VH-EAW  (2)  DHC-3  Otter                      (c/n  241)
                              
                              
                                 
                                   Big brother to the Beaver, this nice amphibious Otter was imported in 1958.  It was sold to
                                   TAA's New Guinea 'Sunbird' operation in 1960 becoming VH-SBQ.  Unfortunately this
                                   beautiful looking machine crashed off the beach at Samarai, New Guinea, in 1961.  The nice
                                   air-to-air shot below is via the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland collection,
                                   whilst that at the foot of the page was taken by Robert Blaikie at Jackson's strip, Port Moresby
                                   when he took a trip in the aircraft to Samarai in July 1958.