November 2018 FLYPAST 15http://www.fl ypast.com
Dutch museum’s DC-
undergoes restoration
The Nederlands Transport Museum in Nieuw Vennep is in the process of restoring Douglas
DC-2 PK-AFK. The 1934-built airliner fi rst fl ew in the US with Eastern Airways as NC13738.
It served with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War Two, and in 1987 was
acquired by Dutch operator DDA Classic Airlines. ROGER SOUPART
Boeing-Vertol Chinook H-91 (B-
800/CG.071) was unveiled at the
National Museum of Aeronautics in
Morón, Buenos Aires, earlier this
summer, following two years
of restoration.
Originally fl ying in the US as
N37007, the Chinook was one of
three ordered by the Argentine
Air Force (FAA) in 1979, and was
delivered on January 14, 1980.
Between April and June 1982,this machine and H-93 were
operated by the FAA during the
Falklands confl ict.
After its military career ended,
H-91 was stored at Área Material
Quilmes until October 2015, when it
was transferred to the museum for
refurbishment. Chinook H-93 is also
at the attraction and is likely to be
repainted into the green and brown
camoufl age scheme it wore during
the Falklands operation. ESTEBAN BREAArgentine Chinook is
put on museum display
Chinook H-91 has been restored for static
display in Buenos Aires. ESTEBAN BREADragon Rapide accident in
Canada
Shortly before ‘FlyPast’ closed for press we learned that the Historic Flight Foundation’s
1944-built de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AHXW had crashed at an airshow in Abbotsford, Canada.
Nobody was killed, but the accident resulted in some serious injuries, including to pilot John
Sessions. Our best wishes go out to all involved. PHOTO-HEILO KUILChilean
Phantom to
receive new
paint
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom 63-7683 is
set to be resprayed at Chile’s Museo Nacional
Aeronáutico y del Espacio. The fi ghter, which
shot down a North Vietnamese Air Force
MiG-21 on January 2, 1967, has been on
external display since 1996. Look out for an
image of the new-look jet in a future issue.
ÁLVARO ROMERO