VH-COO Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
C
(c/n
27-2746)
Ex N5633Y. Registered
VH-COO
to Hazelton Aircraft Sales and Service Pty. Ltd in January
1965. Sold that same year to STOL Air Services Pty Ltd and
passed
to their Stol Commuters
division
in 1968. This company operated on demand type charters
in Papua/New Guinea in
1970/1971. Odd name, considering that none of their
aircraft, including this Aztec were partic-
ularly
STOL types. (They also had various Cessnas:
180/185/310/336). The above shot is
from the
Ben Dannecker collection and shows the aircraft in situ in New
Guinea in 1970. Sold
to Macair
Charters on 30 April 1971.
Greg Banfield's shot (below) was taken at
Bankstown
on 31
January 1972. Registered to
Nationwide Air Services Pty. Ltd. in August
1982. Various
owners
after that . Withdrawn from service and
Struck-Off-Register 10/4/85.