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VH-CAT. Fokker F.27-1009 Friendship. c/n 10132.
This aircraft was purchased new by the Department of Civil Aviation - ? Temporary registration 'PH-FAZ' reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - September 04, 1959 First flown as 'PH-FAZ' - September 11, 1959 Delivered to the Department at Melbourne (Essendon) - September 28, 1959 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CAT - September 29, 1959 It was crewed and maintained by Trans-Australia Airlines - October 20, 1959 to March 27, 1978 Used for calibration and airfield survey work by DCA Transferred to the Department of Transport Air Transport Group - June 07, 1974 Sold to the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (C.S.I.R.O.) - July 03, 1978 Registered to the C.S.I.R.O. Division of Cloud Physics - August 08, 1978 Crewed and maintained by East-West Airlines - June 01, 1979 to 1991 It was observed at Melbourne (Essendon) with new 'COSSA' titles - November 1986 Crewed and maintained by Civil Aviation Authority - 1991 Sold to Australian Flight Test Services and leased back to C.S.I.R.O. - November 18, 1993 Advertised for sale in Flight International - January 2001 Sold to Omega Aviation Inc - November 17, 2003 Withdrawn from use and stored at Adelaide (Parafield) Airport Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register -June 27, 2006 Transferred to South Australia Aviation Museum Inc (S.A.A.M.) - February 18, 2008 Dismantled and moved by road to S.A.A.M. at Port Adelaide - December 14, 2008 Current at the S.A.A.M. Port Adelaide |
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VH-CAT. Department of Civil Aviation - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1968. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-587.) |
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VH-CAT. Department of Civil Aviation - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, November 1970. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-474.) |
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VH-CAT. Department of Civil Aviation - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, July 1973. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-461.) |
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VH-CAT. Department of Civil Aviation - in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, January 1975. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-194.) |
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VH-CAT. Department of Civil Aviation - in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, January 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-466.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-468.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-467.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-469.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-471.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-470.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Division of Cloud Physics - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 06, 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-193.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO - 'Cyrano' in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, May 1984. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-473.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO - 'Cyrano' in the revised livery at East Sale Airport, January 1985. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-472.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO - 'Cyrano' in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-680.) |
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VH-CAT. COSSA - 'Cyrano' in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, December 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-354.) |
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VH-CAT. COSSA - 'Cyrano' in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-508.) |
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VH-CAT. COSSA Research Aircraft Facility - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, March 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-507.) |
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VH-CAT. COSSA Research Aircraft Facility - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, July 1988. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-258.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Australia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date uknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-261.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Australia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-260.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Australia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-476.) |
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VH-CAT. CSIRO Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-509.) |
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VH-CAT. ARVA Airborne Research Vehicles Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide Airport, March 09, 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-475.) |
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VH-CAT. ARVA Airborne Research Vehicles Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-478.) |
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VH-CAT. ARVA Airborne Research Vehicles Australia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, March 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-477.) |
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VH-CAT. ARVA Airborne Research Vehicles Australia - in the standard livery at the South Australian Aviation Museum, Adelaide, June 23, 2012. (N. K. Daw Copyright Image 1993-544.) |