VH-AFR. Beechcraft 1900C. c/n UC-56.
It was also registered as: VH-OST and VH-VNV.
Construction was completed at the Beechcraft plant - March 1989 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N1568B - ? Registered to - ? Delivered to Mohawk Airlines - March 16, 1990 Sold to Beech Acceptance Corporation - December 24, 1991 Registered to Beech Aircraft, Wichita, Kansas - December 24, 1991 Registered to Beech Acceptance Corp Inc, Wichita - May 11, 1992 Sold to Impulse Airlines - June 1992 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AFR - June 18, 1992 Registered to Impulse Transportation, Tamworth, Australia Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 19, 1992 Arrived Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight - June 30, 1992 The aircraft was used to deliver newspapers around the country on behalf of the Fairfax Group Impulse Transportation acquired the assets of Oxley Airlines - June 1993 Oxley Airlines and Impulse Transportation merged to form Impulse Airlines - February 28, 1994 Reregistered as VH-OST - September 23, 1994 The re-registration was carried out to re-allocate 'VH-AFR' to the newly acquired Beech 1900D Withdrawn from service and offered for immediate sale - August 18, 1995 Sold to Hawker Pacific (Pty) Ltd - March 16, 1999 Registered to Hawker Pacific (Pty) Ltd, Yangoona, N.S.W. Sold to Air Sydney 2000, Gladesville, N.S.W. - December 03, 1999 Sold to Vincent Aviation - September 06, 2001 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 06, 2001 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-VAE - September 07, 2001 Registered to Vincent Aviation, Wellington Accepted by Vincent Aviation at Sydney - September 07, 2001 The aircraft remained based in Australia and was used on United Nations flights from Darwin to East Timor Ferried Australia - Norfolk Island - New Zealand - ? Leased to Air New Zealand Link (Eagle Airways) - October 11, 2004 It operated services Blenheim - Christchurch - Blenheim twice daily Withdrawn from service - ? Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - October 10, 2010 Transferred to Vincent Aviation, Darwin, Northern Territory Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VNV - October 18, 2010 Registered to Vincent Aviation, Winnellie, Northern Territory Transferred to Vincent Aviation, Darwin, NT Registered to JNP Enterprises Pty Ltd, Broome, W.A. - May 29, 2013 Leased to Ad Astral Aviation Services Pty Ltd, Belmont, W.A. - May 27, 2015 Operated its last revenue service Geraldton - Perth - September 14, 2017 It was observed at Perth (Jandakot) in a derelict condition (fuselage only) - September 14, 2019 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 07, 2019 Current status - ? |
VH-OST. Impulse Airlines - in the white livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-257.) |
VH-OST. Impulse Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-258.) |
VH-VNV. Ad Astral Aviation Services - in the basic Vincent Aviation livery at Perth Airport, August 15, 2015. (J. A. Fox Copyright Image 1040-259.) |