After retirement from Departmental service, Fokker F.27 Friendship VH-CAT was sold to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and flew on a variety of research tasks. It is seen here at Adelaide/Parafield in the late 1990s.

As of February 2006, VH-CAT is owned by Omega Aviation Inc. of Mudjimba, Qld.

(Photo: Phil Vabre collection)

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