VH-ASV
"Aurora Australis"
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| 20FEB40 | Received 2 AD ex USA. |
| 02MAY40 | Issued to 14 Sqn. |
| 28DEC41 | Issued to 13 Sqn. |
| 25MAR42 | Issued 1 AD. |
| 07JUL42 | Received 1 OTU. |
| 16JUL43 | Ground looped when port undercarriage collapsed on landing at Bairnsdale. |
| 21JAN44 | Issued to 7 AD. |
| 30MAY44 | Received 2 AD ex 7 AD. |
| 19NOV45 | Placed in storage at 2 AD. |
| 20FEB46 | Declared surplus and offered for sale. |
| 23JUN46 | Sold to G R Board, Sydney for £600. |
| 12OCT46 | Issued to purchaser. |
| FEB47 | Test flown by Geoff Hoskins on two occasions (20 mins and 35 mins) after overhaul for CofA. |
| 03JUL47 | Registration application from H. Warren G. Penny, Sydney. Configured for 3 crew and 10 passengers. |
| 23JUL47 | Registered VH-ASV. |
| AUG47 | Hangared at Darwin for several days. |
| SEP47 | Reported to have left Australia for overseas trip flown by Warren Penny. Penny and E.S. Allen trade as Intercontinental Air Tours, Sydney. Name "Aurora Australis"and Australian flag carried on nose. |
| 21SEP47 | Noted at Croydon Aerodrome, UK. |
| 30JAN48 | Impounded at Singapore due to irregularity with CofA but aircraft later released to Penny. |
| MAR48 | Port undercarriage strut failed at Darwin on arrival from Athens. |
| 17MAR48 | Hangared at Darwin until 19MAR48. |
| 01APR48 | Hangared at Darwin until 12APR48. |
| APR48 | Registered XY-ACD and subsequently to Burmese Air Force (Aviation Letter #188 JUL82 p.6). |
| 13APR48 | Sold to Francis J. Grigware, Sydney. |
| 22MAY48 | Left Darwin on charter flight to Rome. |
| MAY48 | Tailwheel collapsed at Rangoon. |
| OCT48 | Reported still abandoned at Rangoon but believed sold in Indonesia. Grigware reported being held by Burmese authorities over illegal landings in Southern Burma. |
| OCT49 | Reported purchased by Burma Air Traders Ltd, Rangoon having been obtained from the Director of Civil Aviation, Burma. B.A.T. intend to make aircraft airworthy for sale overseas. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 3 | 09JUL02 |
Added
reference to test flights in FEB47.
Added a photo of the aircraft with nose glazing. |
