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A hangar full of unique aircraft to wander around this month. Our UH-1H helicopter and a couple of surprises - one in particular you won't see again.Then, there is Frigate Bird II ...
75th Anniversary of Captain P.G.Taylor's flight in a Catalina across the Pacific Ocean to South America.
In March 1951, Sir Patrick Gordon "P. G." Taylor and his crew flew the "Frigate Bird II", a Boeing built Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Flying Boat, from Australia eastwards across the Pacific Ocean to Chile in South America.
The flight departed Rose Bay, Sydney on 13 March 1951, alighting on the Clarence River at Grafton for an overnight stop and a final check of the aircraft before setting off the next morning for Noumea (New Caledonia), Suva (Fiji),Tonga, Aitutaki (Cook Islands), Tahiti (French Polynesia), Mangareva (Gambier Islands), Easter Island (lsla de Pascura) and then the long hop to Valparaiso in Chile, South America arriving on 27 March 1951.
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54 Airport Road, Shellharbour Airport,, Albion Park Rail, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2527, 38 Airport Rd, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527, Australia, Shellharbour City Centre
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