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VH-CLY. de Havilland DH-114-2D Heron. c/n 14122.
This aircraft was ordered new by Aviacion y Comercio S.A. (AVIACO), Spain - ? It was built at the Chester plant It was configured to seat 14 passengers Accepted by AVIACO at Chester - August 15, 1957 Departed Chester on the ferry flight to Madrid - August 15, 1957 Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-AOC - August 1957 Cancelled from the Spanish Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-ASVB (CofR R.5943/1) - July 31, 1964 Registered to Morton Air Services Ltd, Gatwick, Surrey The aircraft did not enter service with Morton Air Services Sold to Fiji Airways Ltd - October 1964 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 01, 1964 Entered onto the Fijian Aircraft Register as VQ-FAE - October 1964 Handed over to Fiji Airways at Suva, Fiji - November 16, 1964 Fiji Airways was renamed Air Pacific - July 31, 1971 Reregistered at DQ-FAE - October 1971 Sold to Connair Pty Ltd - July 29, 1975 Converted to Heron 2D/A1 standard by having Lycoming engines installed - 1976Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CLY - August 17, 1976 Registered to Connair Pty Ltd, Alice Springs Connair was purchased by East West Airlines and was officially renamed Northern Airlines - June 09, 1980Operated first revenue service as Northern Airlines - June 09, 1980 Repainted into new Northern Airlines livery at Alice Springs - June 26 - 27, 1980 Registered to Northern Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd - July 03, 1980 Northern Airlines ceased operations - February 06, 1981 Withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Alice Springs Sold to Airlines of Tasmania - May 1983 Ferried Alice Springs - Leigh Creek - Melbourne (Essendon) - Launceston - May 09, 1983 Entered service in the basic Northern Airlines livery - May 1983 This aircraft was badly damaged whilst landing at Launceston - August 03, 1983 It was operating the regular passenger flight from King Island - Wynyard - Launceston All passengers and crew escaped uninjured It was deemed to be uneconomical to repair and was written off and scrapped Some parts including the wings were used in the restoration / repair of VH-CLX Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - ? |
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VH-CLY. Connair - in the standard livery at Alice Springs Airport, March 09, 1977. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-887.) |
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VH-CLY. Airlines of Tasmania - in the basic Northern livery at Launceston Airport, August 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-008.) |