Originally Posted by
Kagamuga
Wombat,
KRA was a piston Commander 680 and owned by King Ranch Australia, part of King Ranch in Texas.
The Commander was replaced by a Merlin II VH-KRG. The King Ranch properties were, Mt House Station in the Kimberly's, Brunette Downs on the Barkly tablelands, King Ranch Tully, and the world famous garden in Bowral NSW. The Bailleu family were part of the Australian holding at the time.
The aviation division of King Ranch, Australia was managed by the late John Cooke, of Nicol-Cooke Australia, they were also the Lockheed agents at the time amongst others
OK, Brunette Downs.
As a young pilot stooging around western Queensland, one would come across, KRA, or a very flash C310 belonging to the Goonoo Goonoo Pastoral company near Tamworth, or ABH a Lockheed 12A owned by Dr Tony Fisher on its way to his property near Lawn Hill or UNB, Westernair’s ugly Beagle. Cessna 402s and Merlin were yet to debut in Australia.
i could only aspire to fly one of these one day.