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VH-XFH. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter. c/n 164.
It was also registered as: VH-XFM.
This aircraft was built at the de Havilland Canada Downsview, Ontario plant Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N206E - ? Registered to de Havilland Canada Inc, Downsview, Ontario, Canada Rolled out at Downsview - September 11, 1968 First flown at Downsview - October 02, 1968 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engines Delivered to MAC Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-Locka, Florida - October 23, 1968 Leased to Katherine S. Heinecke t/a Executive Airlines, Boston, MA - October 23, 1968 Sold to Executive Airlines, Boston - March 1971 Sold to Shelton Aero, Pennsylvania - May 1972 Sold to Intermountain Aviation, Marana, Arizona - May 1972 Leased to Conoco Libya Inc, Tripoli, Lybia as the registered operator - July 1972 It was observed at Marana, Arizona in the stanard Conoco livery - May 1973 Transferred to Evergreen Helicopters, Marana, Arizona - January 1975 The lease to Conoco Libya Inc, Tripoli, Lybia as the registered operator continued Sold to Conoco Inc, Ponca City, Oklahoma - May 1977 Sold to Two Jacks Aircraft Sales Inc, Chattanooga, Tennessee - September 1980 Sold to Atlantic Aviation Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware - October 1980 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - December 12, 1980 Sold to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea - January 1981 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-RDG - ? Registered to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea Withdrawn from service and stored at Goroka - September 25, 1984 Returned to service - April 11, 1985 Withdrawn from use at Goroka - March 1993 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - March 25, 1993 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XFH - March 26, 1993 Registered to Flight West Airlines, Brisbane, Queensland Withdrawn from service and stored at Cairns, Queensland - August 1993 Sold to Mendikwae Trading, Goroka t/a MBA (Milne Bay Air), Port Moresby - November 08, 1993 Ferried Cairns - Port Moresby - November 15, 1993 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 16, 1993 The intended registration 'P2-MCM' was not taken up Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MBU - January 1994 Registered to MBA Milne Bay Air, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea The aircraft was reregistered as P2-MDK - December 1996 Sold to Goroka Air Services, Goroka, Papua New Guinea - 1997 The aircraft was reregistered as P2-POM - June 07, 2007 Registered to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, Port Moresby Withdrawn from service - ? Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - October 02, 2008 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XFM - October 02, 2008 Registered to Southern Cross Engineering Services, Sylvania, N.S.W. Registered to Fortescue Metals Group Limited, East Perth, W.A. - October 16, 2008 Leased to Helibits Pty Limited, Perth, W.A. as the registered operator Ferried Alice Springs - Mount Isa - Cairns - February 16 - 17, 2014 Registered to Ryebridge Air Inc, North Vancouver, Canada - February 17, 2014 Maintenance work carried out by Hawker Pacific at Cairns Leased to Karratha Flying Services, Karratha, W.A. as the registered operator - March 09, 2014 Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Karratha, W.A. - March 09, 2014 Returned to Ryebridge Air Inc on termination of the lease - February 01, 2016 Ferried Karratha - Cairns - February 01 - 02, 2016 Ferry route: Karratha - Broome - Halls Creek - Tennant Creek - Normanton - Cairns It was observed stored at Cairns - February 02 - April 18, 2016 Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Canada - April 18, 2016 Arrived Calgary on completion of the ferry flight - April 22, 2016 Ferry route: Cairns - Honiara - Majuro - Honolulu - Klamath Falls - Calgary Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 24, 2017 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N164BA - February 03, 2017 Registered to the Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Ryebridge Air Inc, North Vancouver, Canada as the registered operator Current with Ryebridge Air |
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P2-RDG. Talair Tourist Airlines of Niugini - in the standard livery at Goroka Airport, January 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-872.) |