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Spirits of Ansett

Welcome to Spirits of Ansett, a site which is dedicated to all those who have worked for Guinea Airways, Ansett Australia and its Subsidiaries in South Australia.

 

If this is your first time here take a few minutes and see how a GREAT Australian airline developed through persistence, determination and hard work from one man – Sir Reginald Ansett, with the help of some very dedicated people.

 

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If you enjoy what you see, tell your friends to take a look. Maybe, you have some old stories or photos that you would like to share with us. Now that Ansett is no longer with us, it is very important that we have a place where we can store Ansett stories and photos for others to see. Please email me - schulze@spiritsofansett.com  with the details.

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Some very interesting history on Sir Reginald Myles Ansett – the man, as told by Kenneth Bond OAM at the Sir Norman Brearley Oration for the Civil Aviation Historical Society of Western Australia Inc. on 28th August 2002.

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Another very good article by Tom Ballantyne – “What really went wrong at Ansett”

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If you have a social event that other ex Ansett staff might be interested in let me know – events  for details.

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Which airline operated the first scheduled air service in Australia? If you answered QANTAS you would be wrong. Check Legends of Ansett for a very interesting response to this question from Airline Historian, Fred Niven.

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Some interesting photos of  the Convairs (VH-BZN & VH-BZF) taken by Alan Lawson – History of ASA

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If you are interested in purchasing a print taken from the original “BIRTH OF A LEGEND” by artist and ex Ansett spray painter (Heavy Maintenance) Ken Jennings please email birthofalegend@spiritsofansett.com The cost is $20.00 plus postage and packing. To see a copy of this print click on Birth of a Legend.

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We have received a very interesting photo from Dave Culshaw of the Engineering  Apprenticeship Scheme 1971. Please click engineers to see the photo. If you can help with any of the names please email me.

 

NEW – December 2009         What a great present to give someone for Christmas

 Fred Niven has just released Edition 7  of “Airlines & Aircraft of the Ansett Group 1921 to 2002”.

Over 4.3GB which covers the  histories of ALL airlines & aircraft of the Ansett & A.N.A. Groups & contains:

- 160 Word files, containing over 5700 pages (Edition 6 had 141 files & around 4000 pages).

- Around 10,000 photos, maps, graphics (I stopped counting some time ago – Edition 6 had some 8,000 photos etc).

- Updated data/photos (to mid-November, 2009) on many aircraft.

- Major updates for many sections & some new ones.

- Updated Flight Crew lists for all Group airlines.

- A massive increase in memorabilia content.

- 27 videos & copies of TV commercials  - up from 8 in Edition 6

Click here for FULL DETAILS

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CAN YOU HELP?   Jim Evans and Nigel Daw are putting  together a book on the history of “Airlines of South Australia” – 1960 to 1986. If you have photos etc please contact Jim or Nigel as soon as possible as they would like to publish the book in 2011. If you click on Airlines of South Australia   you will find out what they want and how to contact them.

 

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The Spirits of Ansett luncheon for 2010 will be held on Thursday 7th  October 2010, the FIRST Thursday in October,  not the second as previous years. Please put this date into your diaries. It will be held at the Marion Hotel, 849 Marion Road, Mitchell Park. Further details will be promulgated end of July.

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Next year (2011)  will be the final Spirits of Ansett. This will be the 10th anniversary since Ansett Airlines closed. The venue will be advised early next year, 2011. All Ansett Airlines, Airlines of SA and subsidiary staff will be invited to attend this event.

 

 

 

Can I make a plea to you all if you have any interesting stories or photos about your days in Ansett please let me know –  schulze@spiritsofansett.com  (If they are interesting we will add them to the site.)

 

 John Schulze

(Website coordinator)

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