Swearingen
Merlin III VH-SSL (ex VH-CAM)
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On retirement from the Department of Aviation, VH-CAM was sold in the USA as N173SP. The Australian registration was cancelled on 15 January 1986, but the aircraft did not actually leave Essendon and remained parked at the airport into the 1990s along with the former VH-CAL. Both aircraft were later ferried to Bankstown where they remained inactive for some time. Eventually both were returned to the air, VH-CAM as VH-SSL. The Merlins were replaced by Gulfstream 1000s. (Photo: Gordon Reid)
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