First registered in April 1973 to Connellan Airways of Alice Springs, it went on to service with Masling Airlines and Southern Cross Airways. It was withdrawn from service in 1983 and is seen in the process of being scrapped.

Now preserved at the Central Australian Aviation Museum, which is at the former Townsite aerodrome.

VH-CLI now with the Central Australian Aviation Museum. Bessie Springs is on McArthur River Station and was once a regular stop for Connellan. Since those days a new airport with a sealed runway and apron has been built 20 miles away at the McArthur River Mine.

Southern Cross Airways flew scheduled services from Sydney to Tumut, Nowra and Moruya and between Newcastle and Wollongong. It closed down about the time VH-CLI was withdrawn from use in 1983.

VH-CLI was on the register from April 1973 until withdrawn from use in May 1983. It was dismantled at Camden/YSCN.

VH-CLI was delivered in 1960 to Connellan Airways at Alice Springs from New Zealand where it has been ZK-BQE. It was withdrawn from use in 1967 and in 1974 trucked to Mildura for the Warbirds Aviation Museum. In 1984 it was trucked back to Alice Springs for the Central Australian Aviation Museum.