VH-TVG    'William Hovell'                      Model 720A                             c/n  84

                                        Essendon, 1957.

                                        Delivered in 1956.  Scrapped at Melbourne in 1967.     An asset life of twelve years for
                                        an airliner today would be unthinkable.  As it was, this machine must barely have been
                                        amortized before being struck from the register?   Having said that, it did amass a total of
                                        over 27.000 flying hours.     In presenting Greg Banfield's shot below, taken at Mascot
                                        in April 1964, I'll also append an enlargement of the rego area underneath since it certainly
                                        cannot be read  on the 625 pixel image!