• Aircraft:

  Douglas C-47B Skytrain

• Reg: A65-64 photos
• Serial #:

  26640

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: Mar 02, 2015
• Uploaded: May 24, 2015
• Other Location - Mulwala, NSW, Australia

I first photographed RAAF Dakota (C-47B, Cn 26640) A65-64, lacking a rudder and elevators, at RAAF Base Wagga in 1987. This 'Gooney Bird' was delivered to the RAAF in Dec 1944 (Callsign VH-CUU, ex USAAF 43-49379), and was retired in Dec 1979 to be a Training Aid at the RAAF School of Technical Training (RAAFSTT) Wagga. The aircraft was then moved to Tocumwal NSW, and arrived at the Mulwala RSL Club, NSW, in October 2004. A65-64 has since been restored, and is shown ‘pole-mounted’ outside the Club Mulwala building, adorning the sloping carpark on 02Mar2015. (I flew in Sister-Ship A65-65 From Williamtown to Richmond (and return) on 18Nov1970 for Decompression Chamber Training.)

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Aircraft

RAAF Dakota (C-47B, Cn 26640) A65-64, lacking a rudder and elevators, survives at RAAF Base Wagga in 1987

Wal Nelowkin A65-64

1,917 0 0 Douglas C-47B Skytrain

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I first photographed RAAF Dakota (C-47B, Cn 26640) A65-64, lacking a rudder and elevators, at RAAF Base Wagga in 1987

Wal Nelowkin A65-64

5,296 1 0 Douglas C-47B Skytrain

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Close-cropped oblique rear view of the First RAAF P-3 Orion - Lockheed P-3B A9-291 Cn 185B-5401 - on the RAAF Fairbairn YSCB apron, during her first visit to Canberra during Sep 1968

Wal Nelowkin A9-291

161 0 0 Lockheed P-3B Orion

Front Stbd view of QantasLink (Sunstate Airlines) Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 VH-LQQ Cn 4461, taxying to the Southern end of Rwy 14 at Bundaberg YBUD on 27Dec2023

Wal Nelowkin VH-LQQ

124 0 0 Bombardier Dash 8-Q402

Front Stbd-side view of QantasLink (Sunstate Airlines) Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 VH-LQL Cn 4449, airborne from the Southern end of Rwy 14 at Bundaberg YBUD on 31Dec2023

Wal Nelowkin VH-LQL

68 0 0 Bombardier Dash 8-Q402