563 results found
Registration / Serial:VH-TFC
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10113
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Arthur Phillip
City / Airport:Canberra (YSCB / CBR)Map
Region / Country:Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Photo Date:16 March 1963
Photo by:Bob Neate
Photo ID:146205Submit Correction
View count: 429
Later renamed James Grant.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFC
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10113
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Canberra (YSCB / CBR)Map
Region / Country:Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Photo Date:16 March 1963
Photo by:Bob Neate
Registration / Serial:VH-TFC
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10113
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Arthur Phillip
City / Airport:Canberra (YSCB / CBR)Map
Region / Country:Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Photo Date:16 March 1963
Photo by:Bob Neate
Photo ID:146205Submit Correction
View count: 429
Later renamed James Grant.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFC
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10113
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Canberra (YSCB / CBR)Map
Region / Country:Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Photo Date:16 March 1963
Photo by:Bob Neate
Registration / Serial:VH-TQR
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10440
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:William Hovell
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:144948Submit Correction
View count: 418
Registration / Serial:VH-TQR
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10440
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TQR
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10440
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:William Hovell
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:144948Submit Correction
View count: 418
Registration / Serial:VH-TQR
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10440
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-AEQ
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):6024
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Wills
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1964
Photo by:Bob Neate
Photo ID:144833Submit Correction
View count: 580
Marked Australian Inland Charter and with a partial TAA livery. It has yet to be fitted with its enlarged "Viewmaster" windows that enhanced its role as an airborne tour bus.
Registration / Serial:VH-AEQ
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):6024
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1964
Photo by:Bob Neate
Registration / Serial:VH-AEQ
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):6024
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Wills
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1964
Photo by:Bob Neate
Photo ID:144833Submit Correction
View count: 580
Marked Australian Inland Charter and with a partial TAA livery. It has yet to be fitted with its enlarged "Viewmaster" windows that enhanced its role as an airborne tour bus.
Registration / Serial:VH-AEQ
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):6024
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:1964
Photo by:Bob Neate
Registration / Serial:VH-TAI
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):9998
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Baudin
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1960 to 1968
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:144826Submit Correction
View count: 1096
VH-TAI at a typical stop in Queensland where TAA was subsidised by the state government to provide air services to remote Aboriginal communities and cattle stations.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAI
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):9998
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1960 to 1968
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAI
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):9998
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Baudin
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1960 to 1968
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:144826Submit Correction
View count: 1096
VH-TAI at a typical stop in Queensland where TAA was subsidised by the state government to provide air services to remote Aboriginal communities and cattle stations.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAI
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):9998
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1960 to 1968
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:April 1949 to December 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:144822Submit Correction
View count: 507
Used for aerial dingo (wild dog) baiting. VH-BAH came to TAA from Qantas when TAA took over Qantas routes in Queensland as it shifted its role to national flag carrier. -BAH was sold to the Royal Newcastle Aero Club in 1955. On July 1, 1956 while engaged in flood relief work it crashed at Brewarrina, New South Wales, and was consumed by fire. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:April 1949 to December 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:April 1949 to December 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:144822Submit Correction
View count: 507
Used for aerial dingo (wild dog) baiting. VH-BAH came to TAA from Qantas when TAA took over Qantas routes in Queensland as it shifted its role to national flag carrier. -BAH was sold to the Royal Newcastle Aero Club in 1955. On July 1, 1956 while engaged in flood relief work it crashed at Brewarrina, New South Wales, and was consumed by fire. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:April 1949 to December 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-TFK
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-200 Friendship
C/n (msn):10138
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Charles Throsby
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:144681Submit Correction
View count: 529
Registration / Serial:VH-TFK
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-200 Friendship
C/n (msn):10138
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFK
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-200 Friendship
C/n (msn):10138
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Charles Throsby
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:144681Submit Correction
View count: 529
Registration / Serial:VH-TFK
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-200 Friendship
C/n (msn):10138
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:October 1970
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TGA
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 65 Queen Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 65/70/80/88 Queen Air (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-152
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1964 to October 1964
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:143732Submit Correction
View count: 835
Registration / Serial:VH-TGA
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-152
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1964 to October 1964
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TGA
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 65 Queen Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 65/70/80/88 Queen Air (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-152
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1964 to October 1964
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:143732Submit Correction
View count: 835
Registration / Serial:VH-TGA
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-152
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1964 to October 1964
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAB
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43066
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:David Collins
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1962
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:143148Submit Correction
View count: 651
The airport was originally named Llanherne ( Cambridge ) when this shot was taken but is now simply known as Hobart Airport.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAB
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43066
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1962
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TAB
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43066
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:David Collins
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1962
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:143148Submit Correction
View count: 651
The airport was originally named Llanherne ( Cambridge ) when this shot was taken but is now simply known as Hobart Airport.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAB
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43066
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1962
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:William Landsborough
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1963
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:143147Submit Correction
View count: 626
Resting on an empty tarmac area prior to the installation of weather radar.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1963
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:William Landsborough
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1963
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:143147Submit Correction
View count: 626
Resting on an empty tarmac area prior to the installation of weather radar.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:11 March 1963
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:William Landsborough
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1959
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:143146Submit Correction
View count: 859
Seen at the conclusion of her pre-entry into service and renaming ceremony at Brisbane Eagle Farm.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1959
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:William Landsborough
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1959
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:143146Submit Correction
View count: 859
Seen at the conclusion of her pre-entry into service and renaming ceremony at Brisbane Eagle Farm.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFD
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10114
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1959
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TGB
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 65 Queen Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 65/70/80/88 Queen Air (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-157
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1964 to July 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:138284Submit Correction
View count: 436
Registration / Serial:VH-TGB
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-157
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1964 to July 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TGB
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 65 Queen Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 65/70/80/88 Queen Air (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-157
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1964 to July 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:138284Submit Correction
View count: 436
Registration / Serial:VH-TGB
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-157
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1964 to July 1969
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TQP
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10387
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John McKinley
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:30 January 1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:136263Submit Correction
View count: 570
Wearing the revised TAA livery minus "The Nation's Jetline" under the window line.
Registration / Serial:VH-TQP
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10387
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:30 January 1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TQP
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10387
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John McKinley
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:30 January 1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:136263Submit Correction
View count: 570
Wearing the revised TAA livery minus "The Nation's Jetline" under the window line.
Registration / Serial:VH-TQP
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-600QC Friendship
C/n (msn):10387
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:30 January 1970
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TAW
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):12539
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Brockman
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1956 to June 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:134845Submit Correction
View count: 362
VH-TAW at Cambridge just before airline operations were transferred to the new Hobart airport. The grasshopper on the fin is a relic of the aircraft's use as a sprayer during a locust plague in southern NSW and northern Victoria in November-December 1955.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAW
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12539
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1956 to June 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAW
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):12539
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Brockman
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1956 to June 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:134845Submit Correction
View count: 362
VH-TAW at Cambridge just before airline operations were transferred to the new Hobart airport. The grasshopper on the fin is a relic of the aircraft's use as a sprayer during a locust plague in southern NSW and northern Victoria in November-December 1955.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAW
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12539
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Cambridge (YCBG)Map
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Photo Date:January 1956 to June 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TGD
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 65 Queen Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 65/70/80/88 Queen Air (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-234
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:August 1965 to April 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:134751Submit Correction
View count: 707
Reregistered VH-FDR in May 1967
Registration / Serial:VH-TGD
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-234
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:August 1965 to April 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TGD
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 65 Queen Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 65/70/80/88 Queen Air (L-23/U-8)
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-234
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:August 1965 to April 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:134751Submit Correction
View count: 707
Reregistered VH-FDR in May 1967
Registration / Serial:VH-TGD
Aircraft Version:Beech 65-A80 Queen Air
C/n (msn):LD-234
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:August 1965 to April 1967
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TJU
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):47552 / 640
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Roe
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:November 1986
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:134072Submit Correction
View count: 333
Taxiing for departure to Rockhampton.
Registration / Serial:VH-TJU
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
C/n (msn):47552 / 640
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:November 1986
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TJU
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):47552 / 640
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Roe
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:November 1986
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:134072Submit Correction
View count: 333
Taxiing for departure to Rockhampton.
Registration / Serial:VH-TJU
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
C/n (msn):47552 / 640
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:November 1986
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TJS
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):47550 / 623
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Douglas Mawson
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:June 1981
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:134061Submit Correction
View count: 399
Registration / Serial:VH-TJS
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
C/n (msn):47550 / 623
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:June 1981
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TJS
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):47550 / 623
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Douglas Mawson
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:June 1981
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Photo ID:134061Submit Correction
View count: 399
Registration / Serial:VH-TJS
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
C/n (msn):47550 / 623
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:June 1981
Photo by:Peter GatesContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TVH
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 756D Viscount
C/n (msn):146
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:George Bass
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1967
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:133045Submit Correction
View count: 492
The aircraft languished in the open before being scrapped in 1970.
Registration / Serial:VH-TVH
Aircraft Version:Vickers 756D Viscount
C/n (msn):146
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1967
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TVH
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 756D Viscount
C/n (msn):146
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:George Bass
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1967
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Photo ID:133045Submit Correction
View count: 492
The aircraft languished in the open before being scrapped in 1970.
Registration / Serial:VH-TVH
Aircraft Version:Vickers 756D Viscount
C/n (msn):146
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:December 1967
Photo from:Peter Gates CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-TAY
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
C/n (msn):18-2613
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Lindsay
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:June 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:133044Submit Correction
View count: 482
Withdrawn from use in May 1953. Sold in the US as N5080V.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAY
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
C/n (msn):18-2613
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:June 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-TAY
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
C/n (msn):18-2613
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Lindsay
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:June 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:133044Submit Correction
View count: 482
Withdrawn from use in May 1953. Sold in the US as N5080V.
Registration / Serial:VH-TAY
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
C/n (msn):18-2613
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:June 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-URY
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1
C/n (msn):6082
Operator Titles:Flying Doctor Service of Australia / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Flynn
City / Airport:Townsville - International (YBTL / TSV)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1950
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:131550Submit Correction
View count: 610
Photo before the Flying Doctor Service received the right to use "Royal" in its name. Aircraft owned and operated by TAA. Crashed at Cheviot Hills, Queensland, on October 20, 1953.
Registration / Serial:VH-URY
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1
C/n (msn):6082
Operator Titles:Flying Doctor Service of Australia / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Townsville - International (YBTL / TSV)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1950
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-URY
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1
C/n (msn):6082
Operator Titles:Flying Doctor Service of Australia / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:John Flynn
City / Airport:Townsville - International (YBTL / TSV)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1950
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:131550Submit Correction
View count: 610
Photo before the Flying Doctor Service received the right to use "Royal" in its name. Aircraft owned and operated by TAA. Crashed at Cheviot Hills, Queensland, on October 20, 1953.
Registration / Serial:VH-URY
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1
C/n (msn):6082
Operator Titles:Flying Doctor Service of Australia / Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Townsville - International (YBTL / TSV)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1949 to 1950
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-DRE
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 Mk1F
C/n (msn):5011
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Eric Donaldson
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1952 to December 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:131153Submit Correction
View count: 658
TAA is cited as the source of this photo and the year 1952. VH-DRE was delivered in April 1952 with variable-pitch de Havilland propellers. After three incidents of prop blades failing, one fatal, Drovers were grounded in September 1952. They were fitted fixed-pitch Fairey-Reed props, as seen in the photo, and new load charts were issued in December 1952 to allow operations to recommence. The photo location is not 100% certain but appears to be the eastern side of Mascot (now Sydney Kingsford Smith) airport near the TAA maintenance hangars.
Registration / Serial:VH-DRE
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1F
C/n (msn):5011
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1952 to December 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-DRE
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 Mk1F
C/n (msn):5011
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
Aircraft Name:Eric Donaldson
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1952 to December 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:131153Submit Correction
View count: 658
TAA is cited as the source of this photo and the year 1952. VH-DRE was delivered in April 1952 with variable-pitch de Havilland propellers. After three incidents of prop blades failing, one fatal, Drovers were grounded in September 1952. They were fitted fixed-pitch Fairey-Reed props, as seen in the photo, and new load charts were issued in December 1952 to allow operations to recommence. The photo location is not 100% certain but appears to be the eastern side of Mascot (now Sydney Kingsford Smith) airport near the TAA maintenance hangars.
Registration / Serial:VH-DRE
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1F
C/n (msn):5011
Operator Titles:Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1952 to December 1952
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)