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VH-ANX. Douglas C-47A-65-DL. c/n 18949.
Construction completed at the Douglas Long Beach plant - October 1943 Built as a Douglas C-47A-65-DL Delivered to the United States Army Air Force - October 19, 1943 Allocated U.S. serial number 42-100486 Delivered to the 5th Air Force at Brisbane - December 12, 1943 Operated by 40th TCS as 'Cheeky Charlie' with nose number '32' Operated by 6th TCS with nose number 'W514' Operated by 67th TCS and 68th TCS before being returned to 6th TCS at Tacloban Withdrawn from use and transferred to U.S. Foreign Disposals Commission - 1945 Sold to Australian National Airways - August 17, 1945 Aircraft had flown 3,012 hours Ferried Manila-Melbourne (Essendon) for conversion to civilian standardsDuring overhaul it was converted to a DC-3C with seating for 21 passengers It had been excluded from USAAF inventory due to its sale to ANA Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANX (CofR 853) - December 17, 1945 Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd Aircraft was named 'Tarrana' (kangaroo) Registered as DC-3C-G202A as it had been fitted with Wright GR-1820-G202A cyclone engines - July 31, 1950 Utilised by Butler Air Transport for short periods but exact details are unknown Converted to full freighter configuration - 1957 Registered to Ansett-ANA - October 1957 Commenced weekly Ansett-ANA freight service Cairns-Port Moresby - March 10, 1966 Leased to Airlines of South Australia - 1967 Withdrawn from serviceat Essendon Airport - May 9, 1968 Reregistered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - December 18, 1969 Sold to MMA - March 1, 1970 Delivered to MMA at Perth in freighter configuration - March 3, 1970 Used by MMA to mainly transport spare engines around the state as required By 1971 MMA had no pilots that were DC-3 rated and Ansett pilots had to be flown to Perth when needed Sold to Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd - March 12, 1972 Acquired Australian Aircraft Sales logo on basic Ansett 'delta' livery Ferried Perth-Melbourne for storage - March 12 - 15, 1972 Registered to Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd - April 19, 1972 Prepared for sale to Inter Island Transfer (Hawaii) Inc Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N99131 - June 15, 1972 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Honolulu - August 27, 1972Arrived Honolulu at conclusion of delivery flight - August 30, 1972 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 30, 1972 Registered to Inter Island Transfer (Hawaii) Inc - December 1973 Inter Island Transfer had contracts to carry outsized tourist's baggage to island resorts Transferred to Honolulu Leasing - June 1975 Leased to Genavco Corp for cargo operations - April 1976 Aircraft was named 'Tyranna' Observed in a derelict condition at Honolulu Airport - September 1977 Registered to Genavco Corporation - March 15, 1978 Observed undergoing restoration at Honolulu - September 1983 Operated by Aloha Airlines Inc to celebrate that airline's 40th Anniversary - April 1988 Aircraft had flown more than 51,000 hours by this date Observed at Honolulu with Air Venezuela titles as 'YVP-2PL4' - May 2001 Genavco was acquired by Kamaka Air Inc - 2003 Withdrawn from use and stored at Honolulu - April 2004 Registered to Kamaka Air Inc - April 11, 2004 Advertised for sale at Honolulu Airport - April 28, 2004 Current status - ? |
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VH-ANX. Australian National Airways - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, August 1955. |
VH-ANX. Australian National Airways - in the full livery at Essendon
Airport, October 1955. |
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VH-ANX. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, January 1967. |
VH-ANX. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon
Airport, January 1967. |
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VH-ANX. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, January 1967. |
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VH-ANX. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, June 1967. |
VH-ANX. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon
Airport, June 1968. |
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VH-ANX. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, February 1970. |
VH-ANX. A.A.S. - in the basic Ansett 'delta' livery at Essendon
Airport, June 1972. |
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VH-ANX. A.A.S. - in the basic Ansett 'delta' livery at Essendon Airport, July 1972. |
VH-ANX. A.A.S. - in the basic Ansett 'delta' livery at Essendon
Airport, July 1972. |
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N99131. A.A.S. - in the basic Ansett 'delta' livery at Honolulu Airport, October 1973. |
N99131. A.A.S. - in the basic Ansett 'delta' livery at Honolulu
Airport, August 1981. |
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N99131. Genavco Air Cargo - in the full livery at Honolulu Airport, April 1985. |
N99131. Aloha Airlines - in the Genavco livery at Honolulu
Airport, April 1987. |
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N99131. Genavco Air Cargo - in the full livery at Honolulu Airport, April 1991. |
N99131. Genavco Air Cargo - in the full livery at Honolulu
Airport, November 1996. |
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N99131. Aero Venezuela - in the Genavco livery at Honolulu Airport, March 2001. |
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