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Douglas DC-2
- Reg: PH-AJU photos
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Serial #:
1286
- Airline: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Photo Date: Dec 31, 1986
- Uploaded: Dec 11, 2020
- Albury - YMAY, Australia
Low res Stbd side view of Silver livery pole-mounted DC-2 PH-AJU 'Uiver' on display at Albury Airport in Dec 1986. The display commemorates a night landing at Albury Racecourse near the end of the 1934 England-Australia Air Race, won by the real PH-AJU. This aircraft was actually RAAF DC-2 A30-11 Cn 1286, painted to represent KLM PH-AJU. (This DC-2 was originally Delivered to Eastern Airlines as NC13736 in Oct 1934. The RAAF took delivery of the DC-2 from Australian National Airways [ANA] on 30Mar1941. Ref: ADF-Serials) The aircraft was taken down from the poles late 2002 due to structural corrosion. PS. The DC-2 and the Mazda 626 have matching Silver/Black paint schemes.
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Low res Stbd side view of Silver livery pole-mounted DC-2 PH-AJU 'Uiver' on display at Albury Airport in Dec 1986. The display commemorates a night landing at Albury Racecourse near the end of the 1934 England-Australia Air Race, won by the real PH-AJU. This aircraft was actually RAAF DC-2 A30-11 Cn 1286, painted to represent KLM PH-AJU. (This DC-2 was originally Delivered to Eastern Airlines as NC13736 in Oct 1934. The RAAF took delivery of the DC-2 from Australian National Airways [ANA] on 30Mar1941. Ref: ADF-Serials) The aircraft was taken down from the poles late 2002 due to structural corrosion. PS. The DC-2 and the Mazda 626 have matching Silver/Black paint schemes.Camera
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Aircraft
- Reg: PH-AJU photos
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Aircraft:
Douglas DC-2
- Airline: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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Serial #:
1286
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Albury - YMAY
- Australia