VH-TNM. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-310 Twin Otter. c/n 244.
This aircraft was originally ordered new by Alaska Airlines, Seattle - ? Constructed at the de Havilland Canada Downsview, Ontario plant Rolled out at the de Havilland Canada Downsview plant as 'N100AS' - May 1969 First flown at Downsview - May 28, 1969 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N100AS - ? Registered to Alaska Airlines, Seattle, WA Accepted by Alaska Airlines at Downsview, Ontario - October 16, 1969 Sold to Boreas International Corporation, New York - August 08, 1976 Leased to Surinam Airways, Paramaribo, Surinam as the registered operator - August 26, 1976 Departed Opa Locka (Florida) on the ferry flight to Surinam - August 26, 1976 Sold to Surinam Airways - June 1979 Entered onto the Surinam Aircraft Register as PZ-TAX - June 1979 Withdrawn from service and sold to Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, Canada - January 28, 1980 Cancelled from the Surinam aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GPBV - ? Sold to Trans West Airlines, Jandakot, Perth, Western Australia - May 1980 Departed Toronto on the ferry flight to Australia via Reykjavik (Iceland) and Frankfurt - May 25, 1980 Arrived Perth on completion of the ferry flight - June 03, 1980 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TNM - June 27, 1980 Registered to Trans West Airlines, Jandakot. Perth The aircraft was named 'Miss Newman' Registered to Ian Baillie Sales, Moorabin, Victoria - October 29, 1982 Leased to Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane as the registered operator - ? The aircraft was renamed 'The Great Keppel Islander' Withdrawn from use and returned to Trans West Airlines at Maryborough, Queensland - June 07, 1991 Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Rabaul, New Guinea - June 07, 1991 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 20, 1991 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-IAA - August 20, 1991 Registered to Island Helicopter Service t/a Islands Aviation. Rabaul The aircraft was badly damaged whilst taking-off fromn Bili, Papua New Guinea - January 03, 1995 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - January 03, 1995 The damaged aircraft was dismantled and shipped back to Canada for eventual rebuild - ? The aircraft wreck was observed at Springbank, Alberta, Canada as 'P2-IAA' - February 2001 The aircraft wreck was observed at Springbank, Alberta, Canada as 'P2-IAA' - 2005 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FBLY - August 05, 2005 Registered to Ash Aircraft Enterprises, Calgary, Alberta Rebuilding of the aircraft was Rocky Mountain Aircraft was commenced - September 2005 Ferried Springbank - Winnipeg - Muskova for painting - November 20, 2006 Ferried Muskova - Springbank on completion of the repaint - December 12, 2006 Ferried Springbank - Albuquerque - San Angelo on delivery to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises - December 23, 2006 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - February 22, 2007 Entered onto the Chilean Aircraft Register as CC-PQI - February 22, 2007 Registered to Campania Minera Barrick Chile, Santiago, Chile Transferred to Minera San Francisco S.A., Santiago - ? Transferred to Transportes San Francisco Ltda, Santiago - 2009 Sold to Gravitas Aviation Ltd, West Vancouver, BC, Canada- October 2014 Cancelled from the Chilean Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N244AD - January 05, 2015 Registered to Texas Air Services, Dickinson, Texas Departed Houston (Texas) on the ferry flight to Switzerland - March 27, 2015 Arrived Bern (Switzerland) on completion of the ferry flight - March 31, 2015 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 02, 2015 Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-LRJ - April 02, 2015 Registered to RUAG Schweiz AG, Emmen, Switzerland Delivered to European Coastal Airlines, Split, Croatia - September 03, 2015 Cancelled from the Swiss Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Croatian Aircraft Register as 9A-TOB - ? Registered to European Coastal Airlines, Split Current with European Coastal Airlines |
VH-TNM. Trans West Airlines - 'Miss Newman' in the standard livery at Perth Jandakot Airport, January 01, 1982. (M. Prime Copyright Image 1920-843.) |
VH-TNM. Trans West Airlines - 'Miss Newman' in the standard livery at Derby Airport, July 13, 1982. (M. Prime Copyright Image 1920-844.) |
VH-TNM. Trans West Airlines - 'Miss Newman' in the standard livery at Perth Airport, September 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-906.) |
VH-TNM. Ian Baillie Aircraft Sales - in the all-white livery at Moorabin Airport, March 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-940.) |
VH-TNM. Sunstate - 'The Great Keppel Islander' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-869.) |
VH-TNM. Sunstate - 'The Great Keppel Islander' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-939.) |
VH-TNM. Sunstate - 'The Great Keppel Islander' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-845.) |