VH-NJI. de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2. c/n 14061.
This aircraft was built by de Havilland Aircraft Compay, Hatfield, Hert, England First flown as ? Delivered new to Devlet Hava Yollari, Turkey - February 15, 1955 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-HER - ? Devlet Hava Yollari was renamed Turk Hava Yollari - May 01, 1956 Sold to Aviation Development Corporation, U.S.A. - April 04, 1966 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N483R - ? Sold to Heron Leasing Inc, U.S.A. - March 23, 1967 Converted to Riley Heron standard by Hayes Industries Ltd for Riley Turbostream Corp - August 1967 Sold to Royalair Ltd, Canada - August 22, 1968 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as CF-RAB - ? Sold to Bevdale Inc, U.S.A. - January 27, 1969 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N138FA - ? Leased to Fleet Airlines U.S.A. as the registered operator - February 1969 Sold to Kundert Aviation Inc, U.S.A. - May 10, 1971 Reregistered as N111KA - ? Sold to Swift Airlines, U.S.A. - February 1972 Aircraft was named 'Skyliner 1' Sold to Heron Airplane Partnership - ? Reregistered as N413SA - ? Leased to Swift Airlines as the registered operator - 1974 Sold to United Medical Leasing, U.S.A. - ? Sold to Fischer Brothers Aviation, U.S.A. - 1977 Reregistered as N15FB - ? Sold to Short Brothers U.S.A. - November 07, 1983 Sold to Ford Aire Inc, U.S.A. - January 16, 1984 Leased to Susquehanna Airlines as the registered operator - January 21, 1984 Sold to Air Fiji, Fiji Islands - December 1985 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - December 1985 Entered onto the Fijian Aircraft Register as DQ-FED - December 1985 Crashed at Lakemba - April 1989 Repaired and returned to service Sold to Heron Airlines, Australia - October 27, 1991 Cancelled from the Fijian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJI - December 20, 1991 Registered to Heron Airlines, Australia Aircraft was named 'Arthur Butler' Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney (Bankstown) Airport - November 1995 Aircraft dismantled and trucked to HMAS Albatross, Nowra Placed on display at the Museum of Flight, Nowra - 2003 Current status - ? |
VH-NJI. Heron Airlines - 'Arthur Butler' in the original livery at Melbourne Avalon Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-890.) |
VH-NJI. Heron Airlines - 'Arthur Butler' in the original livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-925.) |
VH-NJI. Heron Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-404.) |