| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-CAT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-100 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10132 |
| Operator Titles: | CSIRO |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | January 1980 |
| Photo by: | David Carter |
| Photo ID: | 6261 |
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VH-CAT was delivered to the Department of Civil Aviation in 1959 and operated on calibration work until 1978, when it was sold to the CSIRO. Over the next 20 years it was used for scientific research which at times required being fitted with a long nose probe, which earned it the nickname Cyrano, after Cyrano de Bergerac. VH-CAT was withdrawn from use and eventually displayed at the South Australia Aviation Museum. This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 August 2017, and has since been viewed 231 times. |