VH-ILD Beech E55
Baron
(c/n TE-788)
Ferried to Australia as N4055A, VH-ILD was registered to Beech agent
Hawker de Havilland
in April
1970. It flew for a while on aerial survey work with
Geophysical Resources Develop-
ment Company, or GRD. David Carter’s
photograph from April 14, 1971, shows it with a
magneti
anomaly detector boom. –ILD was
converted back to a standard E55 and sold to
Irwell Brass Founders
of Perth. It was still in the west in September 2016, flying
with the most
unlikely named
firm based out of tropical Port Hedland – Polar Aviation.