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VH-AGU. Douglas C-47B-35-DK. c/n 32668.
Construction completed at Oaklahoma City - February 1945 Built as a Douglas C-47B-35-DK Allocated U.S. serial number 44-76336 Delivered to U.S.A.A.F. - February 12, 1945Transferred to R.A.A.F. under the lend-lease agreement - February 27, 1945 Used radio call-sign VHCIO Issued to No 37 Squadron coded 'OM-O' - March 3, 1945 Issued to 86th Transport Wing - February 26, 1947 Issued to A.R.D.U. at Point Cook - February 12, 1948 Issued to No. 1 Squadron and based in Malaya - October 24, 1953 Used in psychological warfare by having loudspeakers attached and broadcasting messages to enemy troops Returned to Australia - June 23, 1954 Withdrawn from use and struck-off charge - August 13, 1958 Sold to Adastra Airways - February 12, 1959 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AGU - December 24, 1959 Registered to Adastra Airways Pty Ltd Registered to Westralian Aerial Surveys - December 23, 1961 Registered to Sepal Pty Ltd - October 26, 1964 Registered to Adastra Aerial Surverys Pty Ltd - October 24, 1969 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 9, 1972 Returned to the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AGU - May 8, 1972 Sold and registered to East West Airlines Pty Ltd - November 12, 1974 Converted for Interscan Instrument Landing System performance testing Fitted with radar and used as a navigation aid test platform Transferred to South Coast Aviation Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Melbourne's Essendon Airport - August 1979 Sold and registered to Great Pacific Aeroplane Company - August 10, 1979 Sold to Aerodyne Pty Ltd - August 13, 1979 Registered to Garmet Enterprises Pty Ltd t/a Air Charter Centre - March 5, 1981 Registered to Yarakan Enterprises Ltd - January 4, 1983 Registered to Golden west Airways Pty Ltd - June 4, 1983 Registered to Peachbrand Pty Ltd t/a Dakota Airways - June 17, 1988 Sold to Jeffrey Trappett, Victoria - April 3, 1993 Ferried Kingaroy-Wagga Wagga-Latrobe Valley Regional Airport, Traralgon - February 10, 1997 Aircraft had flown 13,500 hours to date Observed parked at RAAF Point Cook - February 2000 Observed parked / stored at Morwell, Victoria - September 2001 Registered to Jeffrey Trappett - August 18, 2005 Current |
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VH-AGU. Westralian Aerial Surveys - in an all-metal livery at Sydney Airport, date unknown. (Image 0250-745. E. D. Daw Collection) |
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VH-AGU. Adastra Aerial Surveys - in an all-metal livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 0250-458. J. Hopton Photograph) |
VH-AGU. Adastra Aerial Surveys - in an all-metal livery at Sydney Airport, January 1968. (Image 0250-712. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. Adastra Aerial Surveys - in an all-metal livery at Sydney Airport, August 1973. (Image 0250-681. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. East West - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1974. (Image 0250-684. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-AGU. East West - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1974. (Image 0250-574. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. East West - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, February 1975. (Image 0251-015. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-AGU. East West - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1976. (Image 0250-685. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. G.P.A.C. - in basic East West livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1979. (Image 0250-545. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-AGU. G.P.A.C. - in basic East West livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1981. (Image 0250-713. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. Air Charter Centre - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, August 1981. (Image 0250-682. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-AGU. Air Charter Centre - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1982. (Image 0250-009. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. Air Charter Centre - in its full livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, April 1982. (Image 0250-010. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
VH-AGU. Golden West Airways - in modified Air Charter livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1984. (Image 0250-017. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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VH-AGU. Golden West Airways - in modified Air Charter livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1986. (Image 0250-714. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
VH-AGU. Dakota Airways - in modified Air Charter livery at Brisbane's Archerfield Airport, June 1988. (Image 0251-019. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. Dakota Airways - in modified Air Charter livery at Brisbane's Archerfield Airport, July 1988. (Image 0251-020. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
VH-AGU. Dakota Airways - in modified Air Charter livery at Brisbane's Archerfield Airport, July 1988. (Image 0251-021. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
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VH-AGU. Dakota Airways - in modified Air Charter livery at Brisbane's Archerfield Airport, August 1988. (Image 0250-683. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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VH-AGU. Spirit of Free Enterprises - in modified Dakota Airways livery at Brisbane's Airport, April 1998. (Image 0250-641. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
VH-AGU. Spirit of Free Enterprises - in modified Dakota Airways livery at Brisbane's Airport, May 1998. (Image 0250-640. P. J. Gates Photograph) |