VH-AVL (1)
Douglas
DC-3CS1C3G (c/n 13906)
Photographs of VH-AVL are relatively hard to come
by. Both shots on this page were taken by Gus
Grulke of Brisbane
(and I am indebted to John Wilson for them).
This aircraft was originally (briefly)
registered
VH-ANK and was to have been an
ANA machine. In the event ADAT issued it to Guinea
and it was the registered out of
the ANA sequence. It was registered to Queensland Airlines in 1954
and a shot of it in that
livery appears below. In 1960 it was sold in New Zealand as
ZK-BYD. From
there it went to
Laos flying with Air America, and is believed to be one of the two
C-47s delivered to
General
Vang Pao's Xieng Khouang Air Transport in 1967/68 as XW-PFA. It
later was sold to Lao
United Airlines of Vientiane
in1969. It was damaged
beyond repair during a storm in 1976.