Paul Raasch with VH-BUV, VH-BUW and a ubiquitous DC-3 at Bahrain.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Gibbes Sepik Airways Ju 52 loading drums.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

A familiar sight in the New Guinea highlands in the late 1950s: Gibbes Sepik Airways Ju 52 VH-BUW preparing for a flight, in this case at Kinijile.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

'Auntie' VH-BUV en route to Nice.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

VH-BUV in New Guinea during its glory days of cargo/passenger flying for Gibbes Sepik Airways.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Former VH-BUV, later registered as VH- GSS, in its New Guinea heyday.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Swedish flight engineer Iohann Jerdnell attending to one of VH-BUU's BMW's.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Local residents watching a run on an engine test-bed originally used for Australian license-built Pratt & Whitney engines.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Supply drop by a Gibbes Sepik Airways Ju 52 to a ground exploration party in the New Guinea highlands.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

VH-BUV is prepared for its long delivery flight to New Guinea at Brotnma Airport, Stockholm.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

A group of engineers, including Carl Nilsson, who helped in the rebuild work, pictured at Bromma Airport, Stockholm, in january 1957.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Albin Ahrenberg, the eminent Swedish commercial flyer who owned the Ju 52s which Australian Bobby Gibbes bought.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Reserve interior petrol tank for the long ferry flight in VH-BUV.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

The former VH-BUV when as VH-GSH, it ground-looped at Baiyer River.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

VH-BUW and the Qantas terminal/freight shed after an argument at Wau, New Guinea. This led to a major rebuild of the aircraft.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931

The remains of Ju 52s VH-BUV and VH-BUW at Port Adelaide in June 1962 for melting down by Brown's Scrap Metals in South Australia.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931