VH-BKL (2)  Cessna 402                                  (c/n  402-0004)

                                  

                                        This early (4th production) Cessna 402 was the first of its type imported into Australia, arriving at
                                        Sydney as N3204Q on 9 February 1967.  It went to Cessna dealers Rex Aviation at Bankstown,
                                        and in February 1968 was painted up as VH-DSY but for some reason this was not taken up and
                                        the aircraft was assigned VH-BKL on the 22nd of that month.  It re-appeared three days later with
                                        its correct rego!     b Being the first of its breed it was used for a while as a demo machine.   When
                                        Roger McDonald took the photo above at Bankstown in March 1973 it was operated by GRD
                                        Surveys   In the shot below taken in 1975, from the Margaret Picard collection, the 402 had gone
                                        to SAATAS.  It was sold in Papua/New Guinea in February 1984 becoming P2-SVY.