Last of four aircraft 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 to Australia - April 15, 1958

Delivered by de Havilland Canada to de Havilland Australia at Bankstown - May 1958

Purchased from de Havilland Australia, Bankstown by Qantas

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAZ - August 21, 1958

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'Kerowagi' (New Guinea)

Delivered for operations in Papua New Guinea

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

Reregistered as VH-SBT - December 8, 1960

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Aircraft retained name 'Kerowagi' (New Guinea)

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 27, 1968

Sold in Canada as CF-XRI - 1968

Seen operated by Air West, Vancouver, British Columbia - December 1975

Seen operated by Air B.C., British Columbia - February 1983

Seen operated by Coval Air, British Columbia - January 1986

Sold to Osprey Wings Ltd (formerly Nipawin Air Services), La Ronge, Saskatchewan - 1992

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

Operated as an amphibian with floats, wheels and skis

Current Osprey Wings - 2008

VH-SBT. TAA Sunbird Services - in the full livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, circa 1968.