VH-INI (2) Bell
47G-3B1
(c/n 2804)
This Bell chopper was first registered
to Ansett-ANA in February 1963. It was operated by the
Ansett-ANA Helicopter Division, mainly in PNG. It
crashed in PNG on 29 February 1963 and
was brought back to Melbourne for repair. Greg Banfield took the
above shot of it at Essendon
in
December 1964. Returning to PNG, it crashed
again at Salamaua in January 1967 and was
written off.
Some of its remains may have been used to rebuild
VH-ANG.