Closely watched planes 3

In Towns I’ve stayed in 2 — Dorrigo I mentioned the Fokker Friendship, and in the late 60s and 70s I certainly did fly in these winged buses on a number of occasions. The most interesting flight was from Dubbo in 1975 when the plane made it back to Sydney on one engine, the port engine having given up the ghost somewhere around Lithgow.

I see there is one of these still in service in Australia, doing special things for the Navy:

F27 Friendship (1976 model) formerly of East-West Airlines. More info on picture link.