Australia’s civil aviation in 1950

Surprised thee are not many more Avro Anson survivor airframes as it must have been the perfect plane to start a small feeder airline after the war. So many surplus Ansons to be had for pretty cheap? In South Africa hundreds were sold after the war, but sadly with an understanding they were not to be flown? Unfortunately most were cut up for hardware and piping, about 20 fuselage frames went into supporting the tin roof of an engineering works in Cape Town! I think every flying club in the country should have been given a brace of newly serviced Ansons and Tiger Moths after the war, as a Govt aviation promotion incentive!

Roger was such a popular name in those days...!

If I recall correctly, Ansons were operating to tassie from Essendon and Moorabbin into the 60's.  The engines could not be feathered and maybe the wing spars had wood in  them. Nev

On 28/3/2022 at 2:21 PM, facthunter said:

If I recall correctly, Ansons were operating to tassie from Essendon and Moorabbin into the 60's.  The engines could not be feathered and maybe the wing spars had wood in  them. Nev

More than just wood in them - full wood including box spars right up to the second series of the mk19 when they made a metal wing.  Some of the earlier wooden wing ansons used in airlines were fitted with metal wings as they aged into the 1960’s but the fuselage was not exactly spacious or quiet and much more modern and efficient airframes saw them off. 

There’s one on display in a glass hangar at Tamworth Airport. Lovingly restored a few decades ago, in tribute to their use by Tamworth’s long gone East West Airlines.