VH-AOI  Douglas DC-3CS1C3G     (c/n  19694)


                              


                                     This aircraft was an ex C-47A-80-DL having USAAF serial number 43-15228.  It was
                                     civilianized in 1946 and went directly to Butler.   This shot was taken at Essendon, circa
                                     1956 although normally Butler did not service Melbourne on a regularly scheduled basis,
                                     since it was basically an intra-NSW carrier.  Butler became part of the Ansett-ANA empire
                                     in 1958, although for a while still flew under its own name. However, by 1959 Ansett-ANA
                                     had changed its name to Airlines of NSW, but by that time I had left Australia, so photo-
                                     graphs covering that era are not in my personal collection.  VH-AOI was sold in Indonesia
                                     in 1969 becoming PK-NDH.    For another photograph of it with slightly modified titles,
                                     see John Hopton's image of it on:
                                                                         http://airlines.afriqonline.com/airlines/494.htm