Built at Chester as a Heron 2E for Indian Airlines Corporation

Accepted at Chester by Indian Airlines - July 1955

Configured to seat 14 passengers

Entered onto the Indian Aircraft Register as VT-DHI - July 15, 1955

Sold to Banwarilal, India - May 1961

Sold to Connellan Airways - March 27, 1963

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CLT - March 29, 1963

Registered to Connellan Airways Ltd

Arrived Alice Springs at conclusion of delivery flight - April 5, 1963

Used initially for crew training

Aircraft named 'John McEwen'

Ferried Alice Springs-Bankstown for overhaul and mandatory modification work - July 6, 1963

Work was carried out by Hawker de Havilland Australia

Converted to Heron 2E/A1 standard by having Lycoming engines installed - November / December, 1969

Was the first Connellan Heron to be converted taking some 2,000 manhours and costing approx. $100,000

Registered to Connair Pty Ltd following company name change - July 11, 1970

Was on ground at Darwin Airport when Cyclone Tracy struck - December 24, 1974

Suffered only minor damage and was returned to operations next day

Registered to Northern Airlines following East West Airlines purchase of Connair - June 2, 1980

Commenced operations under this title - June 9, 1980

Northern Airlines ceased operations - February 6, 1981

Aircraft stored at Alice Springs Airport

Sold to Southern Airlines Pty Ltd - August 5, 1981

Southern Airlines ceased operations due to financial difficulties - 1983

Sold at auction to Airlines of Tasmania - 1983

Ferried Parafield-Essendon-Launcestion on delivery to Airlines of Tasmania - March 19, 1983

Aircraft was named 'Spirit of Bass Strait' - March 29, 1983

Withdrawn from use and stored at Launceston Airport - June 1989

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 22, 1989

Scrapped on site with cabin repordly used as a 'hunting lodge' in the hills west of Woodbury, Tasmania

VH-CLT. Southern - in the full livery at an unknown airport, December 1982.