VH-CIB Beech 58
Baron
(c/n TH-51)
Imported as N9389Q, VH-CIB was
registered to Queensland construction giant Barclay Brothers
in
August 1970. David Carter saw it in their markings at
Bankstown on June 12, 1971. The Baron
operated in
support of Barclay’s Papua New Guinea operations and transferred to its
new register
as P2-CIB in
April 1974. In 1990, it was reregistered
P2-ALE but was damaged by ash in a
volcanic eruption at Rabaul in 1994. It was removed from the PNG
register and its fuselage turned
up at Old
Noarlunga aerodrome in South Australia. The Air
Cadets at RAAF Edinburgh acquired
it
in 2003 as an instructional airframe.