VH-CJS. de Havilland DH-114-1B Heron. c/n 10903.
This aircraft was built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company, Hatfield, Herts Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-ALZL (CofR 14969/1) - March 30, 1950 Registered to de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hatfield This was the prototype de Havilland DH114 Heron First flown as G-ALZL - May 10, 1950 Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA #2824) issued - November 20, 1950 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - April 25, 1954 Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-BDH - April 25, 1954 Registered to Braathens South American and Far East Air Transport A/S, Norway t/a Braathens SAFE Leased to Braathens SAFE Norway as the registered operator Returned to de Havilland, Hatfield, England - May 21, 1954 Cancelled from the Norwegian Aircraft Register - May 21, 1954 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register (CofR R.2824/2) - May 21, 1954 Registered to de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hatfield Sold to Airlines (Jersey) Limited, Jersey, Channel Islands - June 30, 1955 Registered to Airlines (Jersey) Limited, Jersey (CofR R.2824/3) - June 30, 1955 Delivered to Airlines (Jersey) Limited - July 07, 1955 Aircraft was named 'Duchess of Paris' Registered to Alares Development Company Limited, Jersey (CofR R.2824/4) - February 12, 1959 Leased to Airlines (Jersey) Limited as the registered operator Sold to Executive Air Transport Limited, Edgebaston, Birmingham - October 10, 1962 Registered to Executive Air Transport Limited (CofR R.2824/5) - October 10, 1962 Leased to English Electric Company Limited, Samlesbury as the registered operator - May 08, 1964 Returned to Executive Air Transport on termination of the lease - June 06, 1965 Leased to Emerald Airways Limited, Liverpool as the registered operator - ? Returned to Executive Air Transport on termination of the lease - November 1966 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 02, 1966 Sold to Dan-Fly, Denmark - December 02, 1966 Entered onto the Danish Aircraft Register as OY-DGS - December 1966 Delivered to Dan-Fly, Denmark - December 13, 1966 Sold to Cimbef Air, Sonderborg, Denmark - ? 1968 Sold to Geoplan, Denmark - September 02, 1969 Sold to Altair, Australia - August 1973 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CJS - August 23, 1973 Sold to Leas Industrial Finance, Australia - January 08, 1975 Sold to Armour Coating (Australia) Pty Limited - February 24, 1975 Leased to Coveair Pty Limited as the registered operator Returned to Armour Coating (Australia) Pty Ltd - December 1975 Leased to United Air Services, Australia as the registered operator - December 04, 1975 Sold to M. D. Rainsford, Australia - May 10, 1976 Leased to Amalgamated Air Services, Australia as the registered operator - May 10, 1976 Withdrawn from use and storec at Perth (Jandakot) Airport - September 1976 Placed on display at the Western Australia Museum of Aviation, Perth - 1986 Preserved at the Western Australia Museum of Aviation |
VH-CJS. Coveair - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, April 1975. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-003.) |
VH-CJS. United Air Services - in the basic Coveair livery at Perth Airport, February 1976. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-881.) |
VH-CJS. Amalgamated Air - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, August 1977. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-004.) |