VH-SBK Douglas DC-3CS1C3G
(c/n 6023)
VH-AEP in regular
TAA service, this DC-3 went to the Sunbird operation in 1961 at which
time it was re-registered VH-SBK and converted to mixed
passenger/freight configuration.
It
was the aircraft used for 'JATO' rocket assisted take-off experiments
(conducted at
Essendon). It ceased Sunbird operations in October 1967 and
was sold to Australian
Aircraft
Sales. This broker off-loaded it to Seulewah Air Services
in Indonesia where it
became PK-RDC
in July 1968. Its appears to have been withdrawn from use
in 1981.