I was with Dz for the last nine months of the company's existence and there were 3 Trislanders ...
Ah, I left in August 1978. I was offered a job flying a Trislander for Air Mahe in the Seychelles but chose something else. I did one circuit as a passenger in the aft row of a Trislander. Does that count? For Douglas to have 3 Trislanders in a hangar for 9 months spells 'going bust' to me.
The Islanders when I first flew for Douglas could do Kerema in 58 minutes. Second time around, 1 hour. The last time I enquired, it had gone up to 1h02.
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