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VH-EWF. Fokker F28-3130 Fellowship. c/n 11143. Was also registered as: OY-BRM; V5-KEX; ZS-JAP. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Cimber Air A/S, Soenderborg, Denmark - ? First flown as 'PH-EXZ' - March 07, 1979 Accepted by Cimber Air at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - April 10, 1979 Entered onto the Danish Aircraft Register as OY-BRM - ? Leased to Touraine Air Transport (TAT) - May 01, 1979 Returned to Cimber Air at the end of the lease - August 19, 1979 Wet-leased to Saudia Arabian Airlines - July 01, 1980 to December 16, 1986 Prepared for sale to East-West Airlines - April 1987 Departed Soenderborg on the ferry flight to Australia - April 08, 1987 The sale to East-West Airlines was officially registered - April 11, 1987 It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight in Saudia livery - April 12, 1987 It was overhauled and repainted at Tamworth before entering service Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWF - June 11, 1987 Registered to East-West Airlines (Operations) Ltd, Tamworth The aircraft was configured with 64 economy seats Operated its first revenue service Tamworth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - June 13, 1987 Operated lits ast East-West revenue service - October 11, 1990 Transferred to Ansett N.S.W. Operated its irst revenue service with Ansett N.S.W. - October 23, 1990 It was the first aircraft to be repainted into the Ansett Express livery - November 1990 Operated the first Ansett Express Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Norfolk Island service - November 28, 1990 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne - October 09, 1991 Transferred to Ansett Australia when all Ansett Express services were absorbed - October 31, 1993 Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - June 1995 Returned to service - ? Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN2179 - July 02, 1995 It was officially withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Sold to Kalahari Express Airlines, Windhoek, Namibia - 1997 The sale was delayed but officially confirmed - October 1998 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth (Captain R.S. Hosking; F/O M. McGowan) as AN4405 - October 22, 1998 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 27, 1998 An extensive D-Check was completed by Hawker Pacific, Perth - September 20, 1999 Test flown at Perth - April 10, 2000 Entered onto the Namibian Aircraft Register as V5-KEX - ? Departed Perth on the ferry flight to South Africa - April 11, 2000 It arrived at Windhoek on completion of the ferry flight - April 13, 2000 Ferry route: Perth - Learmonth - Christmas Island - Medan - Colombo - Male - Mahe - Harare - Windhoek Leased to Air Nmibia - April 2000 Transferred to Air Namibia when it merged with Kalahari Express - 2000 It was observed stored at Lanseria, Johannesburg, South Africa in Air Namibia livery - March 2003 Sold to AirQuarius Aviation Pty Ltd, Lanseria, South Africa - July 2003 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-JAP - October 31, 2003 Registered to AirQuarius Cobtracts Pty Ltd It was observed at Lanseria being overhauled - January 10, 2007 It was observed at Lanseria without engines and no registration - January 08, 2008 Current status - ? |
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OY-BRM. Cimber - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-004.) |
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OY-BRM. Cimber - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-113.) |
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VH-EWF. East-West - in a modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 03, 1988. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-234.) |
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VH-EWF. East-West - in a modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-003.) |
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VH-EWF. East-West - in a modified livery at Canberra Airport, February 1990. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1995-050.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-051.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-052.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-235.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-115.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-116.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-236.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-237.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, February 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-117.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-053.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-114.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1995. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1995-113.) |
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VH-EWF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-032.) |
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V5-KEX. Air Namibia - in the 'all-white' livery at Perth Airport, April 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-238.) |
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V5-KEX. Air Namibia - in the 'all-white' livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, June 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-005.) |
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V5-KEX. Air Namibia - in the 'all-white' livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, April 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-670.) |