A89-307 in its original glossy sea blue finish and without the underwing jet pods installed later in 1959. It and its companion A89-312 diverted to Brisbane because -307 experienced a prop overspeed. Photo by Barry Flood.

No backhoes ripping metal apart when A89-307 was scrapped. Useful parts were removed and the rest dismantled into sections that could moved to a metal recycling plant. Six P-2Es were scrapped at Bankstown.

A89-307 caught just as the sun was peaking over the eastern horizon. It was not enthusiasm that got me to the airport so early but a lift from a neighbour who worked there. In 1967 with my bicycle off the road, it was either a 20-minute pre-dawn trip with the neighbour or a 1½-hour journey by foot, train, bus and finally by foot again for the final mile.