It was first registered to the Department of Health Northern Territory Medical Service (Flying Doctor is easier to say) of Darwin on 03-11-1977 as VH-DHP. In September of 1987 it went to Skywest Aviation Pty Ltd of Cloverdale, West Australia and then was noted parked up at Darwin until listed to Kelvin Stark of Auckland on 17-12-1996. It arrived in NZ in December of 1996 and joined the Air Safaris & Services (NZ) Ltd fleet at Tekapo from 05-05-1997 as ZK-NMC.