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VH-EAT. de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver. c/n 645.
It was also registered as: VH-FBV.
This was the second of four aircraft ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - ? Built by de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Downsview, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Powered by Pratt and Whitney R.985 Wasp Junior engine Delivered by de Havilland Canada to de Havilland Australia at Sydney (Bankstown) - December 07, 1954 Purchased from de Havilland Australia, Bankstown by Qantas Airways - December 08, 1954 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAT - January 06, 1955 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Fitted with floats and based at Port Moresby, Papua-New Guinea Sold to Australasian Petroleum Ltd, New Guinea - April 14, 1958 Reregistered as VH-FBV - April 14, 1958 Sold to NNGLM De Kroonduif, Nieuw Guinea, West Netherlands Luchivaart Masatschappij as 'JZ-PAE' - ? Registered J2-PAE for NNGLM De Krooduif - May 14, 1961 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - June 1961 The aircraft was named ‘Etnabaai’ during the festivities of the Royal Dutch Air Force at Mokmer The registration J2-PAE was cancelled - December 31, 1962 Transferred to Garuda Indonesia Airways after Indonesia independence from the Dutch - December 31, 1962 Entered onto Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-GBD - ? Operated on behalf of Garuda by Merpati Nusantara Airlines Withdrawn from use and fate is unknown |
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VH-EAT. Qantas - in the original livery at Sydney Bankstown Airport, January 1955. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-474.) |
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VH-EAT. Qantas - in the original livery at Sydney Bankstown Airport, January 1955. (Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 1920-391.) |
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VH-EAT. Qantas - in the original livery at Middle Town, New Guinea, date unknown. (Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 1920-392.) |