Aircraft Photo of PH-AJU | Douglas DC-2-112 | KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines | AirHistory.net #23722
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"PH-AJU"
Other Marks:44
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1286
Operator Titles:KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
Aircraft Name:Uiver
Location
City / Airport:AlburyMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMAY   IATA: ABX   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:October 1989 to December 1989
Photo by:David Carter
Photo ID: 23722
Photo Comment

A former RAAF aircraft, A30-11 was one of several DC-2s that had had been stored next to Bankstown airport by aviation pioneer Sid Marshall. It was acquired in 1979 by the West Albury Rotary Club for a memorial to the original PH-AJU, which had landed in Albury under arduous conditions in 1934. Control surfaces were fabricated from sheet aluminium and other non-aviation materials were used in its assembly. Safety concerns due to corrosion forced its removal from display in the early 2000s. In 2017 A30-11 was being restored for a new Uiver Memorial in Albury.

This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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