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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-104 Dove/Devon
    Latest Model:Dove 5
    Construction Number:04107
    Last Civil Registration:VH-CLD
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Dove 5 cn 04107 cr VH-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Moorabbin Air Museum, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Dove 1.

    From 1948 to 4 March 1972

    To Sociedade Aaaoreana de Transportes Aereos-SATA, Azores with new c/r CS-TAC.

    Converted to a Dove 5.

    31 October 1972

    To Shackleton Aviation Limited, London with new c/r G-BAHB.

    15 March 1974

    To Bassair Pty Ltd, Launceston Tasmania with new c/r VH-CLD.

    March 1976


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: At Moorabbin - March 1976 - in the original Bassair paint scheme

    December 1976


    Photographer: Robert Zweckj
    Notes: At Moorabbin - December 1976, - after a repaint. It was grounded the following year when corrosion was found

    1977

    Grounded at Moorabbin when severe corrosion found in rear fuselage structure.

    10 May 1977

    Civil registration, VH-CLD, cancelled.

    9 March 1979

    Noted at Moorabbin, retired, parked on airfield southern boundary.

    March 1981

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Moorabbin Air Museum, Moorabbin Airport, Melbourne Vic.

    2005

    To Andrew Heighway, Cowan NSW.

    To Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin Airport Vic.
    The nose section displayed inside the museum hangar, allowing visitors to enter via steps.

    Based at Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria.
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    To Moorabbin Air Museum, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria.
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     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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