VH-FLE. Aerospatiale ATR-42-320. c/n 0194.

Was also registered as: N11835; 8Q-ATM; P2-KSR; VH-YWH.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Bar Harbour Airlines for operation by Eastern Express - ?

Built by Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) at Toulouse, France - 1990

First flown at Toulouse (Blagnac) as 'F-WWEH' - June 11, 1990

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 turboprop engines

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N11835 - June 1990

Registered to Bar Harbour Airlines

Operations were transferred to Continental Express - September 01, 1990

The aircraft was withdrawn from service by Bar Harbour / Continental Express - August 2002

It was placed in open storage at Roswell, New Mexico - August 2002

It was observed stored at Roswell - September 21, 2002

It was observed stored at Roswell - July 09, 2003

Sold to Wells Fargo Bank North, Utah - January 27, 2004

It was ferried Roswell - Cleveland - Montreal - January 27, 2004

It was ferried Montreal - Hyannis for lease to Cape Air - May 07, 2004

Leased to Cape Air as the registered operator

Ferried to Guam for operation by Continental Express / Air Mike - July 2004

It arrived at Guam on delivery to Air Mike - July 27, 2004

Sold to Turbo Lease LLC, Hyannis - November 01, 2004

Registered to Hyannis Air Services - January 11, 2005

The aircraft was withdrawn from service by Continental Express - January 2007

It was ferried Guam - Cairns - January 16, 2007

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 16, 2007

It was rolled out at Cairns in the Trans Maldivian Airlines livery as '8Q-ATM' - April 2007

Entered onto the Maldives Aircraft Register as 8Q-ATM - April 2007

Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Male, Maldives - April 21, 2007

It was withdrawn from service by Trans Maldivian Airlines at Male - March 01, 2009

It was ferried Male - Cairns - August 15 - 18, 2009

It was placed in open storage at Cairns in the basic Trans Maldivian Airlines livery

Cancelled from the Maldives Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FLE - July 30, 2010

Registered to Flight Line Services, Cairns

The aircraft was intented to be leased to Hevilift PNG as 'P2-HLA' but it was not taken up

The aircraft was repossessed by Turbo Lease LLC - ?

It was observed at Cairns in the Hevilift livery - January 18, 2012

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 03, 2012

Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-KSR - April 03, 2012

It was ferried Cairns - Mt Hagen on delivery to Hevilift PNG - June 23, 2012

It was withdrawn from service by Hevilift PNG - October 2017

Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - October 07, 2017

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YWH - October 19, 2017

Register to Hevilift Australia (Fixed Wing) Pty Ltd, Nundah, Queensland

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Cairns - October 09, 2020

Current status - ?

 

 

VH-YWH. Hevilift - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2018.

(C. Laugier Copyright Image 0390-132.)

VH-YWH. Hevilift - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0390-133.)