VH-EAW
(2) DHC-3
Otter
(c/n 241)
Big brother
to the Beaver, this nice amphibious Otter was imported in 1958.
It was sold to
TAA's New Guinea 'Sunbird'
operation in 1960 becoming VH-SBQ. Unfortunately this
beautiful looking
machine crashed off the beach at Samarai, New Guinea, in 1961.
The nice
air-to-air shot
below is via the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
collection,
whilst
that at the foot of the page was taken by Robert Blaikie at Jackson's
strip, Port Moresby
when he took a trip
in the aircraft to Samarai in July 1958.