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VH-QOD. Bombardier DHC-8-402. c/n 4123. Was also registered as: C-FFQL. |
This was the fourth of seven aircraft ordered by Qantas Airways for operations by Qantas Link - January 13, 2005 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A turboprop engines Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FFQL - February 20, 2006 Registered to Bombardier Incorporated, Downsview, Ontario, Canada Rolled out at the de Havilland Canada Downsview plant - February 2006 It was configured to seat 74 passengers Cancelled from Canadian Aircraft Register - May 19, 2006 Accepted by Qantas Airways at Toronto (Downsview) - May 22, 2006 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QOD - May 22, 2006 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Leased to Sunstate Airlines (Queensland) Pty Ltd as the registered operator Departed Toronto (Downsview) on the delivery flight to Australia as DHC021 - May 22, 2006 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - May 27, 2006 Delivery route: Toronto - Winnipeg - Yellowknife - Fairbanks - Nome - Petropavlovsk - Narita - Guam - Saipan - Port Moresby - Brisbane Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Gladstone - Rockhampton - Mackay - Townsville - Cairns as QF2308 - June 11, 2006 The aircraft was named 'Emerald' at the naming ceremony at Emerald, Queensland - June 13, 2006 Current with QantasLink |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-601.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 05, 2011. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-727.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 16, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-175.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-162.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-163.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 18, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-103.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 18, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-161.) |
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VH-QOD. QantasLink - 'Emerald' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 19, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-087.) |