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VH-TGW. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter. c/n 120.
It was also registered as: VH-KEA.
This aircraft was ordered new by Trans-Australia Airlines - ? First flown at Downsview as 'N7253' - May 21, 1968 Accepted by Trans-Australia Airlines at Downsview - May 31, 1968 Arrived Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - June 15, 1968 The delivery flight was undertaken by Air Capital International, Augusta Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TGW - ? Registered to Trans-Australia Airlines, Melbourne Withdrawn from service and stored at Brisbane (Eagle Farm) - January 02, 1974 Returned to service - ? Withdrawn from service at Brisban (Eagle Farm) - August 16, 1976 Sold to Masling Airlines, Cootamundra, N.S.W. - September 18, 1976 Sold to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea - September 25, 1978 Departed Sydney (Bankstown) on the ferry flight to Papua New Guinea - September 25, 1978 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-RDE - September 1978 Registered to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea Withdrawn from service and stored at Goroka - May 25, 1993 Ferried Goroka - Mareeba (Queensland) for storage - July 16, 1993 Sold to Airlink Pty Limited, Rebaul - June 04, 1994 Reregistered as P2-ALS - June 04, 1994 Arrived Maroochydore on completion of the ferry flight from Pap New Guinea - October 06, 1998 Sold to R. R. Moore & Co. Ltd, Toowoomba, Queensland t/a Eastland Air - October 06, 1998 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-KEA - November 25, 1998 Registered to Eastland Air, Cairns Operated first revenue service Cairns - Lizard Island - December 14, 1998 Withdrawn from service and stored at Cairns - ? Observed stored at Cairns without engines - July 10, 2002 The aircraft was offered for sale by auction - September 2003 Sold to Sabstall Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, Queensland - October 11, 2004 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 11, 2006 Sold to CAAMS LLC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 22, 2006 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N120AA - ? Registered to CAAMS LLC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to the United States - March 09, 2007 Ferry route: Cairns - Honiara - Mujuro - Honolulu - Camarillo Observed at Fort Lauderdale - July 2007 - February 2008 Sold to Warren Transportation LLC, Dallas, Texas - May 23, 2008 Reregistered as N718KW - May 23, 2008 Registered to Warren Transportation LLC, Dallas, Texas This aircraft was modified to 'Vistaliner' configuration - ? Based at Roatan, Honduras - ? |
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VH-TGW. Masling - in the basic Trans Australia Airlines livery at Port Moresby Airport, October 1978. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-442.) |
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VH-TGW. Masling - in the basic Trans Australia Airlines livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-743.) |
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P2-RDE. Talair - in the basic livery at Mareeba Airport, November 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-856.) |
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VH-KEA. Eastland Air - in the standard livery at Cairns Airport, September 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-873.) |
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VH-KEA. Eastland Air - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-868.) |