This DC-2 was imported new for Australian National Airways, Ltd. in 1937, who named it
"Pengana". Although it had a mishap in 1939 (it crashed into the Cooks River after overrunning
the runway at Mascot Airport in September of 1939), VH-UYB went on to serve faithfully
(mainly on the Adelaide - Melbourne route) until it was broken up in January 1948. At the
foot of the page is a rare shot of -UYB reposing in the Cooks River in September 1939 from
his father's album by contributor John Dunne. The lower close-up shot is from the Maurice
Austin collection, also circa 1939, while image # 3 is via the State Library of New Soith Wales
collection.
