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Registration / Serial:VH-AKO
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-25 Sunderland
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sunderland 3 Hythe
C/n (msn):SB.3555
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Australis
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:24 October 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:440334Submit Correction
View count: 292
Withdrawn from use in 1951. Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-AKO
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sunderland 3 Hythe
C/n (msn):SB.3555
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:24 October 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AKO
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-25 Sunderland
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sunderland 3 Hythe
C/n (msn):SB.3555
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Australis
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:24 October 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:440334Submit Correction
View count: 292
Withdrawn from use in 1951. Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-AKO
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sunderland 3 Hythe
C/n (msn):SB.3555
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:24 October 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Star of Papua
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:205288Submit Correction
View count: 652
Hobart's short-lived flying boat service offered direct flights to Sydney at a time when landplane services were via Melbourne. Photo from: Libraries Tasmania
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Star of Papua
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:205288Submit Correction
View count: 652
Hobart's short-lived flying boat service offered direct flights to Sydney at a time when landplane services were via Melbourne. Photo from: Libraries Tasmania
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Star of Papua
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:201772Submit Correction
View count: 738
Operated a network stretching from Hobart to Papua New Guinea. The Hobart terminus was the navy base HMAS Huon, now closed. VH-TOB sold in the US as N9946F in 1954. Remained on the US register until 2012, 54 years after its last flight. Now preserved.
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-45 Seaford/Solent
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Star of Papua
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:201772Submit Correction
View count: 738
Operated a network stretching from Hobart to Papua New Guinea. The Hobart terminus was the navy base HMAS Huon, now closed. VH-TOB sold in the US as N9946F in 1954. Remained on the US register until 2012, 54 years after its last flight. Now preserved.
Registration / Serial:VH-TOB
Aircraft Version:Short S-45 Solent 3
C/n (msn):S1295
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Hobart - Derwent River Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:May 1951 to April 1953
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BKQ
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-25 Sunderland
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sandringham 3
C/n (msn):SB.3553
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Pacific Star
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Hamilton Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:189407Submit Correction
View count: 401
Ex RAAF aircraft that was declared unserviceable after being damaged by hail in 1946 while stored at RAAF Rathmines. Purchased by Bryan Monkton and converted to BOAC Hythe standard with 36 seats. Registered to Trans Oceanic Airways and used on inaugurate flights from Sydney to Grafton, Hobart and eventually Port Moresby. Lost a propeller and reduction gear near Sydney on April 16, 1951. Repairs abandoned after corrosion found in wing spar. Scrapped. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
Registration / Serial:VH-BKQ
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sandringham 3
C/n (msn):SB.3553
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Hamilton Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-BKQ
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-25 Sunderland
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sandringham 3
C/n (msn):SB.3553
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
Aircraft Name:Pacific Star
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Hamilton Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:189407Submit Correction
View count: 401
Ex RAAF aircraft that was declared unserviceable after being damaged by hail in 1946 while stored at RAAF Rathmines. Purchased by Bryan Monkton and converted to BOAC Hythe standard with 36 seats. Registered to Trans Oceanic Airways and used on inaugurate flights from Sydney to Grafton, Hobart and eventually Port Moresby. Lost a propeller and reduction gear near Sydney on April 16, 1951. Repairs abandoned after corrosion found in wing spar. Scrapped. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
Registration / Serial:VH-BKQ
Aircraft Version:Short S-25 Sandringham 3
C/n (msn):SB.3553
Operator Titles:Trans Oceanic Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Hamilton Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive