CHRONOLOGY 1970 - 1981
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1970
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1971
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1976
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.1977
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1978
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1979
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1980
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Other Decades
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1970-1981
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DATE
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REMARKS
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SOURCE
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70
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01FEB72
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Hudson VH-AGJ struck off the register. | G. Goodall |
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01APR73
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Adastra Airways Pty Ltd and Adastra Aerial Surveys Pty Ltd became subsidiary companies of East-West Airlines. | G. Goodall |
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06APR73
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Hudson VH-AGS withdrawn from service. | G. Goodall |
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20DEC73
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First test flight with Boeing 707 VH-EAA. Nil photos due weather. | M. Wood |
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22DEC73
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Hudson VH-AGX crashed at Horn Island. | Various |
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29MAR74
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Adastra purchased Civil Aerial Surveys. | EWA via J. Wilson |
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12NOV74
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DC-3 VH-AGU registered to East-West Airlines. | A. Arbon |
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15NOV74
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Beech Musketeer VH-CTR registered to Adastra Aerial Surveys. | A. Arbon |
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15NOV74
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Cessna Skynight VH-DRK registered to Adastra Aerial Surveys. | A. Arbon |
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15NOV74
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Cessna 210 VH-KMF registered to Adastra Aerial Surveys. | A. Arbon |
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18DEC74
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Beech Bonanza VH-CFV registered to Adastra Aerial Surveys. | A. Arbon |
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20JAN75
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Second test flight with Boeing 707 VH-EAA. Photos taken. | M. Wood |
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17MAR75
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Third test flight with Boeing 707 VH-EAA. Nil photos due weather. | M. Wood |
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01APR75
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Fourth test flight with Boeing 707 VH-EAA. Camera u/s. | M. Wood |
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21MAY75
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Cessna 210 VH-KMF disposed. | A. Arbon |
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03JUN75
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Aero Commander 680F VH-KRA registered to Adastra Aerial Surveys. | A. Arbon |
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02OCT75
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Sixth test flight with Boeing 707 VH-EAA. Camera u/s and weather unfavourable. (Fifth flight took place on an unknown day in July 1975). | M. Wood |
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11NOV75
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Seventh and final test flight with Boeing 707 VH-EAA. Successful. | M. Wood |
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11NOV75
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Beech Musketeer VH-CTR disposed. | A. Arbon |
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76
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xxFEB77
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East-West Airlines sold the assets of the Adastra group (Mascot hangar and equipment and Cessna 320 VH-DRK) to Controlled Surveys. EWA retained the Adastra name. | |
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22APR77
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Aero Commander 680F VH-KRA registered to East-West Airlines. | A. Arbon |
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17MAY77
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Beech Bonanza VH-CFV disposed. | A. Arbon |
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xxJUN77
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Adastra Airways
Pty Ltd was renamed East-West Airlines (Properties) Pty Ltd Adastra Aerial Surveys Pty Ltd was renamed East-West Aerial Surveys Pty Ltd. |
G. Goodall |
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78
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79
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80
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10FEB81
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Cessna Skynight VH-DRK disposed. | A. Arbon |
ABBREVIATIONS
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CAB
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Civil Aviation Board |
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CCA
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Controller of Civil Aviation |
| CL | Commercial Licence |
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DCA
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Department
of Civil Aviation
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DGCA
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Director-General of Civil Aviation |
| NAA | National Archives of Australia |
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RDNSW
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Regional Director (DCA) New South Wales |
| SCL | Senior Commercial Licence |