Aircraft at Work

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Documentary (1966)

Production:
Malcom Otton (Productor)
Daniel Crombie (Director)
Bruce Hillyard (Photographer)
Barry Bowden (Sound Engineer)

Documentaty on air transport in Australia.

Also from this series:
Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

Boeing 727-76

Registration VH-TJA, c/n 18741. Delivered new to TAA on October 1964 with earlier livery The Nation's Jetline. Sold to International Air Leases on October 1976, then entered service with Air Florida on December of the same year, and registered N40AF in 1977. Finally sold to Continental Airlines in July 1977 in where she serves until 1991, stored at Mojave and scrapped in 1993.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

In the background, we can guess the C-47 Skytrain of East West Airlines, listed further.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Vickers 756D Viscount

Unidentified registration for this Viscount in The Nation's Jetline TAA's livery. In the background the 727-76 listed above is launched for taking off.

Vickers 756D Viscount of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Vickers 756D Viscount of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Vickers 756D Viscount of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Vickers 756D Viscount of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Vickers 756D Viscount of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Lawrence Hargrave Box-Kite glider

Hargrave's inventions box kite (1893), was applied to gliders, and in October 1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont used the box-kite principle in his aeroplane to make his first flight. Until 1909 the box-kite aeroplane was the usual type in Europe.

Lawrence Hargrave Box-Kite glider.

Lawrence Hargrave Box-Kite glider.

Santos Dumont 14-bis (model)

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Santos Dumont 14-bis.

Bristol Boxkite

The 1st aircraft of the company, based on the Farman HF.3.

Bristol Boxkite.

Bristol Boxkite.

Bristol Boxkite.

Bristol Boxkite.

Bristol Boxkite.

Keystone LB-7

It seems powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet rather than the Wright Cyclone, therefore listed as LB-7

Keystone LB-7 of the United States Army Air Corps.

Keystone LB-7 of the United States Army Air Corps.

Keystone LB-7 of the United States Army Air Corps.

Keystone LB-7 of the United States Army Air Corps.

Boeing F4B

Boeing F4B performing a bombing run already seen in Les bleus du ciel.

De Havilland DH60X Moth

Registration VH-UGJ, c/n 3. Ex G-AUGJ. Entered service on August 1929 in Australian Aero Club, then Aero Club of New South Wales later renamed Royal Aero Club of New South Wales. Crashed in October 1940.

Reg.VH-UGJ De Havilland DH60X Moth of the Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-UGJ De Havilland DH60X Moth of the Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-UGJ De Havilland DH60X Moth of the Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-UGJ De Havilland DH60X Moth of the Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-UGJ De Havilland DH60X Moth of the Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Unidentified Aircraft

US aircraft I guess, not found yet. Are the 2 in the foreground the same airplanes?

Vickers F.B.27A Vimy II

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Vickers F.B.27A Vimy II.

Vickers F.B.27A Vimy II.

Avro 504J

Two Avro 504J of Major Norman Brearley who founded Western Australian Airways.

Avro 504.

Bristol 28 Coupé Tourer

Registration G-AUDH, c/n 6115 on the left, and G-AUDG, c/n 6111 on the right. Both delivered to Western Australian Airways on November 1921.G-AUDH crashed Port Hedland 15.7.24. Parts were used to build G-AUDZ.Unidentified Aircraft in the background.

Reg.G-AUDH and G-AUDG Bristol 28 Coupé Tourer of Western Australian Airways.

De Havilland DH50A

On the left.

De Havilland DH50A

De Havilland DH50A of Western Australian Airways.

Unidentified Aircraft flying on the right.

De Havilland DH50A of Western Australian Airways.

Fokker F.VIIb/3M

Registration 1985, G-AUSU, VH-USU, c/n 4954.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.1985 Fokker F.VIIb/3M Southern Cross.

Reg.1985 Fokker F.VIIb/3M Southern Cross.

De Havilland DH.61 Giant Moth

De Havilland DH.61 Giant Moth of Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.

De Havilland DH.61 Giant Moth of Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.

De Havilland DH86B Express

Registration VH-UYU, serial n° 2359.

Reg.VH-UYU De Havilland DH86B Express Carmania of WR Carpenter & Co Ltd .

Reg.VH-UYU De Havilland DH86B Express Carmania of WR Carpenter & Co Ltd .

Reg.VH-UYU De Havilland DH86B Express Carmania of WR Carpenter & Co Ltd .

Vickers 747 Viscount

Too fast on landing phase for recognising the registration.

Vickers 747 Viscount of Ansett-ANA.

Vickers 747 Viscount of Ansett-ANA.

Vickers 747 Viscount of Ansett-ANA.

Vickers 747 Viscount of Ansett-ANA.

Vickers 747 Viscount of Ansett-ANA.

Boeing 727-76

Boarding on VH-TJ...

Boeing 727-76 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Boeing 727-76 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Desembarkation from another VH-TJ...

Boeing 727-76 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Boeing 727-76 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Boeing 727-76 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair

Either VH-INJ, VH-INK, VH-INM. Converted from genuine post war DC-4-1009 airframes in 1965. There were the last Carvairs produced on a total of 21.

Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair of Ansett-ANA.

Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair of Ansett-ANA.

Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair of Ansett-ANA.

Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair of Ansett-ANA.

Rolamat floor system designed to handle seven of the internationial 108"x88" freight pallets.

Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair of Ansett-ANA.

Boeing 707-138B

Wearing the earlier livery V-Jet Australian's Overseas Airline.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-138B of Qantas.

Boeing 707-338C

Registration VH-EBN, c/n 18808/404 in the earlier livery V-Jet Australian's Overseas Airline. Delivered on February 1965. Sold to Singapore Airlines in 1974 as 9V-BFW. Sold to Internaltional Air Lease on April 1981 registered N707GB and painted in Arrow Air livery. Leased to TAMPA Colombia as HK-3030X named El Arriero in 1983, then sold to Skymaster Airlines, Brazil in 1998 as PT-WSZ.

Reg.VH-EBN Boeing 707-338C City of Parramatta of Qantas.

Reg.VH-EBN Boeing 707-338C City of Parramatta of Qantas.

Reg.VH-EBN Boeing 707-338C City of Parramatta of Qantas.

Piper PA-23 Apache & Fokker F27-200 Friendship

Reg. VH-xAx... Piper PA-23 Apache.
On the right, two Fokker Friendship from Airlines of New South Wales and fin tail of a Lockheed L-188A Electra of Ansett ANA.

Fokker F27-200 Friendship of Airlines of New South Wales on the right.

Boeing 727-77

Boeing 727-77 of Ansett ANA.

Lockheed L-188A Electra

From TAA with livery The Nation's Jetline.

Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Lockheed L-188A Electra of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Boeing 727-76 & Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

Same VH-TJA already listed above. On the left, C-47 Skytrain of East-West Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines and Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain of East-West Airlines.

Reg.VH-TJA Boeing 727-76 James Cook of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Two Boeing 727-76.

Boeing 727-76 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Douglas DC-6

Douglas DC-6 of TAA-Trans Australia Airlines.

Cessna 210A

From Connellan Airways , renamed later as Connair.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

Cessna 210A of Connellan Airways.

De Havilland DH104 Dove 5

Registration VH-DHK, c/n D4508.

Reg.VH-DHK De Havilland DH104 Dove 5 of the Commonwealth Department of Health Australia - Northern Territory Medical Service.

Reg.VH-DHK De Havilland DH104 Dove 5 of the Commonwealth Department of Health Australia - Northern Territory Medical Service.

Reg.VH-DHK De Havilland DH104 Dove 5 of the Commonwealth Department of Health Australia - Northern Territory Medical Service.

Reg.VH-DHK De Havilland DH104 Dove 5 of the Commonwealth Department of Health Australia - Northern Territory Medical Service.

Reg.VH-DHK De Havilland DH104 Dove 5 of the Commonwealth Department of Health Australia - Northern Territory Medical Service.

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain

Registration VH-MAE, c/n 11917. Ex USAAF built in 1943, modified as Dakota III for RAF in 1944. Bought by Mandated Airlines Ltd in 1948 and modified as DC-3 with 28 seats, registered VH-BFV, then VH-MAE in 1952. Written off from use in 1972 after a crash when landind at Wapenamanda, Papua New-Guinea.

Reg.VH-DHK Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain of Ansett-MAL.

Reg.VH-DHK Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain of Ansett-MAL.

Reg.VH-DHK Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain of Ansett-MAL.

Victa Airtourer 115

Registration VH-MRK, c/n 108. Built in 1965. The model became AESL Airtourer, built in New Zealand from 1966 to 1973, after the shut-down of production in Australia.

Reg.VH-MRK Victa Airtourer 115.

Reg.VH-MRK Victa Airtourer 115.

Reg.VH-MRK Victa Airtourer 115.

Reg.VH-MRK Victa Airtourer 115.

Reg.VH-MRK Victa Airtourer 115.

Various aircraft

1- Beechcraft S35 Bonanza Registration VH-TOB, c/n D-7827.
2- Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
3- Unidentified Aircraft
4- Piper PA-28 Cherokee
5- Piper PA-24-260 Comanche
6- Cessna Series 100/200
7- Piper PA-28 Cherokee

Cessna 172E Skyhawk

Registration VH-DIR, c/n 17250674. Delivered in 1963.

Reg.VH-DIR Cessna 172E Skyhawk of Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-DIR Cessna 172E Skyhawk of Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-DIR Cessna 172E Skyhawk of Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-DIR Cessna 172E Skyhawk of Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Reg.VH-DIR Cessna 172E Skyhawk of Royal Aero Club of NSW.

Unidentified Aircraft

Boeing 707-338C

Wearing earlier livery V-Jet Australian's Overseas Airline.

Boeing 707-338C of Qantas.

Boeing 707-338C of Qantas.

Boeing 707-338C of Qantas.

Boeing 707-338C of Qantas.

Boeing 707-338C of Qantas.

Boeing 707-338C of Qantas.

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