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| 22FEB37 | Adastra advise DCA that the Waco is erected and awaiting testing. |
| 25MAY37 | Adastra advise DCA of timetable changes on the Bega service owing to the introduction of the Waco. |
| 06AUG37 | Registered VH-UYD. CofR 633 and CofA 590 issued to Adastra Airways Ltd., Sydney. |
| 27SEP39 | Adastra advise DCA that the Dragonfly operates exclusively on the Bega run and that the Waco has been released for aerial survey work. |
| 02DEC42 | A DCA minute paper states that the Waco VH-UYD with pilot J. Bowden is based at Kempsey on survey work for the Army. |
| 07JUN45 | Sold to Dr. G.L. Young, Forbes, NSW. |
| 25SEP51 | Sold to Kingsford Smith Aviation Service Pty. Ltd., Mascot, NSW. |
| 52 | Sold to Cliff Jackson along with a spare engine and other spares for £2,000. While taxying at Bankstown, the aircraft stood on its nose and the wooden propellor was destroyed. The local manufacture of a replacement prop took several weeks. |
| 01AUG52 | Arrived in Port Moresby on delivery to Papuan Air Transport. Flown by the two partners in the airline, Cliff Jackson and Frank Goosens. |
| 08AUG52 | Registered to Papuan Air Transport as VH-UYD. On this date, the airline operated its first charter, an aerial search of Port Moresby Harbour for a reportedly sunken submarine. |
| 16NOV59 | Departed Port Moresby on sale to an Australian buyer. The Waco had seen little use with Patair in the later years. |
| 07SEP60 | Sold to Austerserve Pty Ltd., Bankstown, NSW. |
| 09SEP64 | Sold to R. G. Akers, Charleville, QLD. |
| 29AUG65 | Sold to J.H. Treloar, Broken Hill, NSW. |
| 09JUL66 | Aircraft overturned at Goorimpa, NSW. |
| 25NOV69 | Struck off Register. |
| 06MAR70 | Returned to Register. |
| 05MAR79 | Registered to J.H. Treloar, Glenside, SA. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 2 | 30JUL03 |
Added
details of the aircraft's time with Patair thanks to Roger McDonald and "Balus
I" p.171-172 by James Sinclair.
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| 1 | 30MAY03 |
Thanks
to Tony Arbon.
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