VH-XFC. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-320 Twin Otter. c/n 647.
This aircraft was originally ordered new by Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines Rolled out at the de Havilland Canada Downsview plant - October 1979 First flown at Downsview - October 11, 1979 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N205CA - ? Registered to Clark Aviation, Harrisburg, PA t/a Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines Accepted by Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines at Downsview, Ontario - October 24, 1979 Sold to Holiday Airlines, Newark, NJ - October 07, 1986 Sold to World Jet Aircraft International, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 12, 1989 Departed the United States on the ferry flight to Australia - July 1989 Arrived Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XFC - October 11, 1989 Registered to Flight West Airlines, Brisbane, Queensland Leased to Hevilift, Waigani, Papua New Guinea as the registered operator - March 15, 1997 Sub-leased to Air Niugini, Port Moresby - March 15, 1997 Returned to Hevilift on termination of the sub-lease - September 15, 1997 Returned to Flight West Airlines on termination of the lease - September 15, 1997 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 22, 1998 Sold to Southern Aircraft Services, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - January 23, 1998 Entered onto the Unitec States Aircraft Register as N300WH - January 1998 Registered to Southern Aircraft Services, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to the United States - February 01, 1998 Sold to CAAMS LLC, Rutherfordton, NC - February 19, 2009 Ferried Fort Lauderdale - Camp Blanding - Rutherfordton - February 20, 2009 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Guatemalan Aircraft Register as TG-JCA - March 26, 2009 Leased to Aero Ruta Maya S.A., Guatemala City as the registered operator Withdrawn from service and returned to the lessor - ? Cancelled from the Guatemalan Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N360CM - April 24, 2013 Registered to CAAMS LLC, Rutherfordton, NC Departed the United States on the ferry flight to Kiribati - July 2013 Arrived Kiribati on completion of the ferry flight - August 02, 2013 Ferry route: Rutherfordton - Memphis - Mena (Arizona) - Salinas (California) - Honolulu - Tarawa Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - August 13, 2013 Entered onto the Kiribati Aircraft Register as T3-AKJ - August 2013 Registered to Air Kiribati, Tarawa, Kiribati Current with Air Kiribati |
VH-XFC. Flight West - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-865.) |
VH-XFC. Flight West - in the standard livery at Brisbane Archerfield Airport, November 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-419.) |
VH-XFC. Flight West Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Archerfield Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-449.) |