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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:H18
    Construction Number:BA-704
    Last Civil Registration:VH-ATX
    Compressed ID:Beech H18 cn BA-704 cr VH-ATX
    Latest Owner or Location:Lena Votrubec, Crows Nest, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a H18.

    1966

    To Iowa Beef Packers, Denison, IA with new c/r N5645K.

    1970

    To Nickerson amp; Nickerson Service Co., Eldon, MO keeping c/r N5645K.

    1971

    To Tidwell Industries Inc, Haleyville, LA keeping c/r N5645K.

    20 February 1975

    To Bailey Leasing Corp, Fort Wayne, IN keeping c/r N5645K.

    From 7 June 1975 to 14 June 1975

    Ferry flight.
    From Oakland, California to Cairns, Queensland.

    10 February 1976

    Civil registration, N5645K, cancelled.

    11 February 1976

    To Helitrans Australia PTY Ltd, Cairns with new c/r VH-PDI.

    1 September 1978

    To Sunbird Airlines, Gladstone, QLD keeping c/r VH-PDI.

    1979


    Photographer: Michael Austin
    Notes: Photo at Cairns in 1979 whilst operated by Sunbird Airlines

    7 March 1980

    To Eagle Airways keeping c/r VH-PDI.

    26 September 1980


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Geoff Goodall provided this photo from 1980 when the aircraft was operated by Eagle Airways -she was a regular visitor from Sydney carrying 8,000 day-old chics on each trip - for a contract for a Western Australian poultry business.

    1983


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1983 photo at HMAS Nirimba, Schofields

    5 September 1984

    To Noel R Vinson Trading Pty, Sydney, NSW keeping c/r VH-PDI.

    2 October 1984

    To A. S. Collins, Sydney, NSW keeping c/r VH-PDI.

    21 October 1989


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Adelaide International, South Australia

    6 December 1989

    To Airtransit/Air Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, SA with new c/r VH-ATX.

    17 June 1994

    To Russell Mann/Sunland Aviation keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    30 June 1994

    To Russell Mann, Woody Point, QLD keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    From July 1994 to 1999

    Restored.
    At Archerfield, QLD.

    19 March 1997

    To Anthony Mitchell, Como, WA keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    27 April 1999

    First post-restoration Flight.

    1 May 1999

    To Russell Mann/Antique Airways, Redcliffe, QLD keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    16 May 2006

    To Russell Mann, Woody Point, QLD keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    16 June 2010

    To Westpac Banking Corporation, Concord West, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    21 September 2010

    To Mark Pracy, Ashtonfield, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    15 July 2011

    To Anthony Mitchell, Como, WA keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    3 April 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Beech H18 on the ramp at Perth Jandakot Airport

    3 April 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Beech H18 on the ramp at Perth Jandakot Airport

    26 November 2014

    To Lena Votrubec, Crows Nest, NSW keeping c/r VH-ATX.

    21 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: VH-ATX in front of the HARS Museum, Albion Park, NSW.


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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher

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