VH-CDE  Beech B50 Twin Bonanza                      (c/n  CH-24)

                               

                                  Originally imported in October of 1958 as VH-CLA for Connellan Airways, this Twin Bonanza
                                  was re-registered when acquired by Skyways Australia in 1960.   The Geoff Goodall shots (above)
                                  at Moorabbin in May 1963, and the color impression below were taken before Nicholas Air Charter
                                  took over Skyways (to become Nicholas Skyways).   The photo at the foot of the page by Newell
                                  Bell (via the John Hopton collection) illustrates -CDE at Moorabbin in 1966 after repainting with
                                  Nicholas Skyways titling.  Following several interim owners, this Twin Bonanza is still current and
                                  registered to a private owner in the Australian Capital Territory.  It now forms part of the Fleet Air
                                  Arm Museum collection at Nowra, NSW.