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Old 31st Mar 2013, 09:45
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I'm pretty sure VH SBO is a DC3... I've flown in it in the 60s.
You are correct, but.......

VH-SBO was originally a DHC3 Sea Otter until ditched April 14, 1961.

The DC3 you flew on was originally VH-AEU with TAA from June 11, 1944 until January 10, 1962, when it became VH-SBO "Goroka" - nine months after the Sea Otter ditched.

DC3 VH-SBO went on to become P2-SBO with TAA Sunbird Services and P2-ANT with PX. It was converted to a tour liner configuration by PX in June 1975. On January 18, 1979 it again became VH-SBO. Cancelled from the Australian Register in 1981 and badly damaged in a suicidal pilot crash at Bankstown September 15, 1982.
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