East-West Airlines goes back to the post World War 2 days using Avro Ansons, Lockheed Hudsons, Douglas DC-3'S before moving into Fokker Friendships, Fokker Fellowships and Abeles Curse the BEA-146 and then Ansett's crosshired B727's.
East-West also operated a Twin Bonanza on behalf of the CSIRO for rain making, a Lockheed Hudson on an aerial mapping contract, expressed an interest in manufacturing the Victa aircraft, a DC-3 for survey work and supplied pilots for the NSW Air Ambulance contract up until Ansett purchased them in 1987.
In 1987 East-West serviced the following ports Port Headland, Karrathe, Perth, Ayers Rock, Cairns, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Inverell,
Kempsey, Glennn Innes, Tamworth, Armidale, Grafton, Norfolk Island, Port Macquarie, Taree, Sydney, Canberra, Albury, Melbourne, Wynyard, Devonport and Hobart.
Alomg the line they also started East Coast Commuters with some Piper Chieftains and Titans which then became Eastern Airlines, which is now Qantaslink.
EastWestLoco will correct me if I am wrong but the F-28 used to leave Hobart in the morning go via DPO to Syd then Gold Coast - Brisbane -Cairns and another one would do the reverse run.
Thanks Mr Abeles!