VH-CAB (3)  Beech S35 Bonanza                                      (c/n  D-7376)

                                   

                                      By the time the above photo, from the Roger McDonald collection, was taken  at Eagle Farm
                                      Airport in 1982, the old DCA had become part of the Department of Transport, and it is that
                                      organization n whose logo it is shown on this Bonanza.    It was one of five similar aircraft
                                      originally purchased by DCA in the 1960s.   It was sold by the Commonwealth government
                                      in 1992 and acquired by a private owner.  It is still current, and registered to an owner in the
                                      Melbourne area.