PK-WWE Cessna
402A
(c/n 402A-0002)
Actually the second production
402A, this aircraft was formerly N4502Q. It was sold in
July
of
1971 to PT National Air Charter PT of Jakarta. The above photo,
from the Margaret
Picard
collection was taken by her father whilst the machine was parked
alongside one
of PT Saatas
East
Indonesie's aircraft, (for whom he worked) probably in the early
1970s. National Air
Charter operated regular services from Jakarta and Singapore to
Christmas Island back when it
boasted
a Casino* NAC also,
at one time, operated Beech H18 tri-gears and even a
Gulfstream I. Anyway, PK-WWE was later sold to Deraya Air
Taxi and was written off in a
crash at Katapang, Indonesia on 8 October 1991.
*. Nowadays Christmas Island is Australia's notorious illegal migrant
holding place, with 100s
more arriving on boats
every day.