VH-ABK de
Havilland D.H.84 Dragon
(c/n 6062)
VH-ABK was imported
from the UK (ex G-ACMO) in 1938 for South Queensland Airways
Pty Ltd.
These rare shots are via Geoff Goodall. Note outback
refuelling from 55 gal drum.
It was impressed into RAAF service in
1940 as A34-4. It was loaned to MacRobertson Miller
Aviation for three months in 1943, and
then returned to the RAAF. The aircraft was in a poor
state of repair by this time and was
'converted to spares'. However, as recently as September
of 2005 I received a communication
from John Sinclair in Brisbane that he is rebuilding this
machine
(probably as G-ACMO), and that work is proceeding apace.
