VH-MKJ Cessna U206D Super
Skywagon
(c/n U206-1409)
David Carter snapped VH-MKJ at Bankstown soon after it was given
a coat of white paint in
preparation for
its Melanesian Air Charter (Macair) colours. Formerly N72446, it
was registered
in Australia in
July 1970 and delivered to PNG soon after
. In 1971 Talair took over Macair
and –MKJ was still in the former's fleet when its aircraft were
transferred to the PNG register in
June 1974 . Initially P2-MKJ, it was
reregistered P2-SEL in February 1977. The aircraft
was lost in a
fatal accident at Marawaka on December 22, 1978.