VH-PWN Douglas
DC-3CS1C3G
(c/n 9286)
This was East-West's VH-EWA and VH-EWF. It was
re-registered VH-PWN in November
1967 and leased to
Queensland Pacific Trading Co Pty Ltd. Roger McDonald's
color shot
above was taken at Cairns
in July 1970. In June 1972. it was leased for a while to Adastra
Aerial Surveys.
Later that year (September) it was acquired by Bush Pilots
Airways Ltd and
saw time with
their Papua/New Guinea division in 1973. By 1982 it
was flying
for Air Queens-
land and was
withdrawn from use by that outfit at Cairns in
1987. It was then operated by
DC-3
Queensland/Air Rambler and Greg Banfield's shot (below) shows it in
their
livery at Banks-
town in February
1989. Dick Lang picked it up in 1991 for his Desert Air
Safaris. In 1993 it
was sold to
Pioneer Adventures Ltd in New Zealand and became ZK-AMS. By
2006 it was
back on the Australian
register as VH-CWS and is
currently owned by Classic Wings (Western
Australia).