"Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote in message
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On 15/07/2015 19:39, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Yes, that last one was the one. Did they not use some weird three engined
plane in it?...

With over 150 different types, tri-motors are hardly weird.

They were quite unusual at the time tho and that was only
a very small subset of the planes they used at the time.
There were only ever 4 registered in the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_...ralia#Aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Hav...a_DHA-3_Drover

It makes a lot of sense for bush aircraft to carry two spare engines,

At that time they weren't spare engines.

especially if half the stories I heard from a former flying doctor pilot
were true.