VH-AMB  (3)  Beech  65-B80 Queen Air                                (c/n  LD-320)

                                    
                  
                                          Two color shots by Greg Banfield of an aerial ambulance first registered in November 1966.
                                          The Queen Air was operated by the New South Wales Ambulance Service until November
                                          1985 when it was withdrawn from service.  By then its wing spar life had come to an end. 
                                          It is now displayed at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.   Above is is seen at Mascot in
                                          May 1968, and below, at the same venue some sixteen years later in September 1984 now
                                          with additional red and black trim and de-icer boots.

                                          Foot of Page:  Correspondent Mark Alamangos travels to the Philippines periodically to
                                          have models made by a company called Replicas.  They do a wonderful job, as seen in
                                          the image below. Mark has dozens of similar models!