2055 results found
Registration / Serial:VH-ABM
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove (Devon)
Aircraft Version:Riley Dove 2
Manufacturers:De Havilland / Riley
C/n (msn):04097
Operator Titles:Penguin Express
Aircraft Name:Lady Di
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Photo ID:316109Submit Correction
View count: 336
Ex-G-ATGI, D-100, TJ-ACA, YI-ABK
Registration / Serial:VH-ABM
Aircraft Version:Riley Dove 2
C/n (msn):04097
Operator Titles:Penguin Express
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-ABM
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 104 Dove (Devon)
Aircraft Version:Riley Dove 2
Manufacturers:De Havilland / Riley
C/n (msn):04097
Operator Titles:Penguin Express
Aircraft Name:Lady Di
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Photo ID:316109Submit Correction
View count: 336
Ex-G-ATGI, D-100, TJ-ACA, YI-ABK
Registration / Serial:VH-ABM
Aircraft Version:Riley Dove 2
C/n (msn):04097
Operator Titles:Penguin Express
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-HCD
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182Q Skylane
C/n (msn):18267335
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 April 1987
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Photo ID:309754Submit Correction
View count: 190
Registered in February in 1987. Jim Bell photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-HCD
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182Q Skylane
C/n (msn):18267335
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 April 1987
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-HCD
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182Q Skylane
C/n (msn):18267335
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 April 1987
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Photo ID:309754Submit Correction
View count: 190
Registered in February in 1987. Jim Bell photo.
Registration / Serial:VH-HCD
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182Q Skylane
C/n (msn):18267335
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 April 1987
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-TVQ
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 816 Viscount
C/n (msn):434
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:McDouall Stuart
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:309009Submit Correction
View count: 549
Noted on a busy Essendon ramp.
Registration / Serial:VH-TVQ
Aircraft Version:Vickers 816 Viscount
C/n (msn):434
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TVQ
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 816 Viscount
C/n (msn):434
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:McDouall Stuart
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:309009Submit Correction
View count: 549
Noted on a busy Essendon ramp.
Registration / Serial:VH-TVQ
Aircraft Version:Vickers 816 Viscount
C/n (msn):434
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-FTV
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 206 JetRanger
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 206/406 JetRanger
Aircraft Version:Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II
C/n (msn):45241
Operator Titles:Channel 9 News
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 June 1983
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:307905Submit Correction
View count: 793
Crashed into the sea off Port Douglas, Queensland, on February 11, 1988. Returned to the register in 1995 as VH-HJL.
Registration / Serial:VH-FTV
Aircraft Version:Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II
C/n (msn):45241
Operator Titles:Channel 9 News
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 June 1983
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-FTV
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 206 JetRanger
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 206/406 JetRanger
Aircraft Version:Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II
C/n (msn):45241
Operator Titles:Channel 9 News
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 June 1983
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:307905Submit Correction
View count: 793
Crashed into the sea off Port Douglas, Queensland, on February 11, 1988. Returned to the register in 1995 as VH-HJL.
Registration / Serial:VH-FTV
Aircraft Version:Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II
C/n (msn):45241
Operator Titles:Channel 9 News
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 June 1983
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
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):10082
Operator Titles:(Ansett - ANA)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:April 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:306199Submit Correction
View count: 388
WFU and wearing basic Ansett-ANA livery.
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):10082
Operator Titles:(Ansett - ANA)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:April 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
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):10082
Operator Titles:(Ansett - ANA)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:April 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:306199Submit Correction
View count: 388
WFU and wearing basic Ansett-ANA livery.
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):10082
Operator Titles:(Ansett - ANA)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:April 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:F-ZVLU
Aircraft Original Type:Sud-Ouest SO-1221 Djinn
Aircraft Generic Type:Sud-Ouest SO-1221 Djinn
Aircraft Version:Sud-Ouest SO-1221PS Djinn
C/n (msn):1221/FC16
Operator Titles:France - Army
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1957
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Photo ID:302654Submit Correction
View count: 360
Registration / Serial:F-ZVLU
Aircraft Version:Sud-Ouest SO-1221PS Djinn
C/n (msn):1221/FC16
Operator Titles:France - Army
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1957
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Registration / Serial:F-ZVLU
Aircraft Original Type:Sud-Ouest SO-1221 Djinn
Aircraft Generic Type:Sud-Ouest SO-1221 Djinn
Aircraft Version:Sud-Ouest SO-1221PS Djinn
C/n (msn):1221/FC16
Operator Titles:France - Army
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1957
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Photo ID:302654Submit Correction
View count: 360
Registration / Serial:F-ZVLU
Aircraft Version:Sud-Ouest SO-1221PS Djinn
C/n (msn):1221/FC16
Operator Titles:France - Army
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1957
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Registration / Serial:1407
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-62
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-62 (H-52/HU2S/Seaguard)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (S-62A)
C/n (msn):62092
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Unit Markings:CGC Burton Island
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1976
Photo from:Jonathan Verschuuren CollectionContact
Photo ID:298190Submit Correction
View count: 394
USCGC Burton Island was an icebreaker that was decommissioned in 1978. In December 1976, it operated around New Zealand and Australia, during which its HH-52A visited Melbourne.
