VH-DHA (4)  de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 6                     (c/n  04514)

                                                   
                       
                             This Dove was not registered in Australia until 1971, having come in from the UK where it had
                             been G-ARMT.  (It was originally slated to became VH-ADA but since -DHA was available
                             (the previous holder - # 3 of the rego-, a Beech 95 having become VH-BSS) it was assigned
                             markings within the de Havilland Australia series.    It was operated by the Northern Territory
                             Medical Service (Commonwealth Dept of Health) as seen in the CAHS archives photo above,
                             taken at Darwin in 1971.  Immediately below is a shot by David Eyre at Bankstown in Feb
                             1974.   Later the Dove went to Ted Rudge dba Rudge Air.       By the time George Canciani
                             took the photo at the foot of the page at Essendon in April 2003 it had been given a psuedo
                             original de Havilland-like paint scheme.  It was sold in the USA in July 2006 becoming N104DV. .

                           
                           
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