VH-AZS (2)   DHA3 Drover  2                              (c/n  5018)
           
                           

                               Twenty DHA3 Drovers were built by de Havilland Australia Pty Ltd, as a light 'bush' transport.
                               VH-AZS was originally to have been VH-DRF but that registration was not taken up and it became,
                               and remained, VH-AZS all its life.  It is seen above at the place of its birth at Bankstown, NSW
                               in the livery of the Northern Territory Medical Service.   Several Drovers, in fact, were operated as
                               aerial ambulances.   VH-AZS is, I understand, no longer airworthy, although its remains are stored
                               at Tiger Moth World in Wangaratta, Victoria.   Seen below are images of the same machine taken
                               at various times in the Brisbane area.  The upper one (immediately below) is by Greg Banfield and
                               shows the Drover in TAA livery in 1964 when operated for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.  The
                               three lower ones are all via the Peter Gates collection.  I am not sure of the correct sequence of
                               these, time-wise, for the various liveries.  On the lower shot, Errol Stewarts was a major retail outlet
                               chain in Australia.  (Like a Wal-Mart or K-Mart).