Registration / Serial:1407
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (S-62A)
C/n (msn):62092
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1976
Photo from:Jonathan Verschuuren CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:1407
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-62
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-62 (H-52/HU2S/Seaguard)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (S-62A)
C/n (msn):62092
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Unit Markings:CGC Burton Island
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1976
Photo from:Jonathan Verschuuren CollectionContact
Photo ID:298190Submit Correction
View count: 394
USCGC Burton Island was an icebreaker that was decommissioned in 1978. In December 1976, it operated around New Zealand and Australia, during which its HH-52A visited Melbourne.
Registration / Serial:1407
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (S-62A)
C/n (msn):62092
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1976
Photo from:Jonathan Verschuuren CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
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):10082
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:20 March 1973
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:297443Submit Correction
View count: 388
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):10082
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:20 March 1973
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
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):10082
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:20 March 1973
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:297443Submit Correction
View count: 388
Registration / Serial:VH-ANV
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):10082
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:20 March 1973
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:A58-246
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5C
C/n (msn):[ MA863 ]
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:February 1985
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:294406Submit Correction
View count: 364
RAAF aircraft damaged in a forced landing in Victoria on August 26, 1945. Restoration commenced in Australia in the 1980s. Project sold the USAF Museum in Ohio. Full restoration was undertaken in the UK before it was transported to the museum. It is exhibited as a USAAF Spitfire from Operation Torch in North Africa in World War II. The serial used is MA863, which is the actual serial allocated to this aircraft by the RAF before it was shipped to Australia.
Registration / Serial:A58-246
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5C
C/n (msn):[ MA863 ]
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:February 1985
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Registration / Serial:A58-246
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5C
C/n (msn):[ MA863 ]
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:February 1985
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:294406Submit Correction
View count: 364
RAAF aircraft damaged in a forced landing in Victoria on August 26, 1945. Restoration commenced in Australia in the 1980s. Project sold the USAF Museum in Ohio. Full restoration was undertaken in the UK before it was transported to the museum. It is exhibited as a USAAF Spitfire from Operation Torch in North Africa in World War II. The serial used is MA863, which is the actual serial allocated to this aircraft by the RAF before it was shipped to Australia.
Registration / Serial:A58-246
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5C
C/n (msn):[ MA863 ]
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:February 1985
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-BMU
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1
C/n (msn):5002
Operator Titles:(Department of Civil Aviation)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1948 to December 1959
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Photo ID:291901Submit Correction
View count: 267
VH-BMU was the second Drover to be built and the second to be operated by the Department of Civil Aviation. Registration VH-CAT was allocated but not taken up. Planned sale in the UK in 1959 as G-APPP did not go ahead and VH-BMU remained in Australia. In 1964 it was sold to New Hebrides Airways (Vanuatu) as VQ-FAD. Reregistered VP-FAD in 1966 and crashed Tanna Island on October 21 that year.
Registration / Serial:VH-BMU
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1
C/n (msn):5002
Operator Titles:(Department of Civil Aviation)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1948 to December 1959
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Registration / Serial:VH-BMU
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1
C/n (msn):5002
Operator Titles:(Department of Civil Aviation)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1948 to December 1959
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Photo ID:291901Submit Correction
View count: 267
VH-BMU was the second Drover to be built and the second to be operated by the Department of Civil Aviation. Registration VH-CAT was allocated but not taken up. Planned sale in the UK in 1959 as G-APPP did not go ahead and VH-BMU remained in Australia. In 1964 it was sold to New Hebrides Airways (Vanuatu) as VQ-FAD. Reregistered VP-FAD in 1966 and crashed Tanna Island on October 21 that year.
Registration / Serial:VH-BMU
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1
C/n (msn):5002
Operator Titles:(Department of Civil Aviation)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1948 to December 1959
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website
Registration / Serial:VH-SSW
Aircraft Original Type:Swearingen SA-226 Metro
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild SA-227 Merlin IV/Metro/Expediter (C-26)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III
C/n (msn):AC-632
Operator Titles:Pel-Air Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Photo ID:290344Submit Correction
View count: 277
Registration / Serial:VH-SSW
Aircraft Version:Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III
C/n (msn):AC-632
Operator Titles:Pel-Air Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-SSW
Aircraft Original Type:Swearingen SA-226 Metro
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild SA-227 Merlin IV/Metro/Expediter (C-26)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III
C/n (msn):AC-632
Operator Titles:Pel-Air Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Photo ID:290344Submit Correction
View count: 277
Registration / Serial:VH-SSW
Aircraft Version:Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III
C/n (msn):AC-632
Operator Titles:Pel-Air Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:29 October 1996
Photo by:Matti Rajala (via Pertti Sipilä)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
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):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Charles Grimes
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:290010Submit Correction
View count: 1170
Sold in Thailand in 1970
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
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):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Charles Grimes
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:290010Submit Correction
View count: 1170
Sold in Thailand in 1970
Registration / Serial:VH-TAG
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):27245
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:27 July 1963
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:289914Submit Correction
View count: 738
Operated by Ansett's Helicopter Division.
