Fokker
F.27 Friendship VH-CAT
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VH-CAT & VH-CAV were delivered from the Fokker factory in Netherlands to Australia in September 1959. VH-CAT was built by Fokker at Schipol, Netherlands, (c/n 10132) and originally registered PH-FAZ. Both Friendships were based at Melbourne/Essendon and used for a variety of roles, including radio navigation aid calibration work throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea. VH-CAT is seen above at Adelaide/West Beach in August 1962. It has the original metal nose, which was later replaced by a radome covering a weather radar antenna.
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The image above shows VH-CAT, with the radar nose, at its Essendon base on 12 October 1964, while the image below shows it a Sydney/Kingsford Smith on 12 March 1966. |
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Below, both Department of Transport, Air Transport Group, airways survey F.27s VH-CAT and, behind, VH-CAV wait on a wet Essendon apron, on 4 November 1975. Note that the DCA Flying Unit logo has been removed from the nose and fin of both aircraft, but they do not carry the DOT logo.
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Click here to see the cockpit of VH-CAT
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