This aircraft was ordered new by Braathens-SAFE A/S - March 05, 1960

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FCP (CofR790) - April 26, 1961

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as 'PH-FCP' - May 09, 1961

Accepted by Braathens-SAFE at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - May 18, 1961

Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-SUG - ?

Leased to Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aerienne t/a Luxair - October 09, 1966

Returned to Braathens-SAFE at the end of the lease - May 19, 1967

Sold to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker - May 19, 1969

Cancelled from the Norwegian Aircraft Register - May 20, 1969

It was converted to a 'Series 700' aircraft with larger fuel tanks, large freight door, upgraded engines

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FCP (CorR1575) - ?

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as Series 7023 aircraft 'PH-FCP' - December 23, 1969

Leased to Trans-Australia Airlines - December 30, 1969

This lease was to cover the withdrawl of the Vickers Viscount aircraft from the fleet

Accepted by Trans-Australia Airlines at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - December 30, 1969

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TFH - December 30, 1969

Registered to Australian National Airline Commission, Melbourne

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - December 31, 1969

It had bben painted into the T.A.A. 'blue tail' livery at Amsterdam before delivery

It was the 4th T.A.A. Friendship to be painted in the new livery

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - January 02, 1970

It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - January 11, 1970

Delivery route: Amsterdam - Brindisi - Athens - Beirut - Bahrein - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta - Bangkok -

Singapore - Jakarta - Denpasar - Darwin - Alice Springs - Adelaide - Melbourne

Known flight crew: Capts R. Hume, T. Corbet

The aircraft was named 'George Bass'

To read more about the delivery flight please click 'HERE'

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne - Devonport - Melbourne - January 23, 1970

The aircraft was renamed 'Ernest Giles' - February 27, 1971

Operated its final revenue service Melbourne - Devonport - Melbourne - May 26, 1971

It had flown 21,026 hours with 24,943 cycles

Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight Holland on return to Fokker at the end of the lease - June 02, 1971

Flight crew: Capts F. Savage, D. Crane; Engineer N. Young

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 18, 1971

Placed in storage at Woensdrecht

Sold to Lufttransport Unternehem GmbH & Co t/a LTU - February 11, 1972

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BEKU - ?

Accepted by LTU at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - March 15, 1972

Leased to Interregional Fluggesellschaft t/a IFG - March 29, 1972

Returned to LTU at the end of the lease - April 01, 1974

Sold to Flugfelag Island HF t/a Icelandair - May 06, 1974

Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-FIP - May 06, 1974

The aircraft was named 'Gunnfaxi'

Reregistered as TF-FLP - September 21, 1979

The airline was renamed Flugleidir - October 01, 1979

Sold to Aircraft Sales Company - February 15, 1980

Sold to Pilgrim Aviation & Airlines Inc - February 19, 1980

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N146PM - March 12, 1980

Registered to Pilgrim Aviation & Airlines, Inc

Leased to Icelandair in the basic Pilgrim Airlines livery - January 22, 1981

Returned to Pilgrim Airlines at end of lease - February 15, 1982

Transferred to Business Express on merger with Pilgrim Airlines - February 28, 1986

Withdrawn from service and stored at Hanford-Bradley International Airport - July 1986

Sold to Aeron Aviation Corporation - January 1987

Sold to Stephen Krueger as owner trustee of Charter Cruise Air - December 18, 1987

Sold to Charter Cruise Air Ltd t/a CCA Aircruising Australia - December 31, 1987

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JCC - February 25, 1988

Registered to Charter Cruise Air Ltd

Leased to National Party of New Zealand for the '1993' elections - 1993

Aircraft had 'Spirit of Recovery' titles applied to lower fuselage

Flight crew: Capts M. McPhail, M. Dorrian, M. Morley (all CCA); F/A J. Tawhai, J. Troon

Leased to Air Niugini - September 1994

Returned to Charter Cruise Air at the end of the lease - December 27, 1994

Registered to Aircruising Australia Ltd - October 31, 1995

Sold to Australian Flyers Pty Ltd - November 1997

Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Tamworth and used for spares - 2000

The aircraft had flown 46,109 hours with 52,386 cycles

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 22, 2002

LN-SUG. Braathens SAFE Airtransport A/S - in the original livery at Oslo Airport, January 07, 1962.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-117.)

VH-TFH. TAA Trans-Australia Airlines - 'George Bass' in the final livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, circa 1970.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-625.)

TF-FIP. Flugfelag Islands - in the basic 'IFG' livery at Reykjavik Airport, May 1975.

(H. Groen Collection Copyright Image 1999-896.)

TF-FIP. Flugfelag Islands - in the revised livery at Reykjavik Airport, August 1979.

(H. Groen Collection Copyright Image 1999-897.)

TF-FLP. Flugfelag Islands - in the standard livery at Reykjavik Airport, November 08, 1979.

(H. Groen Collection Copyright Image 1993-199.)

N146PM. Pilgrim Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-105.)

N146PM. Flugleidir - in the 'Pilgrim Airlines' livery at an unknown airport, December 1981.

(H. Groen Collection Copyright Image 1999-889.)

N146PM. Charter Cruise Air - in the all-white livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, December 1987.

(N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 1993-627.)

N146PM. Charter Cruise Air - in the all-white livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, December 1987.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-345.)

N146PM. Charter Cruise Air - in the all-white livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, December 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-182.)

N146PM. Charter Cruise Air - in the all-white livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, February 1988.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-346.)

VH-JCC. Aircruising Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-183.)

VH-JCC. Aircruising Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-184.)

VH-JCC. Aircruising Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-183.)

VH-JCC. Aircruising Australia - in the standard livery with additional 'The Spirit of Recovery' titles at Wellington Airport, June 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-804.)

VH-JCC. Aircruising Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, November 23, 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-626.)

VH-JCC. Air Niugini - in the 'Aircruising Australia' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 31, 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-185.)

VH-JCC. Air Niugini - in the 'Aircruising Australia' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-506.)

VH-JCC. Air Niugini - in the 'Aircruising Australia' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-969.)

VH-JCC. Aircruising Australia - in the standard livery at Tamworth Airport, October 2001.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-903.)