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Day 1 - 10th July 2007
Day 2 - 11th July 2007
Day 4 - 13th July 2007

Lifting the plane 1 - Lifting the plane 2

Air Niugini History - Airlines of PNG History

DC3 - P2-ANQ - Post Courier - The Drum - 13th July 2007


PNG's Post Courier - p2 13 Jul 2007 "The Drum"

After more than 20 years in the air the Air Niugini DC3 located at PX HQ / Gateway Hotel finally landed. The ground crew expect a not so speedy turn around before being hoisted back in the air sometime at the end of this month. The old plane was being given a good scrub down.

2007 -- Lifting the plane 1 - 2

Original Colour and B & W Photos of moving the DC3 (P2-ANQ) into location near PX HQ opposite the Gateway Hotel at Jackson's Airport Seven-mile Port Moresby

The last major restoration, before July 2007, was carried out by AIR NIUGINI Engineering Workshops in December 1986

Washing the DC3 - Feb 2001

There are four (4) commerative plaques mounted on the poles that hold the plane.

 


Air Niugini History - Airlines of PNG History


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