Originally ordered by Jorge Pasquel but was cancelled on death of purchaser

Construction completed - April 2, 1954 but placed in storage

Sold to Ansett Airways

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZE - February 4, 1955

Departed San Diego on delivery flight to Melbourne - March 3, 1955

Its routing was: San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi-Noumes

Arrived in Melbourne - March 9, 1955

Entered Ansett Airways service - April 24, 1955

Leased to Butler Air Transport and flown in full Butler sky-blue colors - August 5, 1958

Sold to Remmert Werner Inc - February 1959

Sold to Hawaiian Airlines Finance Inc - April 20,1959

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to San Francisco - April 26, 1959

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 28, 1959

Registered N5511K - June 27, 1959

Converted to CV-440 then upgraded to CV-640 standard using RR Darts - June 27, 1966

Leased to School Bus Airlines - December 21, 1971 to June 14, 1972

Leased to Zantop Air Transport Inc as a freighter - July 1972

Sold to Chase Manhattan Bank but lease to Zantop continued - December 12, 1974

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - August 3, 2000

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1029-013. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, circa 1955.

(Image 1029-011. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, circa 1955.

(Image 1029-027. E. Coates Photograph)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery & new titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1956.

(Image 1029-047. B. Colledge Photograph)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - removing the tail at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1029-070. L. Wise Photograph)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery & new titles at Brisbane Airport, November 1956.

(Image 1029-122. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery & new titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1029-072. L. Wise Photograph)

VH-BZE. Ansett Airways - in the original livery & new titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1029-071. L. Wise Photograph)

VH-BZE. Butler Air Transport - in the blue livery at Sydney Airport, January 1959.

(Image 1029-012. B. Dannecker Photographer)

VH-BZE. Butler Air Transport - in the blue livery at Sydney Airport, late 1958.

(Image 1029-042. R. N. Smith Collection)

N5511K. Zantop International - in the full livery with original titles, April 1982.

(Image 1029-066. R. N. Smith Collection)

N5511K. Zantop - in the full livery and modified titles, August 1987.

(Image 1029-067. R. N. Smith Collection)