT BELLY STOVE Text and photos by John Laming No 14 Flying Instructors Course, East Sale 1955. The town of Sale in south-east Victoria can be about job prospects as a first officer with Qantas. damnably cold in winter. It was probably for this reason Fortunately he remembered the scruffy youngster who he the nearby RAAF base at East Sale in 1955 seemed to had sent solo a couple of years earlier, and kindly have more pot-belly stoves per square mile than most arranged an interview with himself and Captain Lowse - a other places In Australia.