• Aircraft:

  Douglas DC-2

• Reg: PH-AJU photos
• 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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