VH-TJL  Douglas DC-9-31                            (c/n  47009)

                                 

                                      By the time Greg Banfield took this shot at Mascot in April of 1983, TAA had changed from
                                      their initial "TAA" T-Tailed Jet image to the rather smart rendition with orange and blue cheat
                                      lines seen above.  Many wags referred to this as the "Camel Hump" livery due to the stylized
                                      "TAA" on the fin and rudder.    It was one of six initially ordered by the state run airline.  In
                                      1986 it was converted to a freighter and sold to Airborne Express as N938AX.    It was with-
                                      drawn from service in 2007.