Aircraft Photo of VH-BPL | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Air Queensland

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-BPL
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):	12873
Operator Titles:	Air Queensland

Location
City / Airport:	Cairns - InternationalMap
Region / Country:	Queensland, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YBCS IATA: CNS Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	31 March 1984
Photo by:	David Carter
Photo ID:	5937

Photo Comment
VH-BPL had a long history in Australia, starting with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. It went to Qantas after the war and used on services in Papua New Guinea, then an Australian territory. It passed to Trans- Australia Airlines when it replaced Qantas in the territory and then to Air Niugini on independence. It entered the Australian register again in 1982, as VH-BPL. It is now with the Qantas Founders Museum, at Longreach, Queensland, restored as a static exhibit in its original Qantas markings (VH-EAP). This photo was added on 16 August 2017, and has since been viewed 370 times.

Photo Comment

VH-BPL had a long history in Australia, starting with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. It went to Qantas after the war and used on services in Papua New Guinea, then an Australian territory. It passed to Trans- Australia Airlines when it replaced Qantas in the territory and then to Air Niugini on independence. It entered the Australian register again in 1982, as VH-BPL. It is now with the Qantas Founders Museum, at Longreach, Queensland, restored as a static exhibit in its original Qantas markings (VH-EAP).

This photo was added on 16 August 2017, and has since been viewed 370 times.

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