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VH-ANC. Douglas DC-4-1009. c/n 42949-16. Was also registered as: OO-SBV; OD-ADO. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Australian National Airways - 1944 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANC - November 01, 1945 Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd, Melbourne The aircraft named 'Warana' (blue sky) Test flown at Santa Monica - March 05 and 06, 1946 Accepted by A. N. A. at Burbank - April 07, 1946 Departed San Francisco (10:00 local) on the delivery flight to Australia - April 07, 1946 It arrived at Melbourne (Laverton) on completion of the delivery flight with 28 passengers onboard - April 13, 1946 Delivery route: San Francisco - Honolulu - Canton Island - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captain J. Armstrong (Douglas), F. Patterson; LAME S. S. Woodhouse Entered Australian service with A. N. A. - April 1946 Used to survey the Australia - United States route (Captain P. T. L. Taylor) - May 03, 1946 to May 08, 1946 Survey route: Melbourne (Laverton) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Nadi - Canton Island - Honolulu - San Francisco (Oakland) Chartered on an ad hoc basis to B. C. P. A. for trans-Pacific services - September 15, 1946 to April 21, 1948 Operated the first B. C. P. A. Sydney - Vancouver service (fortnightly) with 38 passengers - September 15, 1946 Route: Sydney - Nadi - Canton Island - Honolulu - Oakland - Vancouver Flight crew: Captains P. T. L. Taylor, P. Gibbs; F/O H. W. Moore; Hostesses I. Darrock, J. Hutchins Operated a Rome - Australia migrant charter (Captains C. Callabder, F. Patterson) - July 12, 1948 Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) - ? Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 10, 1958 Sold to SABENA Belgian World Airlines - January 11, 1958 Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-SBV - January 11, 1958 Leased to Lebanese International Airways, Beirut, Labanon - December 1959 Sold to Trans Mediterranean Airways (T.M.A.) - March 1960 Entered onto the Lebanese Aircraft Register as OD-ADO - ? The aircraft crashed whilst landing at Azaibo, Muscat - January 21, 1962 There were no casualties but aircraft was destroyed by fire |
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VH-ANC. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - 'Warana' in the original livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1125-550.) |
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VH-ANC. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - 'Warana' - the survey flight from Melbourne to San Francisco - everyone who was on this flight signed this banknote. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1125-726.) |
VH-ANC. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - 'Warana' - the survey flight from Melbourne to San Francisco - everyone who was on this flight signed this banknote. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1125-727.) |
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VH-ANC. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - 'Warana' in the original livery at Whenuapai Airport, August 26, 1947. (Whites Aviation WA-08788-F Copyright Image 1125-669.) |
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VH-ANC. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - 'Warana' in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, circa 1953. (B. Colledge Collection Copyright Image 1125-457.) |
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VH-ANC. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - 'Warana' in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, August 1956. (B. Colledge Copyright Image 1125-133.) |