VH-INW
Douglas DC-6
'Kurana'
(c/n 43058)
VH-INW was the second of the ex-National Airlines machines
purchased in 1953. This one
was previously
N90894. The nice air to air shot below (# 2) is from is the Civil
Aviation Hist-
orical Society's Dr.
K.N.E. Bradfield collection. Image # 3 is from the Jeff Atkinson
collection
(via Geoff Goodall) showing -INW at Essendon, circa late 1958, with the
airline titling painted
out, probably awaiting repainting as Ansett-ANA. Finally,
the
photo at the foot of the page (# 4)
from the
Greg Banfield collection was taken at Mascot
shortly before it was retired from Ansett-
ANA
service. Like sister ship VH-INV, it
was sold off to Transit
Equipment Corp in 1960,
a
broker
who sold it to Nicaragua's national carrier LANICA as
AN-AMI. There it was converted
(becoming a
DC-6F). It was finally broken
up in Miami (where it began its
working
life) whilst
registered YS-03C to Aerolineas El Salvador
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