VH-CMZ
Here is the second production model 206* at Bankstown on 21 December 1963. It was the first model 206 in Australia, having arrived in October 1963. Photo by Greg Banfield who advises that the machine was finished in an attractive blue and white colour scheme. For some reason it appears not to have become VH-CMZ for Ansett-MAL until 21 July 1964. Presumably Rex used it as a demonstrator. Ansett-MAL used it in Papua/New Guinea and, as such, it was the first 206 in that Territory also. On 24 April 1967 it was re-registered VH-ATG when Ansett-MAL dropped their light aircraft operations and sold it to Aerial Tours Pty Ltd of Port Moresby. On 11 November 1968, it went missing on a flight from Vanimo to Imonda, and an extensive search by 15 aircraft over 12 days failed to locate it. The wreck and the remains of the pilot were finally found in January 1971.