"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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They were quite unusual at the time tho and that was only
a very small subset of the planes they used at the time.
There were only ever 4 registered in the country.

Thirteen


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Hav...a_DHA-3_Drover


According to the link which you helpfully provided, anyway.

quote

" The type entered service with the Australian Department of Civil
Aviation (DCA, now the Civil Aviation Safety Authority) in 1949,
the DCA operating the first two aircraft. Qantas and the RFDS took
delivery of their first aircraft in 1950, eventually receiving five
and six new aircraft respectively. Qantas placed the Drover into
service on its routes in what was then known as the Territory of
Papua and New Guinea."

/quote

DCA 2, Quantas 5, RFDS 6

HTH


michael adams

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