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VH-QQH. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A. c/n 380.
Was also registered as: N982HA; P2-MCN.
Construction was completed at Toronto (Downsview) - April 1994 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FWBB - May 02, 1994 Registered to Boeing Canada Technology Ltd First flown at Downsview as C-FWBB - May 02, 1994 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC120A turboprop engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N982HA - May 1994 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company, Delaware Leased to Piedmont Airlines as the registered operator Registered to US Air Leasing and Services Incorporated - May 20, 1994 Piedmont Airlines operated services as US Airways Express in the US Airways livery Registered to First Security Bank of Utah - July 01, 1994 Leased to Piedmont Airlines as the registered operator Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee - April 21, 2001 Leased to Piedmont Airlines as the registered operator It was observed withdrawn from service and stored at Springfield in the US Airways Express livery - June 12, 2009 Listed for sale by ACI Aviation Consulting, Warrenton, VA - June 2009 The aircraft was noted as having flown 38,109.2 hours with 41,504 cycles - June 15, 2009 Sold to Key Equipment Finance Inc - June 16, 2009 Registered to Key Equipment Finance Inc, Albany - June 30, 2009 Sold to Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City - October 22, 2009 Registered to Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City - October 22, 2009 Prepared for lease / sale to Skytrans Pty Ltd Departed Springfield in the basic US Airways livery on the ferry flight to Australia - October 24, 2009 It arrived at Cairns on completion of the ferry flight - October 28, 2009 Ferry route: Springfield - Concord - Honolulu - Majuro - Cairns Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 28, 2009 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQH - October 30, 2009 Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns Registered to Skytrans Services Pty Ltd, Cairns - November 24, 2009 Leased to Skytrans Regional Airlines as the egistered operator Operated its final revenue service Bamaga - Cairns as SKP73 - April 15, 2013 Ferried Cairns - Port Moresby as SKP9002 - May 12, 2013 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 16, 2013 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MCN - May 16, 2013 Registered to Airlines of PNG Current with Airlines of PNG |
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VH-QQH. Skytrans - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 16, 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-827.) |