- Current registration - ZS-DVJ
- Delivered to Lufthansa January 1958 as L1649A D-ALOL
- Leased to World Airways October 1962 to February 1964 as N45520
- To Trek Airways April 24, 1964 as ZS-DVJ
- Leased to South African Airways May to September 1965
- To Safari Travel Ltd and leased to Luxair May 18, 1967 as LX-LGX
- Returned to Trek Airways June 1968 as ZS-DVJ
- Retired by Trek April 1969 and stored at Johannesburg, South Africa
- To W.J. Pelser July 27, 1971 who planned to convert the aircraft into a cafe.
- Certificate renewed for a one-time flight to the "Little Kariba Resort" which was located midway between Warmbaths and Pretoria, South Africa on the old N1 highway.
- A short landing strip was prepared adjacent to the resort and the aircraft arrived on October 9, 1971--->See Photos of The Dusty Arrival on Ruud Leeuw's Website
- Plans for cafe did not materialize
- To Die Afrikaanse Taal-en Kultuurvereniging 1973 and displayed at Klein Kariba, near Warmbaths by April 1974
- Later used as boardroom at factory near Klein Kariba
- To South African Airways for preservation in 1978
- Dismantled May 1979 and transported, by road, to Johannesburg Airport arriving on May 23, 1979
- To allow for ground shipment, the one-piece wing was cut off the aircraft, which precludes it from flying again
- Restoration began February 1984 and was completed in time for SAA's Open Day on April 30, 1988
- On display at the SAA Museum at Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg in Trek Airways color scheme
- Painted by SAA in Trek Airways colors in February 2004
- The museum plans to move the aircraft, by road, to Rand Airport in Germiston, South Africa
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