Aircraft Photo of VH-RMB | Lockheed L-188A(F) Electra | Ansett Airlines of Australia Air Cargo | AirHistory.net #26909
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-RMB
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-188A(F) Electra
C/n (msn):188-1047
Operator Titles:Ansett Airlines of Australia Air Cargo
Location
City / Airport:Adelaide - InternationalMap
Region / Country:South Australia, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YPAD   IATA: ADL   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:13 September 1976
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)
Photo ID: 26909
Photo Comment

First flown as VH-RMB on the 28th of February 1959. It entered the Australian register on the 4th of April 1959. It was withdrawn from service on the 6th of May 1971 and stored at Essendon. On June the 29th it was sold to Turbo Power International in the United States and registered N358Q. This Electra was leased to Fred Olsen in Norway in 1985 and 86. it also carried the registrations N356Q, N358WS. It was finally scrapped at Opa-locka in March 1997

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

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