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Dates |
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Event |
1951 |
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Constructed as a DHA-3-2. |
1951 |
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To Qantas with new c/r VH-EBT. |
31 October 1951 |
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To Bathurst Aircraft Maintenance Centre Pty. Limited, Bathurst, NSW with new c/r VH-ADN. |
1954 |
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To Fiji Airways with new c/r VQ-FAP. |
1961 |
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To Trans Australian Airlines with new c/r VH-ADN.
Operated with markings: Named Angus Nicolson |
1962 |
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To Lindeman Aerial Services Pty Ltd, MacKay QLD keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
11 February 1969 |
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To J. B. Steggles, Newcastle NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
3 November 1971 |
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To Ronald S. Pugsley, Ettalong NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
17 July 1972 |
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To Claude V. Gillard and Bruce Towers, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
11 December 1973 |
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To Southern Cross Parachutes Pty Ltd, C/-Bruce Towers, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
20 July 1976 |
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Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: DE HAVILLAND AUSTRALIA DHA-3 DROVER Mk2 - REG : VH-ADN (CN 5009) - MANGALORE VIC. AUSTRALIA - YMNG |
24 June 1981 |
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Civil registration, VH-ADN, cancelled. |
27 January 1989 |
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To John E. Brown, Morwell Vic with new c/r VH-ADN. |
7 July 1991 |
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To Bathurst Aircraft Maintenance Centre Pty. Limited, Bathurst, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
19 April 1992 |
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Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Mangalore, Australia |
26 October 1992 |
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To Helen J. Brown, Morwell Vic keeping c/r VH-ADN.
Mrs Brown kept the Drover going after the death of her husband John, flown for her by Dave Wheatland of Gippsland Aeronautics at Morwell-Latrobe Valley Airport. |
By 1999 |
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To Charlie Camilleri, and Peter Hanneman, Bathurst NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
29 May 2000 |
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To Bathurst Aircraft Maintenance Centre Pty Ltd, Trading as Bathurst Vintage Joy Flights C/-Charlie Camilleri, Bathurst NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
Circa 15 May 2006 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for VH-ADN (DHA-3 MK 2, 5009) issued. |
15 May 2006 |
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To Bathurst Aircraft Maintenance Centre Pty. Limited, Bathurst, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
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Based at Bathurst Vintage Joy Flights, Bathurst Airport, Raglan, New South Wales.
 View the Location Dossier |
25 May 2014 |
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Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: 2014 taken at Bathurst Airport, New South Wales - one of only three airworthy examples left in the world |
22 February 2019 |
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To Charles Camilleri, Raglan, NSW keeping c/r VH-ADN. |
May 2020 |
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To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
View the Location Dossier |
23 June 2020 |
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Photographer: Richard Talley
Notes: Stripped bare in restoration at Pima Air and Space Museum |
11 November 2022 |
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Photographer: Andrew Marchmont
Notes: Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona. |
11 November 2022 |
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Photographer: Andrew Marchmont
Notes: Stunning restoration at Pima Air and Space Museum near Tucson in Arizona. |
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