After the war, he joined Trans Australia Airlines and served throughout Australia and New Guinea. While with TAA , Jack gained command experience on various aircraft including DC-3 , DC-6B and Bristol Freighter, as well as the Viscount, DC-9 and Boeing 727. Later he flew DC-3 (C-47) aircraft belonging to Dakota National Air (also known as Dakotas Down Under and Discovery Air Tours ) operated Joy flights over Sydney, Night Champagne Flights, Skydiving operations and Tours to the Wine Region of Mudgee. During his career, Jack flew more than 22,000 hours, including 7,000 in the cockpit of the DC-3. He passed away on 10th Jan 2015.

Two images of Jack and DC-3 VH-MIN (originally a C-47).

There is a very good video of Jack flying VH-MIN (which was originally built as a C-47 rather than a DC-3) on Youtube at 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u3q0a5EY28'. It was originally a Douglas C-47A-25-DK, RAF Serial: KG647 (Dakota III), briefly postwar with BOAC. A full history of it's service on the local registry as VH-MIN (and many images) can be found on the ADASTRA webpage at 'https://www.adastra.adastron.com/aircraft/dc3/vh-min.htm.

He was also involved with the warbird movement. Amongst his image collection were these two restored Wirraways

A20-653 is apparently the actual identity of the first one. The other was originally A20-719, Restored in the 1990s by Rob Greinert (Jack was a member of the syndicate involved) and that appears to be him in the pilot's seat in this photo. The aircraft was tragically lost in a crash at Nowra on May 30, 1999 killing the pilot and his passenger.

Jack Curtiss had flown the original A20-458 while training at 7 SFTS Deniliquin. This image from his collection is of the original airframe and that is likely him in the cockpit. All Wirraway images Jack Curtis via Dominic O'Donnell.

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