554 results found
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 241 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | September 1960 to November 1960 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 120363Submit Correction |
| View count: | 433 |
VH-EAW in the few months between TAA taking over Qantas' Papua New Guinea services and being reregistered VH-SBQ at the start of December. Photo from TAA.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 241 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | September 1960 to November 1960 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 241 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | September 1960 to November 1960 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 120363Submit Correction |
| View count: | 433 |
VH-EAW in the few months between TAA taking over Qantas' Papua New Guinea services and being reregistered VH-SBQ at the start of December. Photo from TAA.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 241 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | September 1960 to November 1960 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TBL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 727-200 (C-22) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 727-276/Adv |
| C/n (msn): | 20951 / 1101 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | John Eyre |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1984 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 120107Submit Correction |
| View count: | 303 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TBL |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 727-276/Adv |
| C/n (msn): | 20951 / 1101 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1984 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TBL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 727-200 (C-22) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 727-276/Adv |
| C/n (msn): | 20951 / 1101 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | John Eyre |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1984 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 120107Submit Correction |
| View count: | 303 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TBL |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 727-276/Adv |
| C/n (msn): | 20951 / 1101 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1984 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TFF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-100 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10121 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Allan Cunningham |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne (YMML / MEL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1980 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 119955Submit Correction |
| View count: | 263 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TFF |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-100 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10121 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne (YMML / MEL)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1980 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TFF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-100 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10121 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Allan Cunningham |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne (YMML / MEL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1980 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 119955Submit Correction |
| View count: | 263 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TFF |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-100 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10121 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne (YMML / MEL)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1980 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-THG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 47 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell 47 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell 47J-2 Ranger |
| C/n (msn): | 1836 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1964 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Photo ID: | 119592Submit Correction |
| View count: | 417 |
VH-THG crashed at Essendon, August 18, 1965.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-THG |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell 47J-2 Ranger |
| C/n (msn): | 1836 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1964 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-THG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 47 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell 47 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell 47J-2 Ranger |
| C/n (msn): | 1836 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1964 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Photo ID: | 119592Submit Correction |
| View count: | 417 |
VH-THG crashed at Essendon, August 18, 1965.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-THG |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell 47J-2 Ranger |
| C/n (msn): | 1836 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1964 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| 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): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 117604Submit Correction |
| View count: | 159 |
These are the mortal remains of VH-DAS, rotting away at Kuranda. Built as a C-47-DL, USAAF serial 41-38668 and arrived in Australia in January 1943. Sold to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation in July 1944 and converted for civil use, registered VH-AEO on 9 March 1945. Leased to ANA and Guinea Airways, then transferred to TAA in 1946. Re-registered VH-DAS in 1958 and retired in 1977. Used in the 1984 film 'Sky Pirates', then left for scrap in Cairns before being rescued and transported to Kuranda as a tourist attraction.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| 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): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 117604Submit Correction |
| View count: | 159 |
These are the mortal remains of VH-DAS, rotting away at Kuranda. Built as a C-47-DL, USAAF serial 41-38668 and arrived in Australia in January 1943. Sold to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation in July 1944 and converted for civil use, registered VH-AEO on 9 March 1945. Leased to ANA and Guinea Airways, then transferred to TAA in 1946. Re-registered VH-DAS in 1958 and retired in 1977. Used in the 1984 film 'Sky Pirates', then left for scrap in Cairns before being rescued and transported to Kuranda as a tourist attraction.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| 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): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 117603Submit Correction |
| View count: | 192 |
These are the mortal remains of VH-DAS, rotting away at Kuranda. Built as a C-47-DL, USAAF serial 41-38668 and arrived in Australia in January 1943. Sold to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation in July 1944 and converted for civil use, registered VH-AEO on 9 March 1945. Leased to ANA and Guinea Airways, then transferred to TAA in 1946. Re-registered VH-DAS in 1958 and retired in 1977. Used in the 1984 film 'Sky Pirates', then left for scrap in Cairns before being rescued and transported to Kuranda as a tourist attraction.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| 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): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 117603Submit Correction |
| View count: | 192 |
These are the mortal remains of VH-DAS, rotting away at Kuranda. Built as a C-47-DL, USAAF serial 41-38668 and arrived in Australia in January 1943. Sold to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation in July 1944 and converted for civil use, registered VH-AEO on 9 March 1945. Leased to ANA and Guinea Airways, then transferred to TAA in 1946. Re-registered VH-DAS in 1958 and retired in 1977. Used in the 1984 film 'Sky Pirates', then left for scrap in Cairns before being rescued and transported to Kuranda as a tourist attraction.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| 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): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 117602Submit Correction |
