Morning departure off Rw 23 of flight Unity 996, an unheralded first jet service to Olympic Dam, previously the domain of Fokker 50 services. Reportedly, Alliance is to gradually replace its well-used Fokker 50s with jet aircraft on its South Australian services.

VH-XWS is seen here in its original configuration with two belt-driven propellers and a Continental engine buried in the fuselage. It was later fitted with a pylon-mounted engine like a Lake but with a tractor prop. Development of the FSRW-1 continued into the 1990s but it has now been shelved.

VH-XWS is its final form with a pylon-mounted engine driving a tractor propeller. When first flown the engine was buried in the fuselage and used belts to drive two propellers mounted on separate pylons projecting from the rear fuselage. -XWS as withdrawn from use in 2006. WS14N is the aircraft's boat registration.

Still dressed in her Germania colours shortly after arrival in Brisbane.

VH-XWS in original configuration: engine in fuselage with belt-driven propellors on pylons behind the wing.