| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G |
| C/n (msn): | 12056 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Gregory |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - EssendonMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMEN IATA: MEB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 23 March 1947 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 807685 |
| Photo Comment |
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Two of TAA's 'new' DC-3 freighters parked at Essendon on a Sunday afternoon. VH-TAE was built to a USAAF order as 42-92274 but delivered to the RAAF as A65-29. Sold to TAA and registered on 27 September 1946. Re-registered and renamed VH-SBL 'Mt Hagen' in 1960 for TAA's New Guinea 'Sunbird' services. Sold to Air Niugini in 1973 as P2-SBL. Returned to the Australian Register as VH-SBL in 1981 and still current. VH-AEZ, in the background, served with the USAAF as 42-23949 until sold to TAA and registered in Australia on 2 May 1945, named 'Currie'. Became VH-EWD with East-West Airlines in 1955. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 May 2025, and has since been viewed 19 times. |