Construction completed - August 21, 1957

Sold to Ansett Airways for $US 750,000

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZH - July 23, 1957

Departed San Diego on delivery flight to Melbourne - September 17, 1957

Delivery route was - San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi

Arrived Melbourne - September 24, 1957

Leased to Butler Air Transport in Ansett colors & Butler titles - March 1959 to January 1960

Transferred to Airlines of South Australia - January 1960

Aircraft was named 'Col. William Light'

Registered to Airlines of South Australia - February 14, 1961

Withdrawn from service - May 15, 1962

Ferried to Essendon Airport for storage

Sold to Allegheny Airlines Inc - May 18, 1962

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to San Francisco - May 18, 1962

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 21, 1962

Registered N8421H - May 28, 1962

Converted to CV-580 standard by Pacific Airmotive Corp - May 17, 1967 to August 23, 1967

Delivered to Allegheny - becoming N5829 - August 23, 1967

Sold to National Bank of Detroit - November 29, 1976

Leased to Evergreen International Airlines - May 13, 1977

Aircraft was named 'Jane'

Sold to Plymouth Leasing Co - January 1979

Leased to US Airways / Interstate Airlines / Emery Express - June 1979

Reregistered N583PL to Interstate Airlines - June 24, 1981

Sold to Air Traffic Service Corp - June 11, 1982

Leased to Summit Airlines Inc - November 1983

Sold to Summit Airlines - becoming N537SA - November 16, 1985

Leased to European Air Transport - for DHL - September 17, 1987

Registered OO-DHB and entered service in DHL colors - September 24, 1987

Leased to SwiftAir - becoming EC-830 - March 6, 1995

Reregistered EC-GBF - June 1995

Sold to Sky Haul Pty Ltd, South Africa - 2005

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-SKL - June 29, 2005

Current

VH-BZH. Ansett - full livery with 'Metropolitan' roof titles at Brisbane's Eagle Farm Airport, circa 1957.

(Image 1029-002. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-BZH. Ansett - full livery with 'Metropolitan' roof titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, circa 1957.

(Image 1029-015. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-BZH. Butler Air Transport - in full Ansett livery at Sydney Airport, circa 1959.

(Image 1029-055. P. J. Gates Collection)

N537SA. Summit - in the full livery at unknown airport, March 1987.

(Image 1029-064. R. N. Smith Collection)

OO-DHB. Summit - in the basic livery without titles, location and date unknown.

(Image 1029-080. R. N. Smith Collection)

OO-DHB. DHL - in the full livery at unknown airport, August 1988.

(Image 1029-079. R. N. Smith Collection)

EC-GBF. DHL SwiftAir - in full DHL livery, location and date unknown.

(Image 1029-095. P. J. Gates Collection)

ZS-SKL. Sky Haul - in basic DHL livery at Johannesburg, September 2005.

(Image 1029-068. R. N. Smith Collection)