VH-AMK  Douglas DC-3CS1C3G     (c/n   13362)


                                  

                                        In the immediate post-WW II era, to augment their Lockheed 10As, Ansett Airways acquired
                                        three DC-3s, the first of which, VH-AMK 'Anstratus' seen above.  The other two were VH-AML
                                        and - AMJ.  All three were re-registered in the VH-RM series in 1948 (the first of which were the
                                        founder's initials - R.M. Ansett). Consequently photographs of them in VH-A-- markings are
                                        comparatively rare.  This shot is circa 1946.   VH-AMK became VH-RMK and later, VH-BZK.
                                        It was sold to Thai Airways in 1958 as HS-TDG.  Its certificate of airworthiness was finally cancelled
                                        in 1973, although it was in store at Don Muang Airport, Bangkok (the one with the golf course
                                        between the runways) until 1979 when presumably it was scrapped.