Douglas DC-3A-456

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Douglas DC-3A-456 C-47A-20-DK Skytrain USAAF 42-93010, to RAAF as A65-46 (call-sign VHCIC). To civil register as VH-JVF with DCA October 1946. Later identities VH-CAR and VH-EDC.

Remarks by Ed Coates: "This aircraft was used by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to calibrate ILS (instrument landing system) and DME (distance-measuring equipment) systems."


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Douglas DC-3A-456 C-47A-20-DK Skytrain USAAF 42-93010, to RAAF as A65-46 (call-sign VHCIC). To civil register as VH-JVF with DCA October 1946. Later identities VH-CAR and VH-EDC. Remarks by Ed Coates: "This aircraft was used by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to calibrate ILS (instrument landing system) and DME (distance-measuring equipment) systems."