VH-GBC
(4) Cessna
310I
(c/n 310I-0197)
Greg Banfield's shot of
this 1964 model 310 was taken at Mascot in September 1969. It was
previously
N8197M. It was first registered on 21 January 1965 to the
Berrawinnia Pastoral
Co. of Wallendbeen,
NSW. Since this was the fourth use of this rego by this
agricultural outfit
it is probably safe to assume that someone at
the Berrawinnia company had the initials GBC !
(In March 2011 I was contacted by Brian Nicolson who indicates that the
Boorowa business-
man concerned was Mr. Bryce Crawford who
possibly had a first name he didn't like or use
[like myself] with the
letter G). Thanks for that, Brian!
Anyway, -GBC was sold in October
1969 to another pastoral company in outback NSW (and was clearly
transiting through Mascot
when Greg took the above
photo) and then went on to be owned by several different parties
all
over Australia and PNG
before being cancelled from the register on 28 March 2000 at the then
owner's request.