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VH-MMA. Douglas C-47A-30-DL. c/n 9593.
was also registered as: VH-MWQ.
Construction completed at Long Beach, California - May 22, 1943 Built as a Douglas C-47A-30-DL Allocated U.S. serial number 42-23731 Delivered to U.S.A.A.F. - May 25, 1943 Delivered to 3 A.D. at Amberley, Queensland - June 21, 1943 Allocated to the R.A.A.F. becoming A65-13 with radio callsign 'VHCTL' Issued to No 34 Squadron using code letters 'FD-C' - July 2, 1943 Returned to 3 A.D. - April 18, 1946 Approved for disposal by Commonwealth Disposals Commission - December 16, 1946 Sold to M.M.A. at Brisbane as a source of spares - January 8, 1947 Struck-off charge at Richmond having flown 4,121 hours - January 15, 1947 Ferried Richmond-Perth - April 28, 1947 Flight crew: Capt C. N. Kleinig; Engineer F. Colquhoun Converted to civilian standards by MMA at Maylands Airport, Perth Test flown at Guildford Airport - October 1, 1947 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MMA - October 1, 1947 Registered to MacRobertson-Miller Aviation Co. Ltd Aircraft named 'RMA Ashburton' Operated its first revenue service for MMA Perth-Darwin - October 1, 1947 Registered to Commercial Aviation Company - October 1, 1955 Operated first MMA service with a Purser/Loader (duty previously undertaken by pilots) - December 30, 1962 Registered to MacRobertson Miller Airlines - December 22, 1966 Operated MMAs final DC-3 RPT service Newman-Perth - January 17, 1969 Flight crew: Capt B. Smith, G. Hewitt; F/O E. Montague; Hostess C. Bott Withdrawn from use and stored having flown 54,619 hours Painted in Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea livery at Perth - February 1969 Departed Perth on delivery flight to New Guinea - February 5, 1969 Ferry route: Perth-Forrest-Whyalla-Broken Hill-Rockhampton-Cairns-Lae Registered to Ansett (P & NG) Ltd - February 17, 1969 Sold to Air Niugini for $15,000 - November 1, 1973 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MMA - January 29, 1974 Registered to Papua New Guinea National Airline Leased to Connair as VH-MMA - January to May 1974 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 6, 1974 Reregistered as P2-ANS - November 6, 1975 Sold to Masling Commuter Services having flown 60,710 hours - May 6, 1976 Ferried Port Moresby-Bankstown - May 6, 1976 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - May 6, 1976 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MWQ - June 16, 1976 Registered to Masling Commuter Air Services Pty Ltd Withdrawn from use at Sydney - 1977 Sold to Setair Pty Ltd having flown 64,134 hours - August 18, 1979 Sold to Air North Pty Ltd for $17,000 - July 28, 1983 Rebuilt at an estimated cost of $150,000 Reregistered as VH-MMA - November 15, 1983 Registered to Air North Pty Ltd Utilised during the pilot's dispute for charters to / from the Argyle Diamond Mine Repainted into new Air North livery - February 1990 Participated in memorial fly-past over Darwin to mark 50th Anniversary of Darwin bombing - February 19, 1992 Repainted into all-silver livery of Henry & Walker - 1992 Registered to Vintage Aircraft Company Pty Ltd - August 13, 1993 Operated its final passenger flight - February 28, 1998 Placed in open storage at Darwin Airport Sold to John Hardy of Hardy Aviation - 1999 Rebuilt by SAE Aircraft Maintenance, Darwin and test flown - July 28, 2001 Had flown 68,316 hours as of April 5, 2005 Current |
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VH-MMA. Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines - in the full livery at Perth Airport, date unknown. (Image 0250-956. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-MMA. Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea - in the 'delta' livery, location and date unknown. (Image 0250-358. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-MMA. Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea - in the 'delta' livery, August 1973. (Image 0250-955. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-MWQ. Masling - in the basic livery at Sydney Airport, July 1976. (Image 0251-295. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Cootamundra Airport, September 1976. (Image 0251-296. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1977. (Image 0250-819. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1977. (Image 0250-820. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1977. (Image 0250-818. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Canberra Airport, February 1978. (Image 0251-297. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, November 1978. (Image 0251-246. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979. (Image 0250-589. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979. (Image 0250-821. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979. (Image 0250-408. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Masling - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1979. (Image 0250-077. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Setair - in the full livery with '3UZ' titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. (Image 0250-526. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Setair - in the full livery with '3UZ' titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. (Image 0250-531. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Setair - in the full livery with '3UZ' titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. (Image 0250-570. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Setair - in the full livery with '3UZ' titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. (Image 0250-474. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-MWQ. Setair - in the full livery with '3UZ' titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. (Image 0250-571. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MWQ. Setair - in the full livery with '3UZ' titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. (Image 0250-530. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-MMA. Air North - in the old livery at Darwin Airport, June 1986. (Image 0250-069. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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VH-MMA. Air North - in the revised livery at Darwin Airport, June 1990. (Image 0250-435. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-MMA. Air North - in the revised livery at Darwin Airport, June 1990. (Image 0250-294. B. Dannecker Collection) |
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VH-MMA. Air North - in the all-metal livery without titles at Darwin Airport, date unknown. (Image 0250-070. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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VH-MMA. Henry & Walker Group - in the full livery at Darwin Airport, June 1992. (Image 0250-475. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-MMA. Henry & Walker Group - in the full livery at Darwin Airport, August 1992. (Image 0251-298. E. D. Daw Collection) |
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