By: JägerMarty - 15th January 2008 at 11:01
.Council is now considering releasing the airframe to an Australian Museum and instituting some other Uiver memorial in the terminal.
Best option I suppose, but if they can’t get their crap together, let it go to the states and get the treatment it deserves
By: flyernzl - 15th January 2008 at 02:26
It is unlikely to leave Australia
Well that’s a positive, anyway.
By: Nostalgair - 15th January 2008 at 00:59
Thanks all for the update.
We Aussies should get our thinking caps on and see if there is anything that can be done for this piece of history. It would be a shame for it to slip away.
Cheers
Owen
By: mark_pilkington - 14th January 2008 at 21:52
The Albury Council appointed a Trust to raise funds to restore the aircraft after its removal from the poles and external display, and proposed to include the aircraft on display in the new terminal.
The Trust does not have any local volunteers and has had some commercial restoration costs provided that are significant ($200k to $400k) and has been unable to raise those funds.
The Trust instead proposed sectioning the airframe to mount the cockpit, engines and leading edge of the wing centre-section on the wall of the new passenger terminal.
That proposal was rejected by the Council.
Council is now considering releasing the airframe to an Australian Museum and instituting some other Uiver memorial in the terminal.
A30-11 is the oldest surviving DC2, one of 8 surviving in the world, and the oldest Douglas Commercial Airliner in the world.
It is unlikely to leave Australia, certainly unlikely to be dis-assembled etc for the Albury display and most likely to be passed onto a volunteer aviation museum under some arrangement.
Regards
Mark Pilkington
By: Linrey - 14th January 2008 at 01:03
It had spent the last couple years on the ground in different locations around the airport. (Used to be up on poles)
It is no longer on the airport grounds. (Unless it’s in the unused hangar on the airport boundary.. in pieces..) No idea where it has gone, sorry.
By: JägerMarty - 14th January 2008 at 00:35
What is the latest on this DC-2?
Does anyone have any contact details for any person involved?
I was up there last week and there was a report on the TV news saying the council are not interested in restoring it. They have had significant interest in it from the US, one of the DC2s original airlines is chasing it.
Best thing for it really, get out of Albury and get some proper money spent on it. They left it outside for 40 years and now it’s rooted:eek:
By: Skybert - 13th January 2008 at 22:00
As far as I know the towns council voted by minimal majority that the plane would be disposed of, rather than having it restored. I guess it’s up for grabs
By: wieesso - 13th January 2008 at 21:02
http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/help/uiver.htm
‘In early 2006, AlburyCity Council established the Uiver Memorial Community Trust to raise sufficient funds to restore the aircraft to display conditions.
Long term, it’s planned to house the restored aircraft in a permanent climate controlled environment at the Albury Airport .
The restoration program is estimated to take three to four years.’
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