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Vanair was a domestic airline based in Vanuatu. The airline flew to 29 destinations on 18 of Vanuatu's 83 islands, and was wholly owned by the Vanuatu government.
Air Melanesiæ de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover at Bankstown Airport (early 1970s).
The de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover is a small transport aircraft that was built by de Havilland Australia in the 1940s and 1950s. The aircraft had some similarities with the two-engine British-bu
Vanair
…founded in 1963) and French-owned Société Néo-Hébridaise de Transports Aériens, known as Hebridair (founded 1964). New Hebrides Airways contributed a de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover to the operation, while Hebridair provided a Dornier Do 28, however the Do 28 crashed in 1966. By the beginning of the 1970s the airline was controlled…
DHA-3 Mk. 2 Drover
A Mark 2 Drover with Gipsy engines and fixed-pitch propellers
The Powerhouse Museum's DHA-3 Mk. 3a Drover at Bankstown Airport
Drover 3B, with Lycoming O-360 engines, at Bankstown Airport in 1970