Sold in Australia as VH-FNU. Nigel Apperley photo

Damaged at Aro, February 4, 1984.

Sold in Australia in 1993 as VH-XFH. Nigel Apperley photo.

Ansett-MAL photo.

A brief period in time when Melbourne-based Skyvan demonstrator VH-FSH (right) joined Patair's duo VH-FNJ and FNI at Port Moresby to cover fleet aircraft maintenance . -PNJ was sold in the US as N64AC in 1973.

To Papua New Guinea register as P2-SBO in 1974.

Became P2-MAB and then P2-ANX following Papua New Guinea's independence.

VH-PNA was fitted with JATO and at one stage undercarriage doors. The latter were soon removed because of maintenance problems but the JATO pack remained. It is not recorded if it was used outside testing in 1961.

Withdrawn from use. Nigel Apperley photo.

Reregistered VH-ATR

Crashed at Bundi on December 17, 1977.

Withdrawn from use in 1984. Restored to the New Zealand register as ZK-FOO in 1987.

TAA leased VH-PNB from Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea, which had taken over Patair. On April 6, 1972 while being operated by TAA it overran Madang airport into the harbour. Written off due to salt damage.

VH-PNI crashed at Mount Giluwe on September 1, 1972. The ease of loading awkward loads into the Skyvan was appreciated in Papua New Guinea but not its lack of range. Only Patair operated them, with other operators preferring the Twin Otter.

Delivered to Air Niugini 4 November 1981.

Sold in Luxembourg in June 1972. Ended up with the Israeli air force as serial 016. Shot down by a MiG-21 on October 21, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War. Operated by Aerial Tours.

Ex Dutch East Indies Air Force Lockheed 18 impressed by the USAAF after it was flown to Australia to escape the Japanese advance. Given the callsign VHCAA and flown by QEA crews on transport missions into Papua New Guinea. This photo believed to be taken when QEA chief Hudson Fysh travelled on one of those missions. Supplies were flown in and wounded flown out. VHCAA became VH-APZ after the war. The location of this photo is difficult to establish as there were at least 15 runways and airfields around Dobodura. It is thought that this photos is at Horanda, also known as Dobodura No 4, which was the most important one and the transport base. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

Crashed Sassoya Gap near Wewak on June 30, 1967. Wirui Air Services was a part of the Catholic Mission of the Divine Word based at Wewak and the pilot at the time of the accident was a priest.