Ordered new by Trans Australia Airlines to become VH-TFH

Leased to East West whilst under construction - July 12, 1959

First flown as PH-FAX - July 16, 1959

Test flown by Capts J. Swan, A. Smith (East West); S. Walters, C. Dik (Fokker) - July 17, 1959

Accepted by East West at Schiphol as VH-TFH - July 28, 1959

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWA - July 29, 1959

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight as 'VH-TFH' for insurance / legal purposes - July 30, 1959

Ferry route: Marseilles-Rome-Athens-Beirut-Kuwait-Bahrain-Sharjah-Karachi-New Delhi-

Calcutta-Rangoon-Bangkok-Saigon-Labuan-Zamboanga-Davas-Sorong-Darwin-Mt Isa-Longreach-Brisbane

Ferry crew: Capts J. Swan, A. Smith; Navigator Capt D. Lawrence

During lay-over at Brisbane aircraft registration was amended to VH-EWA

Ferried to East West Airlines at Tamworth - August 12, 1959

Ferry flight overflew Coolangatta-Grafton-Glen Innes-Inverell-Gunnedah-Quirindi at low level

Aircraft was named 'City of Tamworth'

Operated its first revenue service with East West Airlines - August 26, 1959

Registered to East West Airlines Ltd - February 14, 1963

Sold to Australian Aircraft Sales - November 14, 1977

Sold to Uni-Air, France - November 15, 1977

Entered onto French Aircraft Register as F-BYAO - November 15, 1977

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - November 18, 1977

Aircraft had flown 43,277 hours and 53,818 cycles

Departed Tamworth on delivery flight to France - December 13, 1977

Leased to Air Senegal as F-BYAO - November 11, 1978

Sold to L'Institut Geographique National - 1986

Painted with Aviation de Recherche Atmospherique et de Teledetection (ARAT) titles - July 1, 1985

Reregistered F-WYAO - November 1988

Reregistered F-BYAO - November 1991

Reported as being withdrawn from service and stored at Creil, France - 2004

PH-FAX. EWA - in the original livery at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, July 1959.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-053.)

VH-TFH. EWA - in the original livery at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, July 1959.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-068.)

VH-EWA. East West Airlines - in the original livery, location & date unknown.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1999-865.)

VH-EWA. East West Airlines - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, January 1962.

(G. Wilkes Collection. 1999-099.)

VH-EWA. East West Airlines - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, May 1962.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-173.)

VH-EWA. East West Airlines - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, October 1966.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1999-742.)

VH-EWA. East West Airlines - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, January 1967.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-138.)

VH-EWA. East West - in the old livery with new titles and tail logo at Sydney Airport, May 1968.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-253.)

VH-EWA. East West - in the experimental livery at Sydney Airport, January 1970.

(M. Drescher Collection. 1993-041.)

VH-EWA. East West - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, December 1975.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-255.)

VH-EWA. East West - in the final livery at Armidale Airport, November 1976.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-254.)

VH-EWA. East West - in the final livery at Tamworth Airport, August 1975.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-721.)

VH-EWA. East West - in the final livery at Tamworth Airport, September 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-637.)

F-BYAO. Uni-Air - in basic East West livery at Paris, July 1978.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-062.)

F-BYAO. Air Senegal - in basic East West livery at Paris, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-150.)

F-BYAO. Uni-Air - in the original livery at unknown airport, March 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-063.)

F-BYAO. Uni-Air - in the original livery at unknown airport, August 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-648.)

F-BYAO. Uni-Air - in their modified livery at unknown airport, May 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-647.)

F-BYAO. ARAT - in the original livery at Paris, December 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-780.)

F-WYAO. ARAT - in their original livery with long nose probe at Paris, February 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-649.)

F-BYAO. ARAT - in the original livery at Paris, August 1998.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1993-103.)