Shasa brought the rest of the guests up from Cape Town in the twin-engined Queen Air.

The Queen Air is so slow, but it will be quicker than waiting for the scheduled flight to Johannesburg.

As Garry Courtney started the engines of the Queen Air, he was calculating furiously.

He pushed the Queen Air right over the manual, squeezing an extra fifteen knots out of her.

He pushed the nose of the Queen Air down into a dangerous altitude and dived to intercept.

Garry had always been a far better pilot than he was, and the Queen Air had the wings to out fly him.

One aircraft was destroyed by fire at Dubbo in 1982 and a fifth Queen Air was added to replace it.

Introduced in 1961 the model 80 was the first of the Queen Airs to have the more modern swept tail.

The B80 was by far the longest produced Queen Air with production lasting some 12 years.

Introduced in 1965 the model 88 is a pressurised version of the Queen Air.