28 results found
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Airways |
| C/n (msn): | SH.1172 |
| Aircraft Name: | Pacific Chieftain |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1955 to 1959 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 203846 |
| View count: | 16 |
Damaged beyond repair when moored overnight at Lord Howe Island on July 3, 1963. After being stripped of useful parts scuttled 5km offshore.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Airways |
| C/n (msn): | SH.1172 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1955 to 1959 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Operator / Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| Aircraft Name: | Centaurus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 202687 |
| View count: | 17 |
Swapped with Qantas at the outbreak of World War II then impressed by the RAAF as A18-10. Destroyed at Broome during a Japanese air raid on March 3, 1942.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUT |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Operator / Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Flying Boat Services |
| C/n (msn): | SH55C |
| Aircraft Name: | Beachcomber |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | February 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 201129 |
| View count: | 19 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Flying Boat Services |
| C/n (msn): | SH55C |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | February 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Farman MF-9 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Farman MF-9 |
| Aircraft Version: | Farman MF-9 |
| C/n (msn): |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 19 May 1914 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 151917 |
| View count: | 66 |
Imported into Australia by merchant Lebbeus Horden. The pilot is Maurice Guillaux. The official water airport was still 20 years in the future when Guillaux chose Rose Bay as suitable place from which to operate seaplanes.
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Version: | Farman MF-9 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 19 May 1914 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | A18-10 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Operator / Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1939 to December 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 147238 |
| View count: | 55 |
Ex G-ADUT "Centaurus" and involved in an aircraft swap at the start of World War II when Imperial Airways and Qantas exchanged equal numbers of S.23s. G-ADUT was immediately transferred to the RAAF. Used to supply bases in the Dutch East Indies when Japan entered the war in December 1941. A18-10 was destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, on March 3, 1942. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | A18-10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Operator / Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | October 1939 to December 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina VI |
| Licence-built by: | Boeing Canada |
| Operator / Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| C/n (msn): | 61159 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | November 1947 to July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 140196 |
| View count: | 67 |
Ex RAAF A24-378. Bought by Qantas for use on services to Lord Howe Island, Noumea and Suva. Sunk by a bomb placed in the cockpit while -EAW moored in Rose Bay August 27, 1949. Rival flying boat operator charged but acquitted. Crime remains unsolved. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina VI |
| Operator / Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| C/n (msn): | 61159 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | November 1947 to July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Flying Boat Services |
| C/n (msn): | SH55C |
| Aircraft Name: | Beachcomber |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1972 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 139401 |
| View count: | 130 |
VH-BRC on its beaching gear
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Flying Boat Services |
| C/n (msn): | SH55C |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1972 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Farman MF-9 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Farman MF-9 |
| Aircraft Version: | Farman MF-9 |
| C/n (msn): |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 19 May 1914 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 135113 |
| View count: | 74 |
Imported into Australia by merchant Lebbeus Horden. The pilot is Maurice Guillaux who would two months later fly the first air mail from Melbourne to Sydney in a Bleriot. In September 1914, Horden donated the Farman to the Australian Government. It was given the serial CFS7 (Central Flying School) and later converted to a landplane. Its existence was last recorded in June 1917. In 1914 there was no water airport at Rose Bay. It would be the 1930s before Qantas chose the sheltered bay as the terminus for its flying boat services.
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Version: | Farman MF-9 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 19 May 1914 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AZO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon (J4F) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-44A Widgeon |
| C/n (msn): | 1466 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 128976 |
| View count: | 85 |
Operated by Qantas in Papua New Guinea on behalf of Australian Petroleum Co. Sold to Amphibious Airways in New Zealand as ZK-AVM. Delivered by ship after undercarriage collapsed at Bankstown airport, Sydney, on November 2, 1950.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AZO |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-44A Widgeon |
| C/n (msn): | 1466 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AJN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Sea Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Sea Otter |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine Sea Otter I |
| C/n (msn): | 739100 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1950 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 127757 |
| View count: | 78 |
Operated in Papua New Guinea on behalf of Australian Petroleum Co. Withdrawn from use at Port Moresby. Fuselage may have been buried when the ravine in which it was parked was filled in.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AJN |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine Sea Otter I |
| C/n (msn): | 739100 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1950 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | NC777 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated 28-2 |
| C/n (msn): | C-3 |
| Aircraft Name: | Guba |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 126366 |
| View count: | 70 |
NC777 on its second visit to Rose Bay (the first was in November 1938). Qantas installed extra fuel tanks so the aircraft, owned by Dr Richard Archbold, could be used to survey an Indian Ocean air route for the Australian government. In June it island hopped from Port Hedland to Mombasa in Kenya. Guba returned to the US where it was sold to the British Puchasing Commission for use by BOAC. Sunk at its moorings at Pwellheli, Wales, in 1945. The hangar in the photo was for Qantas and completed in October 1939. Demolished after flying boat operations ended at Rose Bay in the 1970s.
