Aircraft Photo of VH-INX | Douglas C-54B Skymaster | Ansett - ANA | AirHistory.net #299295
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-INX
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18327
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
Location
City / Airport:MeltonMap
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMEL   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1971
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 299295
Photo Comment

VH-INX soon after arrival from Melbourne-Essendon. It had been trucked to Melton to be converted to an airport cafe. Sometime in 1972 the undercarriage retracted and it lay on its belly with the Ansett-ANA markings blacked out. Back on its undercarriage the tail was painted white but from then on it was all downhill. Parts went missing including the cargo doors and the rudder and the paint flaked off. INX eventually fell back on its tail and remained that way until scrapped in the early 1990s.

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