VH-AVL as N5291Y   Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B                       (c/n  27-2356)

                                     

                                          Another of Avis Rent-a-Plane's Aztecs.  Mascot, December 1965.  Photo by Greg Banfield..  Does
                                          anyone have a shot of it as VH-AVL?   Avis Rent-a-Plane was started in Sydney in 1963 by Peter
                                          Ahrens (ex East Coast Airways VH-EC series owner) and used an Americaniszd style of marketing
                                          charter aircraft, full page ads in the newspapers with pretty girls carrying the customers' baggage on
                                          board, etc etc.  In reality, Avis Rent-a-Plane's main business came from leasing their fleet of twins and
                                          singles to other charter operators, offering a range of short term and long term lease rates (with or with-
                                          out pilot) which made it cheaper than purchasing aircraft.  In this they seemed to be very successful. The
                                          Avis aircraft just about filled the VH-AV block, and one never saw them sitting around in Sydney waiting
                                          for work too long.