Museum - Queensland Air Museum in Caloundra, Queensland

#HistorybyRonCuskelly Once a Jolly Swagman During the sixties, Airlines of New South Wales operated a series of outback tours organised by Neville Salisbury. These tours were marketed under the name of Jolly Swagman Tours. Although several DC-3s were used, VH-ANR was the preferred aircraft because of its Viewmaster windows. Tours of this type subsequently became more widely known when operated by Bill Peach using Fokker Friendships as Aircruising Australia. Thanks to recent... correspondence with Graham Godwin of Scouts NSW, Air Activity Centre, we now have the itinerary of one of these Jolly Swagman Tours. Graham’s parents were passengers on this tour which was operated by VH-ANR. Sun 31MAY64 Dubbo - Walgett - Charleville - Longreach - Mount Isa Mon 01JUN64 Tour of Mount Isa Tue 02JUN64 Mount Isa - Brunette Downs - Katherine - Darwin Wed 03JUN64 Tour of Darwin Thu 04JUN64 Darwin - Daly Waters - Tennant Creek - Alice Springs Fri 05JUN64 Alice Springs - Ayers Rock - Alice Springs Sat 06JUN64 Alice Springs - Oodnadatta - Leigh Creek - Broken Hill Sun 07JUN64 Broken Hill - Dubbo. This schedule comprised 23.1 hours flying. Graham Godwin has another connection with VH-ANR. During the seventies, VH-ANR was used by Scouts NSW, Air Activity Centre as a static training aid. Although the aeroplane was not flown, the engines were run on at least one occasion, prompting a protest from Camden Tower because the smoke was obscuring the runway!

#QAMupdates Caribou replacment wings unpack Angelo Calleja

#ThrowbackThursday Macchi MB-326H A7-072 in the midst of a formation of at least nine other Macchis. Place and date unknown. RAAF Official

#ThrowbackThursday Sabre A94-935 after its take-off accident at Williamtown in October 1961. The red nose band indicates that the aircraft was in No 76 Squadron markings at the time. via David Bussey