| Registration / Serial: | NC777 |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated 28-2 |
| C/n (msn): | C-3 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | May 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBX |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Qantas |
| C/n (msn): | SH32C |
| Aircraft Name: | Pacific Chieftain |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1950 to 1954 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 114787 |
| View count: | 134 |
Qantas photo showing VH-EBX riding at anchor at Rose Bay, the base for Qantas' flying boat operations. The aircraft was ex TEAL ZK-AMD and was sold to Ansett as VH-BRE.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBX |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Qantas |
| C/n (msn): | SH32C |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1950 to 1954 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AQU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (L-20/U-6) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Harbour Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 1544 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 November 2005 |
| Photo by: | Ruud LeeuwContact |
| Photo ID: | 101453 |
| View count: | 48 |
What a better way to see Sydney Harbour then from such vintage plane! They are based in Rose Bay, a short trip by ferry from the Wharf.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AQU |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Harbour Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 1544 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 November 2005 |
| Photo by: | Ruud LeeuwContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-25 Sunderland/Sandringham |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Flying Boat Services |
| C/n (msn): | SH55C |
| Aircraft Name: | Beachcomber |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 9 September 1974 |
| Photo from: | David Carter Collection |
| Photo ID: | 56917 |
| View count: | 196 |
The departure of Ansett's flying boats marked the end of an era, not just for aviation but Sydney as well. It happened as Sydney was giving up its easy-living Australian lifestyle for the hectic pace of a world city. Photographer's name not known.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BRC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-25 Sandringham 4 |
| Operator / Titles: | Ansett Flying Boat Services |
| C/n (msn): | SH55C |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 9 September 1974 |
| Photo from: | David Carter Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-NOO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (L-20/U-6) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 1535 |
| Aircraft Name: | Cambria |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45528 |
| View count: | 62 |
This 1963 Beaver was delivered new as a cropduster to Super Spread, being registered VH-IDI on 5 February 1964. On 15 November 1996 the aircraft was officially destroyed in a fatal accident near Point Lookout, NSW. The wreck was subsequently rebuilt as a seaplane and registered VH-NOO on 17 February 2000. A year less a day after this photo was taken, on 31 December 2017, VH-NOO crashed into the Hawkesbury River. The pilot and five passengers were all killed.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-NOO |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 1535 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-NOO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (L-20/U-6) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 1535 |
| Aircraft Name: | Cambria |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45452 |
| View count: | 63 |
This 1963 Beaver was delivered new as a cropduster to Super Spread, being registered VH-IDI on 5 February 1964. On 15 November 1996 the aircraft was officially destroyed in a fatal accident near Point Lookout, NSW. The wreck was subsequently rebuilt as a seaplane and registered VH-NOO on 17 February 2000. Exactly a year less a day after this photo was taken, on 31 December 2017, VH-NOO crashed into the Hawkesbury River. The pilot and five passengers were all killed.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-NOO |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 1535 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ZWH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan I/Cargomaster/Grand Caravan |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 20800399 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45444 |
| View count: | 74 |
Taxying in to the dock. This Caravan was built in 2006 and initially registered with the Cessna 'trade plate' N40203. It was sold and re-registered N877AA to Adkins Aviation of Cornelius, NC, on 28 November 2006. In 2008 it was sold again and exported to Australia where it was re-registered VH-ZWH(2) on 21 May that year to Avwest, WA. On 28 April 2014 Sydney Seaplanes became the registered operator although the aircraft is owned by a Singapore-based company.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ZWH |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator / Titles: | Sydney Seaplanes |
| C/n (msn): | 20800399 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45259 |
| View count: | 40 |
Sydney Seaplanes' new million-dollar passenger terminal and cafe at Rose Bay. It's a big improvement on the old fibro shack they used for many years. This building stands on the site of the original 1938 Control Building and passenger terminal, built for the Empire flying boats of the Empire Air Mail Scheme and used until the 1970s. Such history!
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ZWH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan I/Cargomaster/Grand Caravan |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator / Titles: | (Sydney Seaplanes) |
| C/n (msn): | 20800399 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45034 |
| View count: | 78 |
Taxying for departure on a busy Rose Bay. This Caravan was built in 2006 and initially registered with the Cessna 'trade plate' N40203. It was sold and re-registered N877AA to Adkins Aviation of Cornelius, NC, on 28 November 2006. In 2008 it was sold again and exported to Australia where it was re-registered VH-ZWH(2) on 21 May that year to Avwest, WA. On 28 April 2014 Sydney Seaplanes became the registered operator although the aircraft is owned by a Singapore-based company.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ZWH |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator / Titles: | (Sydney Seaplanes) |
| C/n (msn): | 20800399 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 44983 |
| View count: | 36 |
Sydney Seaplanes' new million-dollar passenger terminal and cafe at Rose Bay. It's a big improvement on the old fibro shack they used for many years. This building stands on the site of the original 1938 Control Building and passenger terminal, built for the Empire flying boats of the Empire Air Mail Scheme and used until the 1970s. Such history!
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (RSE / YRAY) |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |