VH-INS joined Ansett-ANA after Ansett Airways took over ANA. It was sold in Taiwan in 1968. Photo by: Barrie Colledge

Darmo airfield in Soerabaja (now Surabaya), East Java, Indonesia was active and used for various aviation undertakings in the early to mid-20th century. These included a flying club, military operations (Fokker DC.I) and early commercial services (Fokker F.VII). It was a stopover landing site for Douglas DC-2 PH-AJU "Uiver" during its London-Brisbane flight in 1934. A substantial two storey building existed and one edge of it can be seen to the right here. Other photo evidence shows it had a wind sock and an anemometer on the roof and a tall pylon beside it, possibly for floodlights. The shack with Shell B.P.M. on it was likely used for storing flammables. (B.P.M. = Bataafsche Petroleum Mattscappi).Photo from Victor Warners.

The owner was a Mr. Tjaarda de Cock Buning. It is ex G-ADHF and was shipped to the Netherlands East Indies in 1936. Eventually it was used by the NEI military, possibly as MH007. Its fate was to be burned by the military to keep it from falling into Japanese hands when they invaded Indonesia in March 1942. Photo from Victor Warners

The owner was Vliegclub Soerabja (now Surabaya) and on 6 August 1939 it suffered an engine failure on take off from its base at Darmo Airfield, Surabaya. It struck a dyke in the resultant forced landing causing substantial damage. No further details are known. Photo from Victor Warners

Damaged in a taxiing accident at Bassingbourn in April 1945. Photo from: Jim Bradley (son of photographer)

This was Lufthansa's inaugural DC-10 service to Sydney. The media filming the event saw the DC-10 land on runway 07 and disappear into the spray and mist caused by heavy rain. When the aircraft did not reappear as expected, word came through it had overrun the runway. It took two tugs to extract it from the soft ground but there was no damage done. Photo by: Chris O'Neill (via Roger McDonald)

Crashed in the Daulo Pass when it struck a tree on February 18, 1974. All seven occupants killed. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Photo shows the military area of the airport in 1987. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Sold in the US as N30P in July 1973. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Damaged at Whim Creek, Western Australia on November 25, 1979. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

VH-FNT during its ferry flight to Norwich in the UK where it was supposed to be prepared for delivery to Pakistan International. That deal fell though and it was leased in Spain as EC-EHG. On return to Norwich it was again VH-FNT from July 1990 to December 1991 (without returning to Australia), until it was sold in Canada in January 1992 as C-FAFE. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Taken from the cockpit of a Fokker F-27 being ferried from Australia to the Americas. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

The USAAF and the RAAF abandoned about 30 damaged and war-weary aircraft at Tadji at the end of World War II. They included Beauforts, P-39s, P-40s, an A-20 and this B-25 The best of them were recovered in 1974, with most going the US - three have since flown again - and a couple to Australia. 41-12442 was one of two retained in PNG and at the time of upload was displayed outside the nearby Aitape Secondary College. The remaining aircraft were bits and pieces that remained on the dump for many years until they too were cleared away. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Transferred to the Papua New Guinea register as P2-GKB in April 1974. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Reregistered VH-UPF in July 1967. Photo from: Ken Broomhead

Photo by: Ken Broomhead

A85-448 and -447 at the home of Rod Swallow, who ran an aircraft restoration business from his home. Both aircraft has been struck off by the RAAF in 1970 and had previously been displayed at the Bacchus Marsh Lion Park for about 8 years. -448's fuselage was last reported in Queensland as a restoration project, -447 is also a restoration project with the registration VH-VVH allocated. It is in Victoria. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

This control tower was at the end of the main road from the Port Moresby city centre to the airport terminals. It has since been demolished and replaced by a new control tower on the eastern side of the airport. Photo from: Ken Broomhead

Served with Bangladesh Biman until February 1989 when sold in the US as N8090Q. Photo by: Ken Broomhead

Withdrawn from use in 1957. Photo from: Ken Broomhead