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VH-FNY. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-320. Twin Otter. c/n 527.
It was also registered as: VH-OHP.
This aircraft was ordered new by Atlantis Airlines - ? First flown as C-GDHA at Downsview, Toronto - February 01, 1977 The registration 'N279WW' was reserved by Atlantis Airlines but was not taken up - April 1977 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N379WW - May 1977 Registered to Atlantis Airlines, Myrtle Beach, SC Accepted bt Atlantis Airlines at Downsview - May 04, 1977 Leased to South Pacific Island Airways (SPIA), Pago Pago, American Samoa - April 12, 1983 Reregistered as N9SP - October 1983 Repossessed by Atlantis Airlines - August 04, 1987 Sold to Fortis Aviation Inc - January 1989 Sold to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea - January 1989 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-RDM - April 1989 Ferried Goroka - Vanimo - Palau - Mactan - Manila - December 27 - 28, 1989 Leased to Aerolift Philippines, Manila - December 28, 1989 Entered onto the Philippines Aircraft Register as RP-C1312 - June 1990 Registered to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea Leased to Metroair, Manila as the registered operator Aircraft was named 'Jose Tinsay' Returned to Talair on termination of the lease - March 1992 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-RDM - March 1992 Withdrawn from use and stored at Goroka - May 25, 1993 Ferried Goroka - Mareeba, Queensland for storage - July 07, 1993 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - August 1995 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNY - August 16, 1995 Registered to Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, Brisbane Sold to Hawker Pacific, Sydney - April 16, 1997 Reregistered as VH-OHP to Hawker Pacific Aviation, Sydney - May 12, 1998 Leased to the Royal Australian Air Force - July 07, 1998 Returned to Hawker Pacific Aviation on termination of the lease - April 29, 2005 Sold to Nature Air, San Jose - June 25, 2005 Entered onto the Costa Rica Aircraft Register as TI-AZV - June 2005 Sold to Bald Mountain Air Services, Homer, AK - June 20, 2008 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N716JP - July 28, 2008 Registered to Bald Mountain Air Services Inc, Homer, Alaska Current status with Bald Mountain Air Services |
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VH-FNY. Flight West - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-375.) |
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VH-FNY. Flight West - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-376.) |
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VH-FNY. Hawker Pacific Aviation - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-957.) |