TEE AVIATIOI HISTOEICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA JOUEML VOL. II Ho. 7 JULI:_.;i961 MOITELY luTES On 25,7.61, the Erime Minister of Hew Zealand (Mr, Holyoake) and the Australian Minister for Civil Aviation (Senaor Paltridge) signed the formal agree­ ment which transferred Australia's half-share in TEAL to the B.Z. Government (see page 11,25), The agreement gives Qantas the right to fly to and through Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch and their new seivices to Hew Zealand will coanmence on 3rd, October, TAA's third and fourth BRISTOL r'EEIGHIKR Mk.SIM's arrived from Fakist- an recently, Un 29th, July, the camouflaged FREIGHTER AP-AML (ex S4434, G-18-180| c/n 13188) Y/as noted at Sydney Airport, This aircraft will he reduced to parts and stored at the airline's workshops at the Airport, On the same day, FREIGHTER /9/’-=^-AMK (ex S4437, G-18-184j c/n 13192) was seen at Banksto-sm Airport, This air­ craft is. to be retained intact by TMi and will be held by Bristol Aviation Ser­ vices at Bankstown until it is required for service with the airline, In the meantime, the'first FEEIGHTER AP-Aiffi (ex 34427, G-18-168| c/n 13176)(see page 11,35) has been overhauled and painted with the colour scheme of TAA's Sunhird Service, It was test-flown--in'late July with registration VH-TBA and departed for Hew Guinea soon afterwards. TAA will shortly receive a BELL 47J-2 RAMjBR (o/n 1836) which has been allotted registration VH-THG, It will be used on the helicab service betY/een Melbourne Airport and the floating heliport. On 8.7,61, TAA's LOCKHEED ELECTRA VH-TLA "Jqto Eyre", under command of Captain G, White, established a new record of 54 minutes for the 452 mile flight from Melbourne to Sydney, On 20.7,61, LOCKHEED ELECTRA VH-TLC "Charles Sturt", under command of Captain J, Hickey, set a new record of 4 hours 19 minutes for the 1826 mile flight from Melbourne to Perth - IB.minutes less than the previous record made last year by another TAiv ELECTRA. On 29.7,61, two BRISTOL FEEIGHInR Mk.SlM's arrived at Melbourne Air­ port for Aasstt-AEA. The aircraft, as urith TAA's FREIGHTERS, have been bought from the Pakistan Air Force. Both aircraft were in full camouflage with Pakistan civil registrations in black on the fin and PAF roundels and serial numbers painted over. One of the FREIGHTERS AP-AMM (ex S4416, G-18-171| c/n 13179) is being overhauled and has been allotted registration VH-BFA, The other aircraft AP-AIM (ex S44I2, G-18-167j c/n 13175) will be held in reserve as a spare. A third FREIGHTER (ex S4436, G-18-183j c/n 13191) Yrill arrive in mid-August and has been allotted registration VH-BFB, ‘“"■A.IieS .At Journal 56 July 1961 Ansett-AM's BRISTOL FREIGHTER 21 YH-IHJ has been withdravm froia service (see paee 11.44) and the aircraft is now standing at Melbourne Airport with wings and engines removedt The other two FREIGHTERS, FH-IIK and -IHL, which have not been used for several years have been similarly dismantled. On 8.7,61, DOUGLAS DC-3 MGEOSS arrived at Banlcstotm Airport, Previously o^rned by Aloha Airlines Inc • j Hawaii, the aircraft will be overhauled by Bristol Aviation Services for.the new o\mers, Papuan Air Transport, Associated Airlines' PIAGGIO P-166 'VH-BHIl made its first visit to West Australia in ,oiuiy when it arrived at Perth Airport, On 24,7.61, the EEUMMAK GULFSTREAIi TE-ASJ arrived with the Chairman of B.H.P., Mr, Essington -Lewis, This was also the first visit to W,A. by this aircraft and it departed on 29tE, July, Hichplas Air Charters (see page 11,45) have also acquired' CES3IA 210A TO-RBE and a CESSHA 310 is due to be delivered later in the year. The aircraft of this firm now have a gold H on the fin, Fletcher Jones, the large clothing manufacturers of Warrnambool, Vict­ oria, have purchased a CESSHA 210 YK-FJW which arrived at Moorabbin from Banhs- town on 2Uth, July, It carries the name "Vifarrnamboolian” and the words Fletcher Jones Trousers on the fuselage. On 6,7,61, CESSNA 3lOF H6718F (c/n 310-0018), a demonstration airi-r craft for Rex Aviation, arrived at Moorabbin from Adelaide floT.im by a U«S, pilot. Minor damage to the fuselage skin and an airscrew was sustained during demonstrat­ ion flights at Moorate-in and repairs vrere effected at Melbourne Airport before the aircraft flew to Sydney rg-here it was noted at Bankstown on 22nd, July. It is believed that the aircraft was to be delivered to 'the Philippines later. In mid-July, CESSNA 185 SKUifAGUN ¥Ii-EHG was demonstrated at Moor- abbin,, after being 1101,™ from Adelaide by the chief pilot of Rex Aviation, J, Bray. This aircraft, the first of its type in Australia, was on a month's demonstration tour of the eastern States before being delivered through NSW (where it was noted at Bankstown on 29th, July) to its owners in lew Guinea. The name of the ovmers, Tremearne Coffee Estate, was painted on the fuselage, E,L, Heymanson, Ltd., agents for Lockheed in Australia until the U.S. fim established their oivn office in Canberra recently, have an AERO COliMANDER 680F (c/n 1103) on order. Delivery is expected in September and registration VH-ELH has been allotted. Dulmison Aircraft have assembled a MOuNEY Mk.20B (c/n 1768) which has been registered VH-DUV, It is understood that Norman Hamilton Enterprises intend to repair the ST ITS FLUI-E-BUG VH-ULA which was damaged in a ground accident on 12th, November, 1959 (see page 1.15), It will be rebuilt to the standard of the HAEillLTON JACIdSKuO VII-ULB, Journal 57 July 1961 TIPSY lIPPEE T,66 Mk«II ¥ii~CCB has now been allotted a Mew Zealand registration ZK-CAP* In the accident described in the last issue (page II»45)^ Thorne was the test pilot only^ not the owner as welle Tke aircraft has been repaired at Hastings and was Txartually complete by 8th# July# Colour scheme is red and white^ the typical UPPER style which the aircraft had ?dien it ?ms at Banlcstown earlier in the year# h«E* James has purchased the AEED 45 (see page 11*27) to replace his MILES GEMHI lA SPECIAL VH-WEK^ It is reported that a PIPER AZTEC is also due in August to replace the AZTEC vIi«4fEJ which was damaged beyond repair when it crashed on take'^off in Mew Cuine®- while on charter to Papuan Air Transport (see page II*,30)* Uther pending arrirals at Bankstown in the near future are a PZL IDS in August, and a PIPER CEEEOiiEE, BEAGLE TERRIER and BEADLE AIREDALE in September* CAfi MUSTAMG F*21 ?E<»UWB has now been re-“painted with the colour scheme of CiTil Flying School, an air training compar^^ which is operated by the MUSTAMGowner, JJu Brooks* The colour scheme is yellow oTerall, with horizont­ al black stripes on the rudder, and a black flash running the length of the fuselage# On a flight soon after the re-painting, the canopy of the MJSTAKG became detached and Brooks jettisoned it within the airfield boundary after receiTing permission from air traffic control* Yeoman Arriation are at present modifying a CAC liACIETT TRAIMEE (believed to be YH-AIY) to test YA-1 CEOImASTEE cari)onents in the air# It retains the Warner Super Scarab engine but has a CEDBIASTER cabin section and wooden wings* Items to be tested may be a metal tailplane of new design and, at a later date, the nosewheel tricycle undercarriage which was projected for the CRuIMABTER^ DCA recently issued a requirement that all D«H* TIGER MOTHS used for crop dusting and spraying must be fitted “with an overturn truss aft of the cook-- pit to provide added protection for the pilot in event of an accident* Recently, the Director-General of CiTil Aviation, Mr#‘D^G#. Anderson, announced that, from 1st# January, 1962, A¥EO AMSOH Mk# I aircraft will not be permitted to carry passengers or operate ovenmter routes and that the type will be grounded and de-registered from 1st# July, 1962* He said that the decision had been made in the interests of safety as the glued joints of the wooden wing could deteriorate witl; age and the aircraft ^s performance "was poor if one engine failed# In the past three years, intensive and frequent inspections were required and the addition of AISQMS to the register had been banned along with the transfer of private AMSUl^ to charter and passenger work# Only nine of the aircraft in Australia had current Certificates of Airworthiness and these were operating jiminly on freight and charter vmrk# ■ Finos which will be affected are Woods Ainmys which operates a service between Perth and Rottnest Is# and Brown and Brain Ltd# and Flinders Island Airways which operate freight services to Tasmania, from Melbourne# One fim is reported to be contemplating the const motion of a metal wing for their AlSul# ii. sH *S , A s J ournal - 58 - July 1961 On 14«7®61, the Minister for Air (Senator Wade) announced that a search party had located the wreck of BEISTuL BEAUFOETAy-661 in the jungle about eight miles east of Myela. The aircraft had crashed on 28th. Januaiy^ 1945;, when on a flight from Port Moresby to Aitape and had disappear- £^d without trace until it was spotted during the search for the PIAGGIO P.166 vPl-PAU which was lost without trace on 8th.