VH-TLB        'John Gilbert'                                                       c/n  1069

                                        This photograph by Peter Gates depicts the second TAA Electra at Eagle Farm, Brisbane
                                        just before it was sent to Melbourne for disposal.  The roof titling 'The Nation's Jetline' has
                                        already been removed.  Delivered new in 1959, it was sold to Concare Aircraft Leasing as
                                        N188LB in 1972 and then did a stint (in 1972) leased to Royal Air Leo as XW-PKB. 
                                        Returning from the Far East it was sold to TACA in 1976 (now as a windowless-wonder
                                        freighter) as YS-07C.  An image of it in that livery can be found at:
                                            http://aviation-safety.net/photos/displayphoto.php?id=19800202-0&vnr=1&kind=PC
                                        It was destroyed on the ground at San Salvador in El Salvador in 1980 due to a fire in the
                                        starboard wing.   For a complete history of VH-TLB and more photographs go to Ron
                                        Cuskelly's 'The Lockheed Files' at: 
                                                                         http://adastron.com/lockheed/electra/vh-tlb.htm