VH-INI     'Pengana'                                                    c/n  12252

                                                 Essendon, 1953

                                                 This was the former VH-INA.  The reason for the re-registering of this aircraft, in 1957, to
                                                 VH-INI is not entirely clear.  My evocative shot shows it taxiing out at Essendon one bright
                                                 summer's day with a full load for Hobart, Tasmania.    With the take-over by Ansett it went
                                                 first to the Ansett-ANA fleet and later did a stint with Butler Airlines, having been converted
                                                 by Ansett Transport Industries to 'Viewmaster' configuration, as the shot by Richard Maclean
                                                 (below) shows.  It was then transferred to Airlines of NSW and on 12 Dec 1960 it departed
                                                 Sydney for a pilot training flight.  It never returned.  Bits and pieces were found floating in the
                                                 Tasman Sea off Sydney Heads.  The cause of the accident has never been determined.