Registration / Serial:VH-INV
Aircraft Version:Bell 47J-2 Ranger
C/n (msn):2627
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:27 July 1963
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:27 July 1963
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:289914Submit Correction
View count: 738
Operated by Ansett's Helicopter Division.
Registration / Serial:VH-INV
Aircraft Version:Bell 47J-2 Ranger
C/n (msn):2627
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:27 July 1963
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Manufacturers:Douglas / Aviation Traders
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:286338Submit Correction
View count: 2465
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Manufacturers:Douglas / Aviation Traders
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:286338Submit Correction
View count: 2465
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett Air Cargo
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:March 1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAK
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13338
Operator Titles:Forrestair
Aircraft Name:Peter Sleigh
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:2 December 1978
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:284839Submit Correction
View count: 356
Registration / Serial:VH-TAK
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13338
Operator Titles:Forrestair
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:2 December 1978
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TAK
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13338
Operator Titles:Forrestair
Aircraft Name:Peter Sleigh
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:2 December 1978
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:284839Submit Correction
View count: 356
Registration / Serial:VH-TAK
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13338
Operator Titles:Forrestair
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:2 December 1978
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFM
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600 Friendship
C/n (msn):10329
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Oxley
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:3 August 1969
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:284814Submit Correction
View count: 741
Under tow at Essendon. Scanned from a print by G. Bennett.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFM
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600 Friendship
C/n (msn):10329
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:3 August 1969
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFM
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600 Friendship
C/n (msn):10329
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Oxley
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:3 August 1969
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:284814Submit Correction
View count: 741
Under tow at Essendon. Scanned from a print by G. Bennett.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFM
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600 Friendship
C/n (msn):10329
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:3 August 1969
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-FLO
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I (C-4/Academe)
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
C/n (msn):100
Operator Titles:National Jet Systems
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:19 January 1991
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:283986Submit Correction
View count: 539
Registration / Serial:VH-FLO
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
C/n (msn):100
Operator Titles:National Jet Systems
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:19 January 1991
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-FLO
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I (C-4/Academe)
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
C/n (msn):100
Operator Titles:National Jet Systems
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:19 January 1991
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:283986Submit Correction
View count: 539
Registration / Serial:VH-FLO
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
C/n (msn):100
Operator Titles:National Jet Systems
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:19 January 1991
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:November 1967
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:283371Submit Correction
View count: 240
Only eight years after leaving the production line, VH-ACV was awaiting scrapping after severe corrosion was found. Its belly skins were later used to patch VH-MMP after it landed with its port undercarriage retracted.
Registration / Serial:VH-ACV
Aircraft Version:Piaggio P-166
C/n (msn):354
Operator Titles:Air Associates
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:November 1967
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:November 1967
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:283371Submit Correction
View count: 240
Only eight years after leaving the production line, VH-ACV was awaiting scrapping after severe corrosion was found. Its belly skins were later used to patch VH-MMP after it landed with its port undercarriage retracted.
Registration / Serial:VH-ACV
Aircraft Version:Piaggio P-166
C/n (msn):354
Operator Titles:Air Associates
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:November 1967
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Manufacturers:Douglas / Aviation Traders
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:8 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:283367Submit Correction
View count: 827
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:8 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Manufacturers:Douglas / Aviation Traders
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:8 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:283367Submit Correction
View count: 827
Registration / Serial:VH-INJ
Aircraft Version:Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
C/n (msn):42927 (19)
Operator Titles:Ansett - ANA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:8 March 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-FOX
Aircraft Original Type:Gates Learjet 35
Aircraft Generic Type:Gates Learjet 35/36 (C-21)
Aircraft Version:Gates Learjet 35A
C/n (msn):35A-427
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force / Pacific Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Event:Essendon Aviation Expo 1984
Photo Date:16 November 1984
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:283366Submit Correction
View count: 1118
VH-FOX with its full target-towing kit
Registration / Serial:VH-FOX
Aircraft Version:Gates Learjet 35A
C/n (msn):35A-427
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force / Pacific Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:16 November 1984
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Registration / Serial:VH-FOX
Aircraft Original Type:Gates Learjet 35
Aircraft Generic Type:Gates Learjet 35/36 (C-21)
Aircraft Version:Gates Learjet 35A
C/n (msn):35A-427
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force / Pacific Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Event:Essendon Aviation Expo 1984
Photo Date:16 November 1984
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite
Photo ID:283366Submit Correction
View count: 1118
VH-FOX with its full target-towing kit
Registration / Serial:VH-FOX
Aircraft Version:Gates Learjet 35A
C/n (msn):35A-427
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force / Pacific Aviation
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:16 November 1984
Photo by:Geoff GoodallWebsite