Second of four ordered by Qantas Airways Ltd

Built by de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Downsview, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Powered by Pratt and Whitney R-1340 Wasp engine

Aircraft shipped from New York City, on S.S. City of Auckland - March 6, 1958

Delivered by de Havilland Canada to de Havilland Australia at Bankstown - April 14, 1958

Purchased from de Havilland Australia, Bankstown by Qantas

Accepted by Qantas in joint handover ceremony with VH-EAW - May 27, 1958

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAX - May 27, 1958

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named ‘Kokopo’ (New Britain)

Delivered for operations in Papua New Guinea

Sold to Trans Australian Airlines (T.A.A.) - September 1, 1960

Reregistered as VH-SBR - December 8, 1960

Operator Trans Australian Airlines – T.A.A.

Aircraft renamed ‘Kundiawa’

Withdrawn from T.A.A. service - October 30, 1966

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 22, 1966

Seen stored Bankstown awaiting sale - July 20, 1968

Sold to Bennoc Corporation, Canada - April 1969

Sold to North Canada Air as C-FYLZ

Operated by Dawn Air Ltd - 1987

Operated by Nueltin Lake Air Services Ltd, Alonso, Manitoba

Converted to Pratt and Whitney Canada PT-6A-135A turbine engine

Operated as an amphibian with floats, wheels and skis

Registered to Mattice Lake Outfitters Ltd, Armstrong, Ontario as C-FLYZ - January 5, 2006

Registered to Wabakimi Air Ltd, Armstrong, Ontario, Canada as C-FLYZ - April 19, 2006

Current with Wabakimi Air - 2008

VH-EAX. Qantas - in the full livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, May 1958.

VH-EAX. Qantas - in the full livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, May 1958.