
DC-6B
VH-INH
'Bungana'
c/n 44693
Essendon 1958
Here's VH-INH undergoing some fairly major maintenance
outside the hangar. This aircraft
was
delivered new to the airline early in 1955. It was leased
to the state run Trans Australia
Airlines
from Feb of 1960 to Aug of 1966*,
and sold some six months after the
lease had
ended becoming
OY-STP with Sterling Airways in Denmark. 44693 was
withdrawn from
use in 1970 and
burned out in a fire practice drill at Kastrup
Airport in 1970. The beautiful
shot
below is from the Civil Aviation Historical Society's Dr. K.N.E.
Bradfield collection.
It would appear
to be a Douglas Aircraft photograph taken above Long Beach whilst the
aircraft was on
delivery test.
* Greg Banfield's shot,
at the foot of the page shows it whilst with TAA at Macot in April 1965.

