"There was one on King Island for a period in the 70's, not sure of the rego, but remember being asked to divert to overhead Three Hummocks Island to see if the aircraft was there."
Too right there was, operated by one of the original Dodgy Brothers.
I also was asked to look for it, this time on Trefoil Island, where it had landed with a bunch of YMKI scouts when it ran out of light to get to Wynyard. They simply set up camp and departed next morning at first light. No plan, and it didn't carry a serviceable radio - like I said, one of the original Dodgy Brothers.
In the meantime there was a local charter operation that was subjected to regular surveillance by the then DCA, as was everybody with an AOC. Not having one meant no surveillance.
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