VH-SVE Piper PA-24-260 Comanche C
(c/n 24-4849)
The Comanche C can be
recognized by its extended propellor shaft (hence the rather pointed
nose),
plus it also had the Comanche B's extra cabin window on either
side. This example was photographed
by Geoff
Goodall at Kalgoorlie, WA in January 1971 whilst the aircraft was with
Leonora Air Charter
based at Kalgoorlie and Leonora. The centre building at rear is
the modest airline passenger terminal
for MMA's
F-27 and F-28 services from Perth. The building to the right was
Flight Service and Pilot
Briefing,
these excellent services being later eliminated across outback
Australia by politically driven
restructuring of the Department of Civil Aviation. Danny
Tanner saw it at Adelaide International Air-
port (below)
in October 1981 in basically the same livery. Not
sure what Nashua did. Anyway,
-SVE, first registered in September 1969, is still current and
registered to a private owner in NSW.
At the foot of this
page is a shot by David Carter of the Comanche at Bankstown in 1969
having just
come in
from the US as N9350P.