What Santa Brought
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New Dc3 Plane
What Santa Brought Mandated Airlines
THE glamour DC3 of Mandated Airline’s fleet arrived in Lae, NG, December 2 on a through flight from Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns and Lae. She carried a mixed bag of cargo, including company stores, and 20 bee hives and 2 pigs for Mr. Danny Leahy, of Goroka.
On Wednesday, December 4, she took off for her maiden Territory flight—to Rabaul.
The Manager of MAL, Mr. H.
Hindwood, said “she is very clean now, but we’ll soon make her dirty”.
This is the luxury DC3 that MAL purchased from the Commonwealth Bank some months ago—the Bank used her for carrying VlP’s.
But, alas, she has been in the Fairey Aviation Co.’s workships at Bankstown ever since purchase, undergoing tests and modification to suit NG conditions. This means she’s now more freighter than passenger carrier.