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VH-JVF. Douglas C-47A-20-DK. c/n 12874.
was also registered as: VH-CAR & VH-EDC.
Construction completed at Oklahoma City plant - March 28, 1944 Built as a Douglas C-47A-20-DK Allocated U.S. serial number 42-93010 Transferred to the R.A.A.F. under lend / lease agreement - becoming A65-46 - April 17, 1944 Operated under the radio callsign 'VHCIC' Allocated to No 38 Squadron - May 1, 1944 Allocated to No 36 Squadron - December 22, 1944 Allocated to No 1 Aircraft Performance Unit - June 18, 1946 Allocated to Central Flying School - August 7, 1947 Withdrawn from use - offered to Commonwealth Disposal Commission for disposal - September 17, 1948 Struck-off charge - October 26, 1948 Sold to Commonwealth of Australia / Department of Civil Aviation for $A 12,800 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JVF - November 17, 1949 Registered to Department of Civil Aviation Reregistered as VH-CAR - July 14, 1950 Aircraft was maintained for D.C.A. by Trans Australia Airlines Utilised by Goodyear for cross-wind landing trials - July 1950 to January 1951 Sold to Qantas - May 1961 Reregistered as VH-EDC - June 7, 1961 Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Leased to Fiji Airways in basic Qantas livery - April 12, 1965 to June 27, 1966 Ownership transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd - June 5, 1970 Sold to Queensland Pacific Trading Co - November 1971 Registered to Queensland Pacific Trading Company Pty Ltd - November 15, 1971 Sold to Bush Pilots Airways - June 17, 1972 Registered to Bush Pilots Airways Ltd - June 26, 1972 Leased to Connair Pty Ltd - November 1972 to March 1973 Registered to Bush Pilots Airways (PNG) Pty Ltd - August 8, 1973 Operated in Papua New Guinea by Bush Pilots Registered to Bush Pilots Airways Pty Ltd - January 27, 1977 Registered to Air Queensland Ltd - January 8, 1982 Withdrawn from service and stored at Cairns - August 3, 1987 Ferried Cairns-Brisbane for storage - December 12, 1987 Sold to DC-3 Queensland - February 1988 Registered to Air Rambler (Australia) Pty Ltd - April 7, 1988 Ferried Brisbane-Cairns - June 17, 1988 Sold to South Pacific Airmotive - June 10, 1991 Registered to South Pacific Airmotive Pty Ltd, Camden, N.S.W. - July 30, 1992 Aircraft was forced to ditch in Botany Bay, Sydney after taking-off on charter to Norfolk Island - April 24, 1994 All 21 passengers and 3 crew escaped with minor or no injuries Aircraft was salvaged using inflatable airbags, removed to hangar and treated for salt-water immersion Accident attributed to malfunction of port engine due to excessive wear and starboard engine not performing as per specifications again due to wear Airframe trucked to Camden Airport with view to returning it to airworthy status Considered to be uneconomical to repair - permantly withdrawn from use Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 5, 2006 |
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VH-EDC. Fiji Airways - in full Qantas livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1966. (Image 0250-703. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Qantas - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1967. (Image 0250-434. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-EDC. Qantas - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, April 1967. (Image 0250-238. B. Dannecker Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Qantas - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, May 1967. (Image 0250-237. B. Dannecker Collection) |
VH-EDC. Qantas - in the final livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, June 1970. (Image 0251-223. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. Queensland Pacific Airways - in its full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1972. (Image 0250-938. B. Dannecker Collection) |
VH-EDC. Queensland Pacific Airways - in its full livery at Oakey Airport, March 1972. (Image 0250-219. B. Dannecker Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Queensland Pacific Airways - in its full livery at Oakey Airport, March 1972. (Image 0250-220. B. Dannecker Collection) |
VH-EDC. Bush Pilots Airways - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1974. (Image 0251-288. E. D. Daw Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Bush Pilots Airways - in its original livery at Cairns Airport, November 1976. (Image 0251-073. G. Bennett Collection) |
VH-EDC. Bush Pilots Airways - in its original livery at Cairns Airport, November 1976. (Image 0251-030. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Bush Pilots Airways - in its revised livery at Cairns Airport, October 1977. (Image 0251-074. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-EDC. BPA Australia's Northern Airline - with revised titles at Cairns Airport, April 1978. (Image 0251-289. E. D. Daw Collection) |
VH-EDC. BPA Australia's Northern Airline - with revised titles at Cairns Airport, December 1980. (Image 0251-075. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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VH-EDC. BPA Queensland's Airline - in the old livery and new titles, November 1981. (Image 0251-076. G. Bennett Collection) |
VH-EDC. BPA Queensland's Airline - in the old livery and new titles, January 1982. (Image 0251-225. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, November 1982. (Image 0251-290. E. D. Daw Collection) |
VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, September 1983. (Image 0250-048. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, September 1983. (Image 0250-400. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, September 1983. (Image 0250-473. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, September 1983. (Image 0251-226. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, September 1983. (Image 0251-227. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - with revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, September 1983. (Image 0250-477. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-EDC. Air Queensland - with revised livery & titles at Weipa Airport, September 1983. (Image 0251-078. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the revised livery & titles at Cairns Airport, May 1984. (Image 0251-228. E. D. Daw Collection) |
VH-EDC. Air Queensland - with additional '4CA' titles at Cairns Airport, December 1985. (Image 0251-077. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the Australian livery at Cairns Airport, May 1987. (Image 0251-079. G. Bennett Collection) |
VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the Australian livery at Cairns Airport, July 1987. (Image 0251-229. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. Air Queensland - in the Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1987. (Image 0251-080. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-EDC. DC-3 Queensland - in the basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1988. (Image 0251-285. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
VH-EDC. DC-3 Queensland - in the basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1988. (Image 0251-081. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-EDC. DC-3 Queensland - in the basic Australian livery at Bankstown Airport, January 1990. (Image 0251-287. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
VH-EDC. DC-3 Queensland - in the basic Australian livery at Bankstown Airport, January 1990. (Image 0251-286. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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VH-EDC. South Pacific - in the basic Australian livery at Bankstown Airport, December 1993. (Image 0250-284. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
VH-EDC. South Pacific Airmotive - in the basic Australian livery at Bankstown Airport, February 1994. (Image 0250-051. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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