VH-EAV. de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver. c/n 741.
It was also registered as: VH-DHI and VH-AVR.
This was the last 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) - February 07, 1955 Purchased from de Havilland Australia, Bankstown by Qantas Airways - February 17, 1955 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAV - April 01, 1955 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Departed Sydney (Bankstown) for operations in Papua-New Guinea - April 10, 1955 Sold to de Havilland Australia - April 16, 1959 Reregister as VH-DHI - April 16, 1959 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - February 11, 1960 Repurchased by Qantas Airways on behalf of Fiji Airways Limited, Nausori, Suva, Fiji Islands - February 22, 1960 Entered onto Fijian Aircraft Register as VQ-FAA Registered Fiji Airways - March 04, 1960 Cancelled from Fijian Aircraft Register - 1963 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AVR - February 08, 1963 Registered to Aerial Agriculture Pty Ltd, Bankstown This aircraft was destroyed when it crashed at Armidale, N.S.W. - July 09, 1964 It crashed from a low altitude when a wing broke away in flight due to the failure of a wing strut fitting It was engaged in agricultural operations at the time Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - February 1965 |
VH-DHI. de Havilland Australia - in the basic Qantas livery at Whyndham Airport, circa 1959. (B. Anderson Copyright Image 1920-472.) |