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VH-BWF. Airbus A300B4-622R. c/n 633. Was also registered as: PK-GAO; 5N-BVU; TC-ABF; N633AN; PK-KDK; N748FD. |
This aircraft was ordered by Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) First flown as F-WWAH at Toulouse - April 01, 1992 Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4158 engines Accepted by Ansett Worldwide Air Services at Toulouse, France - June 30, 1992 Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airways - June 30, 1992 Entered onto Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-GAO - June 1992 It arrived at Hamburg in the 'Garuda' livery as 'PK-GAO' - May 28, 1996 Rolled out at Hamburg in an 'all white' livery without titles after maintenance as 'PK-GAO' - June 24, 1996 Returned to AWAS at the end of the lease - July 01, 1996 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BWF - July 01, 1996 Registered to Nordstress Australia (AWAS company) Ferried Hamburg - Delhi - U-Tapao in an 'all white' livery - October 26 - 27, 1996 It was observed stored at Brisbane in an 'all white' as VH-BWF - January 14, 1997 Leased to Crown Casino, Melbourne - April 12, 1997 Operated special one off charter Bangkok - Melbourne with Crown Express titles and tail logo - April 12, 1997 Stored U-Tapao as VH-BWF - April 1997 Seen Bangkok in Thai Airways maintenance area - November 03, 1997 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - November 14, 1997 Leased to Bellview Airlines - November 14, 1997 Entered onto Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-BVU - November 14, 1997 It was observed at Bangkok in 'Bellview Airlines' (Nigeria) livery - November 15, 1997 Returned to Nordstress at the end of the lease - April 18, 2000 It was observed at Singapore (Seletar) on maintenance with SASCO still as '5N-BVU' - April 18, 2000 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BWF - ? Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - June 12, 2001 Leased to Air Alfa, Turkey - June 12, 2001 Entered onto Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-ABF - June 2001 Returned to AWAS at the end of the lease - May 15, 2002 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N633AN - ? It was observed stored Abu Dhabi in an 'all white' livery as 'N633AN' - September 21, 2002 Offered for sale or lease by AWAS - March 04, 2003 The aircraft had flown 19,253 hours and 6,540 cycles to date Ferried Fargo - Marana for storage - July 18, 2003 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - August 15, 2003 Leased to Air Paradise International, Bali - August 15, 2003 Entered onto Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-KDK - ? Air Paradise ceased operations and the aircraft was stored at Denpasar, Bali - November 24, 2005 Returned to AWAS - November 2005 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N633AN - ? Ferried Denpasar to Dresden for storage - December 2005 Sold to Federal Express (FedEx), USA - February 17, 2006 It was observed stored Dresden awaiting conversion to freighter in the 'Air Paradise' livery - May 13, 2006 Reregistered as N748FD - November 13, 2006 It was observed at Dresden doing taxi tests after conversion to freighter in basic 'Air Paradise' livery - March 28, 2007 Test flown Dresden as FDX9036 after conversion to freighter - March 30, 2007 Ferried Dresden - Santa Maria - Bangor - Memphis on delivery to FedEx as FXD9000 - April 23, 2007 Ferried New Iberia - Atlanta - Memphis after repainting in the 'FedEx' livery as FXD1386 - June 02, 2007 Current status - ? |
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VH-BWF. Crown Express - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 13, 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-178.) |
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5N-BVU. Bellview - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-155.) |
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5N-BVU. Bellview - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-183.) |
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TC-ABF. Air Alfa - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-177.) |
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PK-KDK. Air Paradise - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, May 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-156.) |