jankees 917 Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/5891-manfred-jahns-c-47-fiji-airways-vh-edc/ Douglas C-47A-20-DK c/n 12874 VH-EDC of Fiji Airways. Built in 1944, it received USAAF serial 42-93010, but went to the RAAF, becoming A65-46 with call sign VH-CIC. In 1948, it went to the Department of Civil Aviation as VH-CAR. It was sold to Qantas in 1961, becoming VH-EDC, and leased to Fiji Airways between April 1965 and June 1966. Qantas sold it to Quensland Pacific trading in 1971, which sold it in turn to Bush Pilots Airways in 1972. It went to Air Queensland in 1982, Air Rambler in 1988 and South Pacific Airmotive in 1992. It was forced to ditch of Botany Bay, Sydney in 1994 due to engine failure just after take-off, with all 24 people on board surviving without major injuries. The aircraft was recovered, but deemed uneconomical to repair, it was thus withdrawn from use. The wreck of the aircraft was used in the TV series 'the Pacific' and is now owned by Jason Burgess, who moved it to a farm near Swan Hill. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Wow, your really going to town on the C-47, I guess their is no shortage of liveries for an aircraft that has been around as long as this baby. Nicely done. Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 NO, I can keep painting this aircraft for the rest of my life I think.. VH-AGU, which was originally constructed for the USAAC in 1944 as a C-47B-35-DK and allocated the military serial 44-76336. In February 1945 it was acquired by the RAAF and allocated the serial A65-72. Operated until 1959, it was then sold to Adastra Airways and converted for civil use. In October 1964 the aircraft was re-registered to Sepal Pty Ltd, but in October 1969 it was acquired by Adastra Aerial Surveys Pty Ltd. Adastra Aerial Surveys was acquired by East-West Airlines Ltd in April 1973 and VH-AGU was re-registered to East-West Airlines on 12 November 1974. East-West won the MLS trials support contract in December 1974 and VH-AGU was re-painted in East-West colours at Tamworth in the month prior to positioning at Melbourne/Essendon for the commencement of the contract on 25 January 1975. The contact was for 3 years with options to extend and it appears to have been extended twice before terminating on 10 August 1979. At some stage in the late 1970s the aircraft was transferred to South Coast Aviation, another East-West subsidiary. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in August 1979 at Essendon at the conclusion of its Departmental charter, and sold to Aerodyne Pty Ltd of Moorabbin. It was badly damaged when a Piper Cherokee ran into it at Brisbane in 1988, but it was repaired and is still current, owned by Jeffrey Trapett of Victoria, who had it painted in a USAF Vietnam camouflage paint scheme. http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/5920-manfred-jahns-c-47-adastra-aerial-surveys-vh-agu/ Link to post Share on other sites
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jankees 917 Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 here's "Uncle Joe's Chariot", the personal aircraft of General 'Vinegar' Joe Stilwell, commander of the China-Burma-India theatre of operations: Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Looks like a good one for me! I have been flying around in the Brazilian AF paint recently in preparation for our Easter Rally! Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 here's the same aircraft, 15 years later, overflying my own house near Brussels: still needs some tlc, but nearly there Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 I just love Manfreds Dak! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Not sure if it is my military background but I really like olive drab paints, great repaint Jan Kees. Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted March 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 This is something to explore Belgium with, oh, and it is the same aircraft as the previous one! Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 640 Posted March 25, 2017 Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 Really nice paint again, lovely shots these! Link to post Share on other sites
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jankees 917 Posted September 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 VH-EAL of Qantas Empire Airways. Originally C-47A-20-DK c/n 13084 42-93199, it flew with the RAAF as A65-49 VH-CIE before joining Qantas in 1946 as VH-EAL (this paint), and later VH-EBH and VH-EBW. It went to Brain & Brown as VH-BAA (an earlier paint) in 1960 and flew with them until 1979. It was then taken to the Warbirds Aviation Museum in Mildura, but was moved to Alice Springs in 1995 to join the Central Australian Aviation Museum, where it is now painted in the colors of VH-EWE of Connair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 bit of camo, anyone? jk4164 jk4483 jk4505 jk4880 Link to post Share on other sites
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