VH-BFA  (2)      Bristol 170 Mark 31                                          (c/n  13179)

                                     


                                            Essendon, 1963   Barry Maclean collection.  At the end of 1961, to replace their old, worn
                                            out Model 170 Freighters, the then Ansett-ANA purchased three Mark 31 Bristol 170s from
                                            the Royal Pakistani Air Force.   Notable difference of the later mark was the dorsal fin.
                                            This aircraft was previously S4416 with the R Pak A F.   In 1964 it passed to the Ansett-
                                            MAL (ex Mandated Airlines) Division and is seen with their titling at Essendon in May
                                            1964 in the Geoff Goodall collection shot immediately below.  It was sold in 1967 to
                                            Safe Air Ltd in New Zealand basically for spares.  It was re-registered ZK-CVK for
                                            the ferry flight and is seen as such on the bottom photograph taken by Peter Gates at
                                            Brisbane just prior to departure.    The old lady was broken up at Woodbourne, N.Z.
                                            during the 1980s.