VH-AAU "Salamaua"
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Type: L-10A Electra
Msn: 1108
Previous Identities:
| 31JUL37 | Completed at Burbank. |
| 29SEP37 | Arrived Melbourne on the S.S. "Wairuna". Assembled at Essendon by Brown and Dureau. |
| 15OCT37 | CofR No 667 issued to Guinea Airways as VH-AAU. Aircraft ferried from Essendon to Parafield same day. |
| 05MAR38 | Returning from Sydney in bad weather, control was lost and the aircraft entered a spin losing considerable altitude. Control was regained near the township of Mannum and the aircraft flew south to Murray Bridge with a faulty starboard engine. The aircraft landed after dark on the race course which was illuminated with car headlights. After examination, the starboard engine was changed. The aircraft was being flown by Capt Hugh Hughes and First Officer Jim Lang. |
| 02NOV38 | Chartered to the Department of Civil Aviation for testing the newly installed Lorenz navigation beacons on the main Australian air routes. |
| 39 | During the winter of 1939, the aircraft was holding prior to landing at Adelaide. In bad weather and strong winds, the aircraft drifted to the east and subsequently descended through tree tops at Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills. After landing safely, the aircraft was found to have foliage in the undercarriage and damaged leading edges. The aircraft was being flown by Capt Dallas Scott and First Officer Jim Corlette. |
| 22JUL39 | Departed Darwin on a survey flight to Dili in Portuguese Timor in preparation for Qantas flying boat operations. The Minister for Civil Aviation, J.V. Fairbairn, travelled on the flight. |
| 11DEC39 | Commenced a charter to the RAAF based at Richmond. |
| 28MAR41 | The aircraft was inadvertently landed wheels up on the grass at Parafield by Capt Bob Godsell with minimal damage and no injuries. |
| SEP41 | Chartered to ANA for their daily Adelaide- Mount Gambier-Melbourne service. |
| DEC42 | Participated in the Buna campaign in New Guinea. |
| 43 | Used extensively on the Adelaide to Darwin courier run with numerous forced landings. |
| 30JAN44 | Unscheduled landing at Parafield with u/s Sperry artificial horizon. Was operating a scheduled Guinea Airways service to Batchelor. Capt Schubert and F/O Austen. (NAA via G. Goodall) |
| 05AUG46 | Added to the N.Z. Register as ZK-ALI. |
| 26AUG46 | Struck off the Australian Register as withdrawn from service. |
| 28AUG46 | Sold to Union Airways of N.Z. Ltd. Flown to Essendon and shipped from Melbourne to New Zealand. |
| 05OCT46 | Arrived in Wellington on the "Salamaua". Because of problems with the supply of radio equipment, the aircraft was initially stored dismantled in a hangar at Rongotai, Wellington. |
| MAY47 | Ferried from Wellington to Palmerston North. |
| 05AUG47 | CofA issued as ZK-ALI and later entered service with NAC as "Koweka". |
| 20OCT49 | Last scheduled passenger flight with NAC. |
| 29OCT49 | Last flight. |
| 14APR50 | CofA expired and aircraft stored at Palmerston North. |
| 26APR51 | Ownership transferred to Rural Aviation Ltd of New Plymouth. |
| MAR53 | The aircraft was dismantled and taken by road to New Plymouth. A proposed sale to Overland Air Services of Condoblin, NSW was not completed. |
| 24NOV53 | Cancelled from the N.Z. Register. |
| 61 | Scrapped at New Plymouth. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 2 | 06MAR06 |
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reference to incident on 30JAN44.
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| 1 | 08FEB00 |
Original
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