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An ‘O’Dark Thirty’ start - Close-cropped front Port-side view of Talair Bombardier Dash 8-102 P2-GVA Cn 52, taken at dawn at Port Moresby (AYPY / POM) on 26Jul1988. Photo taken just before boarding for a 1.2 hour flight to LAE Nadzab (AYNZ / LAE) – my first flight in a Dash 8, before any (now ubiquitous) Dash 8s were operating in Australia. P2-GVA was sold to New Zealand as ZK-NEW, and later to Skippers Aviation in West Australia as VH-XFT. Low res photo.

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P2-GVA - Bombardier Dash 8-102 - Talair

Close-cropped rear Port-side view of PNG Territory Airlines (Talair) DHC-8-102 Dash 8 P2-GVA MSN 052 on static display at the RAAF Richmond Bi-Centennial Air Display on 13Oct1988

Wal Nelowkin P2-GVA
1,184 2 0 Bombardier Dash 8-102
P2-GVA - Bombardier Dash 8-102 - Talair

A photo of Talair Dash 8 P2-GVA which visited the Bicentennial Airshow at Richmond Air Base, NSW in October 1988

Peter T Lea P2-GVA
1,758 2 0 Bombardier Dash 8-102
P2-GVA - Bombardier Dash 8-102 - Talair

Low res Port-side view of Talair Bombardier Dash 8-102 P2-GVA Cn 052, taken at dawn at Port Moresby (AYPY / POM) on 26Jul1988

Wal Nelowkin P2-GVA
3,272 0 0 Bombardier Dash 8-102

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P2-SBG - Douglas C-47A Skytrain - Air Niugini

At this time, aircraft obtained from Ansett & TAA were being repainted into Air Niugini colours, so there were numerous variations in colour schemes

Peter Lea P2-SBG
1,727 3 0 Douglas C-47A Skytrain
P2-ELP - Cessna 402A - Macair Airlines

This aircraft went on to serve with Talair as P2-GKF before returning to Australia as VH-END

Peter T Lea P2-ELP
2,046 2 0 Cessna 402A
P2-SQM - Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron - Macair Airlines

Ex VH-SQM this aircraft went on to fly with Talair as P2-GKM

Peter T Lea P2-SQM
1,406 0 0 Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron

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XX264 - British Aerospace Hawk T.1A - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Front Stbd view of seven UK Air Force (Royal Air Force) British Aerospace Hawk T1A aircraft (including XX264 Cn 100-312100, in RAF ‘Red Arrows’ livery) each trailing tainted White smoke (in an Inverted V - ‘Gable’ formation) against a Bronze coloured sky – at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin XX264
155 4 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A
52-4536 - North American F-86F Sabre - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Rare rear Stbd Color view of In-Service USAF North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre 52-4536 (Cn 191-232) Code FU536 (with droptanks) parked at Pyongtaek (now RKSG) South Korea in 1954

Wal Nelowkin 52-4536
800 11 1 North American F-86F Sabre
A94-922 - CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30 - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Close-cropped Stbd view of RAAF CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk30 A94-922 Cn CA27-22 being used as a Training Aid at RAAF Base Amberley on 14Nov1984

Wal Nelowkin A94-922
225 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30

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P2-GVA

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Jul 26, 1988

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An ‘O’Dark Thirty’ start - Close-cropped front Port-side view of Talair Bombardier Dash 8-102 P2-GVA Cn 52, taken at dawn at Port Moresby (AYPY / POM) on 26Jul1988. Photo taken just before boarding for a 1.2 hour flight to LAE Nadzab (AYNZ / LAE) – my first flight in a Dash 8, before any (now ubiquitous) Dash 8s were operating in Australia. P2-GVA was sold to New Zealand as ZK-NEW, and later to Skippers Aviation in West Australia as VH-XFT. Low res photo.

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P2-GVA - Bombardier Dash 8-102 - Talair

Close-cropped rear Port-side view of PNG Territory Airlines (Talair) DHC-8-102 Dash 8 P2-GVA MSN 052 on static display at the RAAF Richmond Bi-Centennial Air Display on 13Oct1988

Wal Nelowkin P2-GVA
1,184 2 0 Bombardier Dash 8-102
P2-GVA - Bombardier Dash 8-102 - Talair

A photo of Talair Dash 8 P2-GVA which visited the Bicentennial Airshow at Richmond Air Base, NSW in October 1988

Peter T Lea P2-GVA
1,758 2 0 Bombardier Dash 8-102
P2-GVA - Bombardier Dash 8-102 - Talair

Low res Port-side view of Talair Bombardier Dash 8-102 P2-GVA Cn 052, taken at dawn at Port Moresby (AYPY / POM) on 26Jul1988

Wal Nelowkin P2-GVA
3,272 0 0 Bombardier Dash 8-102
P2-SBG - Douglas C-47A Skytrain - Air Niugini

At this time, aircraft obtained from Ansett & TAA were being repainted into Air Niugini colours, so there were numerous variations in colour schemes

Peter Lea P2-SBG
1,727 3 0 Douglas C-47A Skytrain
P2-ELP - Cessna 402A - Macair Airlines

This aircraft went on to serve with Talair as P2-GKF before returning to Australia as VH-END

Peter T Lea P2-ELP
2,046 2 0 Cessna 402A
P2-SQM - Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron - Macair Airlines

Ex VH-SQM this aircraft went on to fly with Talair as P2-GKM

Peter T Lea P2-SQM
1,406 0 0 Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron
XX264 - British Aerospace Hawk T.1A - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Front Stbd view of seven UK Air Force (Royal Air Force) British Aerospace Hawk T1A aircraft (including XX264 Cn 100-312100, in RAF ‘Red Arrows’ livery) each trailing tainted White smoke (in an Inverted V - ‘Gable’ formation) against a Bronze coloured sky – at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin XX264
155 4 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A
52-4536 - North American F-86F Sabre - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Rare rear Stbd Color view of In-Service USAF North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre 52-4536 (Cn 191-232) Code FU536 (with droptanks) parked at Pyongtaek (now RKSG) South Korea in 1954

Wal Nelowkin 52-4536
800 11 1 North American F-86F Sabre
A94-922 - CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30 - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Close-cropped Stbd view of RAAF CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk30 A94-922 Cn CA27-22 being used as a Training Aid at RAAF Base Amberley on 14Nov1984

Wal Nelowkin A94-922
225 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30
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