| View count: | 182 |
These are the mortal remains of VH-DAS, rotting away at Kuranda. Built as a C-47-DL, USAAF serial 41-38668 and arrived in Australia in January 1943. Sold to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation in July 1944 and converted for civil use, registered VH-AEO on 9 March 1945. Leased to ANA and Guinea Airways, then transferred to TAA in 1946. Re-registered VH-DAS in 1958 and retired in 1977. Used in the 1984 film 'Sky Pirates', then left for scrap in Cairns before being rescued and transported to Kuranda as a tourist attraction.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| 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): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 117602Submit Correction |
| View count: | 182 |
These are the mortal remains of VH-DAS, rotting away at Kuranda. Built as a C-47-DL, USAAF serial 41-38668 and arrived in Australia in January 1943. Sold to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation in July 1944 and converted for civil use, registered VH-AEO on 9 March 1945. Leased to ANA and Guinea Airways, then transferred to TAA in 1946. Re-registered VH-DAS in 1958 and retired in 1977. Used in the 1984 film 'Sky Pirates', then left for scrap in Cairns before being rescued and transported to Kuranda as a tourist attraction.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-DAS |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 6051 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Area: | Kuranda / Kuranda Koala Gardens [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 4 January 2019 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 720 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 49 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Ernest Giles |
| City / Airport: | Gold Coast (YBCG / OOL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1959 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 117241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 422 |
Departing Coolangatta in a scheme with the diagonal stripes on the tail that was later changed to horizontal stripes. A rare shot to record.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVF |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 720 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 49 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Gold Coast (YBCG / OOL)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1959 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 720 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 49 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Ernest Giles |
| City / Airport: | Gold Coast (YBCG / OOL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1959 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 117241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 422 |
Departing Coolangatta in a scheme with the diagonal stripes on the tail that was later changed to horizontal stripes. A rare shot to record.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVF |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 720 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 49 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Gold Coast (YBCG / OOL)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1959 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Aircraft Name: | Kerowagi |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 1966 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 116440Submit Correction |
| View count: | 655 |
John Hopton photo of VH-SBT after its withdrawal from Papua New Guinea.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 1966 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Aircraft Name: | Kerowagi |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 1966 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 116440Submit Correction |
| View count: | 655 |
John Hopton photo of VH-SBT after its withdrawal from Papua New Guinea.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 1966 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 227 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | David Lindsay |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 June 1958 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 114972Submit Correction |
| View count: | 379 |
Leased to TAA by Vickers- Armstrongs between 15 March 1958 and 31 January 1959, and was the first aircraft in Australia to operate with weather radar fitted.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVO |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 227 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 June 1958 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 227 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | David Lindsay |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 June 1958 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 114972Submit Correction |
| View count: | 379 |
Leased to TAA by Vickers- Armstrongs between 15 March 1958 and 31 January 1959, and was the first aircraft in Australia to operate with weather radar fitted.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVO |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 227 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 June 1958 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated OA-10A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | CV-592 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1963 to 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 114935Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1459 |
Built for the USN as a PBV-1A and transferred to the USAAF as an OA-10A. After World War II sold to Cathay Pacific as VR-HDH. Transferred to subsidiary Macau Air Transport. TAA bought it as a replacement for VH-WWC which had sunk. Undercarriage removed to increase payload. Withdrawn from use in January 1966. Patair bought -SBV for its engines. Plans to preserve the airframe in Papua New Guinea did not eventuate and it was shipped to the Museum of Transport & Technology in New Zealand. TAA photo.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBV |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated OA-10A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | CV-592 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1963 to 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated OA-10A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | CV-592 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1963 to 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 114935Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1459 |
Built for the USN as a PBV-1A and transferred to the USAAF as an OA-10A. After World War II sold to Cathay Pacific as VR-HDH. Transferred to subsidiary Macau Air Transport. TAA bought it as a replacement for VH-WWC which had sunk. Undercarriage removed to increase payload. Withdrawn from use in January 1966. Patair bought -SBV for its engines. Plans to preserve the airframe in Papua New Guinea did not eventuate and it was shipped to the Museum of Transport & Technology in New Zealand. TAA photo.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBV |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated OA-10A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | CV-592 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Moresby - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1963 to 1965 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | "VH-TGP" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec (UO/U-11) |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B |
| C/n (msn): | 27-2007 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Caloundra (YCDR / CUD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Queensland Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Photo by: | Ian McDonellContact |
| Photo ID: | 114494Submit Correction |
| View count: | 216 |
Actually VH-MBX, which was struck off the register in 1993 and acquired by the museum. The real VH-TGP (c/n 27-354) was sold in Papua New Guinea as P2-TGP in 1979. Abandoned at Rabaul airport after a volcanic eruption, it is believed to be the Aztec dumped in the sea at Matalau for divers to explore.
| Registration / Serial: | "VH-TGP" |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B |
| C/n (msn): | 27-2007 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Caloundra (YCDR / CUD)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Photo by: | Ian McDonellContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "VH-TGP" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec (UO/U-11) |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B |
| C/n (msn): | 27-2007 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Caloundra (YCDR / CUD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Queensland Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Photo by: | Ian McDonellContact |
| Photo ID: | 114494Submit Correction |
| View count: | 216 |
Actually VH-MBX, which was struck off the register in 1993 and acquired by the museum. The real VH-TGP (c/n 27-354) was sold in Papua New Guinea as P2-TGP in 1979. Abandoned at Rabaul airport after a volcanic eruption, it is believed to be the Aztec dumped in the sea at Matalau for divers to explore.
| Registration / Serial: | "VH-TGP" |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B |
| C/n (msn): | 27-2007 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Caloundra (YCDR / CUD)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Photo by: | Ian McDonellContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TLA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 188-1061 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | John Eyre |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1962 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 113905Submit Correction |
| View count: | 528 |
Looking smart on the "Dayglow tail" livery.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TLA |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 188-1061 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1962 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TLA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed L-188 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 188-1061 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | John Eyre |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1962 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 113905Submit Correction |
| View count: | 528 |
Looking smart on the "Dayglow tail" livery.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TLA |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 188-1061 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1962 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Kundiawa |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 112177Submit Correction |
| View count: | 907 |
VH-SBT photographed as it makes its way along the Waghi Valley. With a limited road network, few countries are as dependent on aircraft as Papua New Guinea. Photo from El Partridge.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Kundiawa |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 112177Submit Correction |
| View count: | 907 |
VH-SBT photographed as it makes its way along the Waghi Valley. With a limited road network, few countries are as dependent on aircraft as Papua New Guinea. Photo from El Partridge.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAL |
| 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): | 25366/13921 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Hann |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1950 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 112035Submit Correction |
| View count: | 346 |
A lovely "period" shot.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAL |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 25366/13921 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1950 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAL |
| 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): | 25366/13921 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Hann |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1950 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Photo ID: | 112035Submit Correction |
| View count: | 346 |
A lovely "period" shot.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAL |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 25366/13921 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1950 |
| Photo by: | Peter GatesContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Kundiawa |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 111552Submit Correction |
| View count: | 887 |
John Hopton photo of VH-SBT and sistership VH-SBR at Hawker de Havilland's workshop.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Kundiawa |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 111552Submit Correction |
| View count: | 887 |
John Hopton photo of VH-SBT and sistership VH-SBR at Hawker de Havilland's workshop.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBR |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 247 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Aircraft Name: | Kerowagi |
| City / Airport: | Wasu (AYWS / WSU)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1961 to 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 110865Submit Correction |
| View count: | 834 |
Photo from El Partridge.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Wasu (AYWS / WSU)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1961 to 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Aircraft Name: | Kerowagi |
| City / Airport: | Wasu (AYWS / WSU)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1961 to 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 110865Submit Correction |
| View count: | 834 |
Photo from El Partridge.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Wasu (AYWS / WSU)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1961 to 1967 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TJM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-9 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (C-9) |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| C/n (msn): | 47072 / 270 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Robert Towns |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 28 January 1970 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 110864Submit Correction |
| View count: | 377 |
Wearing her "T-Jet" colours.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TJM |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| C/n (msn): | 47072 / 270 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 28 January 1970 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TJM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-9 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (C-9) |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| C/n (msn): | 47072 / 270 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Robert Towns |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 28 January 1970 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 110864Submit Correction |
| View count: | 377 |
Wearing her "T-Jet" colours.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TJM |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| C/n (msn): | 47072 / 270 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 28 January 1970 |
| Photo from: | Peter Gates CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 818 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 318 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | John Murray |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Collection: | Moorabbin Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 2008 |
| Photo by: | Andrei BezmylovContact |
| Photo ID: | 110458Submit Correction |
| View count: | 209 |
On display at the Aviation Museum in Moorabbin
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVR |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 818 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 318 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 2008 |
| Photo by: | Andrei BezmylovContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 818 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 318 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Aircraft Name: | John Murray |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Collection: | Moorabbin Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 2008 |
| Photo by: | Andrei BezmylovContact |
| Photo ID: | 110458Submit Correction |
| View count: | 209 |
On display at the Aviation Museum in Moorabbin
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TVR |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 818 Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 318 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Moorabbin (YMMB / MBW)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 2008 |
| Photo by: | Andrei BezmylovContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Aircraft Name: | Kerowagi |
| City / Airport: | Tari (AYTA / TIZ)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 109829Submit Correction |
| View count: | 567 |
Photo from El Partridge.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Tari (AYTA / TIZ)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| Aircraft Name: | Kerowagi |
| City / Airport: | Tari (AYTA / TIZ)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 109829Submit Correction |
| View count: | 567 |
Photo from El Partridge.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-SBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 258 |
| Operator Titles: | TAA Sunbird Services |
| City / Airport: | Tari (AYTA / TIZ)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1964 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |