| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated OA-10A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | CV-592 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 1963 to 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 114935 |
| Photo Comment |
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Built for the USN as a PBV-1A and transferred to the USAAF as an OA-10A. After World War II sold to Cathay Pacific as VR-HDH. Transferred to subsidiary Macau Air Transport. TAA bought it as a replacement for VH-WWC which had sunk. Undercarriage removed to increase payload. Withdrawn from use in January 1966. Patair bought -SBV for its engines. Plans to preserve the airframe in Papua New Guinea did not eventuate and it was shipped to the Museum of Transport & Technology in New Zealand. TAA photo. This photo was added on 2 January 2019, and has since been viewed 1459 times. |