A97-209
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| Type: | L-182-1A Hercules C-130A-50-LM |
| MSN: | 182-3209 |
| Call Sign: | VM-JLG |
| Previous Identities: | 57-502 |
| Subsequent Identities: | N2267P (NTU) |
History:
| 20NOV58 | Received by RAAF. |
| 06DEC58 | Departed Lockheed, Marietta on delivery to Australia (in company with A97-205, 206 & 207). |
| 13DEC58 | Received at 2AD for acceptance inspection. |
| 16DEC58 | Fire warning on number 1 engine which was shut down and fire bottles discharged. |
| 16JAN59 | Starboard aileron damaged. |
| 20JAN59 | Received at 86Wing ex 2AD. |
| 11AUG61 | Received at 2AD for anti-corrosion treatment. |
| 27FEB62 | Despatched to 86 Wing ex 2AD. |
| 17MAR62 | Despatched to Lockheed for fuel tank corrosion repairs. |
| 29JUL62 | Received at 86 Wing ex USA. |
| 11JUN63 | Received at 2AD for E service. |
| 05SEP63 | Received at 86 Wing ex 2AD. |
| 21MAY65 | Received at 2AD for mods. |
| 12AUG65 | Received at 36SQN ex 2AD. |
| 13JUL66 | Received at 2AD for mods. |
| 12NOV66 | Despatched to 36SQN. |
| 19DEC66 | Received at 2AD for fitment of cargo door brackets. |
| 21DEC66 | Received at 36SQN ex 2AD. |
| 19MAY67 | Received at 2AD for Mods 137 and 138. |
| 22JUN67 | Received at 36SQN. |
| 23SEP67 | Received at Qantas for ADS. |
| 28NOV67 | Received at 2AD ex Qantas for Mod 131 and replacement of defective wing fittings. |
| 11MAR68 | Received at 36SQN ex 2AD. |
| 15DEC69 | Received at Qantas for ADS. |
| 13JAN70 | Allotted to 36SQN ex Qantas. |
| 08SEP70 | Allotted to 2AD for repairs. |
| 01JUN71 | Allotted to 36SQN ex 2AD. |
| 26APR72 | Received at Qantas for ADS. |
| 09JUN72 | Issued to 36SQN ex Qantas. |
| 09MAY73 | Allotted to 2AD for wing rehabilitation programme. |
| 07SEP73 | Allotted to 36SQN. |
| 15NOV73 | Allotted to 486SQN. |
| 14OCT74 | Received at Qantas for ADS. |
| 24DEC74 | Allotted to 486SQN. |
| 10JUN77 | Allotted to 2AD. |
| 17JUN77 | Allotted to 486SQN. |
| 24MAY78 | Registration application from Global Jet Sales/Parmax, Fort Worth, Texas as N2267P (NTU) |
| 29APR80 | Approved for withdrawal from sale and issue to AMTDU, Richmond for use as a trainaid. |
| 20MAR81 | Held AMTDU, Richmond for air movements courses training personnel. |
| 03OCT84 | Held AMTDU. Engines fitted are incomplete. |
| DEC85 | Held at AMTDU, Richmond. |
| DEC86 | Held at AMTDU, Richmond. |
| 03DEC01 | Overturned by a storm at Richmond and badly damaged. |
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scrapped at Richmond. (Source: 2) It had been claimed that the aircraft was buried. |
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ABBREVIATIONS
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| ADS | Anti-Deterioration Servicing |
| AMTDU | Air Movements Training & Development Unit |
| DAS | Department of Administrative Services |
| NTU | Not Taken Up |
| 2AD | No 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond |
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SOURCES
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1
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Aircraft Record Card |
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2
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Kourelakos, Bill, The Air Mobility Workhorse, Big Sky Publishing, 2025. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 9 | 20OCT25 |
Updated
the aircraft's fate from Source: 1.
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| 8 | 28JAN25 |
Added
an image from the John Hopton Collection
thanks to the CAHS.
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| 7 | 02JAN19 |
Added
an image thanks to Maurice Ritchie.
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| 6 | 16AUG16 |
Added
an image from the CAHS/Graham Fraser
Collection. Thanks to Phil Vabre.
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| 5 | 10APR16 |
Refreshed
page layout with no change to data.
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| 4 | 03APR06 |
Added
details of fate. Thanks to Col Tigwell.
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| 3 | 16DEC02 |
Added
details from RAAF status card.
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