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Dates |
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Event |
1950 |
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Constructed as a Heron 1.
The prototype aircraft |
1950 |
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To de Havilland Aircraft Company with new c/r G-ALZL. |
From 25 April 1954 to 15 May 1954 |
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To Braathens SAFE with new c/r LN-BDH. |
30 June 1955 |
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To Jersey Airlines with new c/r G-ALZL.
Operated with markings: Duchess of Paris |
9 October 1962 |
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To Executive Air Transport keeping c/r G-ALZL. |
From 8 May 1964 to 2 June 1965 |
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Leased to English Electric. |
From 21 September 1965 to November 1966 |
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Leased to Emerald Airways. |
13 December 1966 |
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To Dan-Fly with new c/r OY-DGS. |
1968 |
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To Cimber Air keeping c/r OY-DGS. |
26 September 1969 |
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To Geoplan keeping c/r OY-DGS. |
August 1973 |
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To Altair with new c/r VH-CJS. |
February 1974 |
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Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: This is the prototype DH.114 Heron, which first flew at Hatfield in May 1950. It was purchased in 1973 by Perth charter operator Altair and ferried from Denmark as OY-DGS. Seen at Perth Jandakot in February 1974 as VH-CJS, in use carrying oil drilling workers to the north of Western Australia |
24 February 1975 |
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To Armour Coating (Australia) keeping c/r VH-CJS. |
From 24 February 1975 to December 1975 |
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Leased to Coveair. |
October 1975 |
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Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: VH-CJS at Parafield in October 1975, now operated by Coveair, Adelaide |
From 4 December 1975 to 10 May 1976 |
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Leased to United Air Services. |
March 1976 |
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Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: By 1976 VH-CJS was back in Perth, flying charter for Amalgamated Air. I took this shot in March 1976 at Adelaide Airport, where it had just arrived with a load of passengers from Perth during an airline strike |
10 May 1976 |
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To M. D. Rainsford keeping c/r VH-CJS. |
10 May 1976 |
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Leased to Amalgamated Air. |
By September 1976 |
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Permanently withdrawn from use.
At Perth Jandakot Airport. |
31 March 1994 |
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Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: In parts with fading Amalgamated Air c/s at Perth-Jandakot, Western Australia |
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Based at The Royal Australian Air Force Association, Bullcreek, Perth, Western Australia.
Under restoration.
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To The RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum, Bullcreek, Perth, Western Australia.
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