VH-TAZ
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Type: L-18-56 Lodestar C-60A-5-LO
Msn: 2612
Previous Identities:
| Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as C-60A-5-LO serial 43-16452 | |
| 13NOV43 | Delivered ex Lockheed. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett) |
| 13NOV43 | Arrived Long Beach. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett) |
| 01DEC43 | Departed Long Beach. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett) |
| 16DEC43 | To RAAF as A67-8 |
| Allocated callsign VHRAH | |
| 19MAR47 | Purchased from Commonwealth Disposals Commission by DCA |
| OCT47 | Trucked from Tocumwal to Parafield for civil conversion by DAP |
| 20JUL50 | Registered to the Department of Civil Aviation as VH-CAC and leased to TAA. Used on the Townsville-Innisfail-Cairns run. Likely also used on the Sydney-Newcastle route |
| 26APR51 | Departed Essendon for Townsville and Cairns. (Source: Log book of Capt R.R. Hickey via Gordon Reid) |
| 27APR51 | Arrived Cairns. (Source: Log book of Capt R.R. Hickey via Gordon Reid) |
| 22FEB52 | Sold to TAA as VH-CAC |
| 26FEB52 | Re-registered VH-TAZ to TAA and named "Stockdale" |
| 27MAR53 | Sold to B.W.Cowan |
| MAY53 | Registered to the Earl Bacon Corp as N4848V |
| MAY74 | Sold to Allen Edward Corp, Denver CO as N14L |
| For more information on TAA Lodestar operations out of Cairns see the page for VH-TAY. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 7 | 24JUN06 |
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delivery details thanks to Gordon Birkett.
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| 6 | 05FEB06 |
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detail of the ferry flight from Essendon to Cairns drawn from the log
book of Captain R.R. Hickey supplied by Gordon Reid.
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| 5 | 29AUG04 |
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an image of VH-TAZ in TAA colours thanks to Gary Killion and Geoff Goodall.
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| 4 | 13FEB04 |
Added
two images of this aircraft as the Learstar prototype thanks to Gary
Killion. Also added an image as A67-8 thanks to Phil Vabre of the CAHS.
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| 3 | 16APR99 |
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