VH-TAC  DC-4-1009         'John Forrest'                          c/n  43067

                                     The first VH-TAC was only with the airline for 18 months in 1946-48 and was then leased
                                     to BCPA as VH-BPA 'Adventure'.  At the end of the lease it did not return to TAA, but was
                                     sold to Qantas as 'Hong Kong Trader' registered VH-EBL.  Consequently, photographs of
                                     it in TAA are livery are rare, and I am indebted to Barrie Colledge for this image of it, scratchy
                                     though it may be.  Note the early rendition of the airline titles (the script style was not adopted
                                     until about 1948).  Ansett-ANA purchased  it in 1961 when it became VH-INY.  For its
                                     contnued history see the narrative under VH-EBL.