Spectrem Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 (DC-3) ZS-ASN at Rockhampton Airport - REVISITED!

Back in Mid-May, Spectrem Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 (DC-3) ZS-ASN spent a couple of days at Rockhampton Airport. This extraordinary aircraft is owned by Anglo Operations and is used for mineral surveys word-wide. It is still going strong after some 60 years.

In this Post, I've decided to revisit the DC-3's arrival, as I have recently been contacted by Travis, a contractor at Rockhampton Airport, who managed to take some great photos of ZS-ASN shortly after its arrival.

I've also found a great article and video that the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper published - the link to the online article and video can be found HERE.

ZS-ASN was originally a C-47B-40-DK (Oklahoma City) and was delivered in June 1945 to the United States Air Force (USAF) and given the s/n 44-77249, tail number 477249. It then went to the RAF, and later started its civilian life with British European Airways in 1952 as G-AMNV.

Since then, its been registered all over the world, and eventually as ZS-ASN, it was fitted with magnetometer tail and wingtip housings at Toronto in 1982. It was converted to a Basler Turbo 67 in late 1992 and has Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67R engines. This was Basler's 11th conversion.

Spectrem Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 (DC-3) ZS-ASN Departs Rockhampton Airport

A spectacular aircraft that became a star attraction at Rockhampton Airport over the last couple of days, has departed on Wednesday 16 May to South Australia.

Spectrem Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 (DC-3) ZS-ASN touched down at Rockhampton on Monday 14 May from Townsville and has been the subject of much media and local attention.  The lovely old - but heavily modified - Douglas DC-3, operated an aerial survey on behalf of Anglo Operations on Tuesday 15 May.

It departed about 11am on Wednesday, heading towards South Australia.  We hope to see it again sometime!

Spectrem Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 (DC-3) ZS-ASN at Rockhampton Airport Monday

Making a spectacular arrival into Rockhampton Airport on Monday 14 May was Spectrem Douglas (Basler) BT-67 Turbo-67 (DC-3) ZS-ASN.

This extraordinary aircraft is owned by Anglo Operations and is used for mineral surveys word-wide. It is still going strong after some 60 years.

Originally a C-47B-40-DK (Oklahoma City) it was delivered in June 1945 to the United States Air Force (USAF) and given the s/n 44-77249, tail number 477249. It then went to the RAF as KP279 in July. It started civilian life with British European Airways in 1952 as G-AMNV, named "Sir Eric Geddes" and has been registered all over the world since then.

ZS-ASN was fitted with magnetometer tail and wingtip housings at Toronto in 1982. It was converted to a Basler Turbo 67 in late 1992 and has Pratt &Whitney PT6A-67R engines. This was Basler's 11th conversion. The fuselage is stretched 40" ahead of the center-section.

ZS-ASN is expected to be around Rockhampton for a few days.