VH-CMQ Cessna 336  Skymaster                        (c/n  336-0194)

                                  

                                         An Alan Bovelt shot (not too clear, this one) of an Ansett-MAL 336 at Goroka in 1966.
                                         Registered to the airline new in Febriary 1964, it was based in Lae, PNG.   VH-CMQ was
                                         destroyed on 6 August 1966 when it crashed soon after departing Mount Hagen airlfield, and
                                         struck the slopes of Mount Pola at 7.000 feet.     There were no passengers aboard although
                                         sadly the pilot lost his life.