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VH-UUM. de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102. c/n 043.
Was also registered as: N705GW; N778HA; N90283.
This aircraft was ordered new by Golden West Airlines - ? It was built by de Havilland Canada at Downsview, Ontario First flown - March 1981 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 engines Accepted by Golden West Airlines at Downsview - April 1981 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N705GW - April 09, 1981 Registered to Golden West Airlines, Van Nuys, California Withdrawn fro service and stored at Las Vegas, Nevada - March 1983 Leased to Ransome Airlines, Philadelphia as the registered operator - September 22, 1983 Returned to Golden West at the end of the lease - March 1984 Sold to General Electric Credit Corporation - April 01, 1984 Reregistered as N778HA - April 01, 1984 Leased to Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu as the registered operator Returned to General Electric Credit at the end of the lease - July 22, 1994 The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored - ? Sold to AGES Group - November 1994 Registered to AGES Group - November 1994 Transferred to Wilmington Trust Company - November 1994 Leased to Jetcraft Aviation, Australia - December 01, 1995 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-UUM - December 01, 1995 Registered to Jetcraft Aviation, Brisbane, Queensland It was used on mining resource charter services between Cairns and the Kidson Mine at Lyndhurst Withdrawn from service at Cairns - June 2000 Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to the United States - June 21, 2000 Ferry route: Cairns - Majuro - Honolulu - Hayward - Denver - Bangor The aircraft was placed in storage at the Telford Aviation Facility, Bangor (Maine) This was the last de Havilland DHC-7 operated in Australia Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 27, 2000 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N90283 - July 17, 2000 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware The aircraft was placed into the care of Volvo Aero Leasing but little is known about their operations It was observed at Bangor minus props as 'VH-UUM' - July 10, 2001 It was observed at Bangor minus three engines - July 31, 2003 The aircraft was scrapped at Bangor, Maine - June 15, 2006 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - May 23, 2017 |
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VH-UUM. Jetcraft - in the standard livery at Cairns Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2922-001.) |