September 1973 - Australian Army Aviation 171 Operational Support Squadron BELL A17-019 206B-1 "Kiowa" helicopter at Goroka Airport, Papua New Guinea

AIRCRAFT HISTORY

(Courtesy of ADF Serials)

- 12 Oct 1972 - First Flight

- 1973 - Delivered to Australian Army Aviation Corps (then 171 Op Spt Sqn)

- 12 Oct 1987 - Crashed at Lakeland Downs (near Cooktown, QLD) after a wire strike.

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SOURCE INFO

- Original image was captured during my Australian Army Aviation service as a Craftsman, Mechanic Instrument (AIR), with 1 Aviation Regiment Workshops detachment at Goroka Airport, Papua New Guinea, using a KODAK Instamatic 100 35mm compact camera, with AGFA Agfacolor 126 slide positive film.

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PROCESS INFO

- Re-digitized using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner @ 2400 DPI, 48 bit color, 2400 x 2400 pixel size.

- Re-restored from the badly scratched, faded & blue colour cast original slide quality, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0.

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