VH-CAJ (2)   Swearingen Merlin SA26AT Merlin IIB                     (c/n  T26-119)

                                

                                  One of four Merlins operated by the Department in the 1970s, VH-CAJ was first registered in February
                                  1969.   It is seen above in this shot by Michael Austin (via Roger McDonald) outside the Department of
                                  Transport's Flying Unit at Essendon in August 1979.   In 1983 VH-CAJ was repatriated back to the
                                  US becoming N4468M.    Although reported as being For Sale recently (2008), I believe it is languishing
                                  at an airport somewhere in Oklahoma, and will possibly be soon stricken from the register.