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VH-TQA. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-314. c/n 365.
Was also registered as: D-BACH; VH-XFZ.
Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Toronto Downsview plant - June 1993 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-FWBB' - June 1993 Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as 'C-FWBB' - June 29, 1993 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC123 turboprop engines Sold / leased to Interot Air Services, Germany - July 30, 1993 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BACH - ? Interot Air Services was renamed Interot Airlines - January 01, 1994 Interot Airlines was renamed Ausberg Airways GmbH - Januay 01, 1996 The aircraft was named 'Kaiser Augustus' Ownership transferred to Augsburg Airways, Augsburg - March 26, 1997 Operated for Lufthansa Regional Airlines and repainted into Team Lufthansa livery - ? Withdrawn from use and prepared for lease to Eastern Australia Airlines - November 2001 It arrived at Hamburg in the 'Team Lufthansa' livery for repainting into QantasLink livery - December 02, 2001 Rolled out at Hamburg in the basic QantasLink livery - December 07, 2001 Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines - December 15, 2001 Departed Augsburg on the ferry flight to Australia as 'D-BACH' - December 17, 2001 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the ferry flight - December 21, 2001 Ferry route: Augsburg - Heraklion - Muscat - Bangalore - Colombo - Medan - Denpasar - Broome - Sydney Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - January 2002 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQA - January 07, 2002 Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Ballina as QF2124 - January 24, 2002 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Tamworth - January 27, 2004 Withdrawn from service - January 27, 2004 Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to Germany - February 17, 2004 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 03, 2004 The aircraft was overhauled and repainted into the Lufthansa Regional livery at Augsburg Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BACH - April 23, 2004 It was observed at Geneva in the new 'Lufthansa Regional' livery - March 01, 2004 Withdrawn from service - June 2008 Prepared for sale to Skippers Aviation, Perth Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XFZ - July 01, 2008 Registered to Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd, Subiaco, Perth Departed Munich on the ferry flight to Australia - July 01, 2008 It arrived at Perth on completion of the ferry flight - July 05, 2008 The ferry flight was carried out by DBF Aviation Services, Sydney Ferry route: Munich - Luxor - Muscat - Colombo - Cocos Islands - Perth Current with Skippers Aviation |
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D-BACH. Eastern Australia - in the basic Qantas livery at Augsburg Airport, December 15, 2001. (A. Durr Copyright Image 2923-567.) |
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D-BACH. Team Lufthansa - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-571.) |
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VH-XFZ. Skippers - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 24, 2010. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-568.) |
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VH-XFZ. Skippers - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, November 01, 2012. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-569.) |
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VH-XFZ. Skippers - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, August 2013. (W. Mallinson Copyright Image 2923-570.) |
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VH-XFZ. Skippers - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, April 29, 2014. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-695.) |
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VH-XFZ. Skippers - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, April 30, 2014. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-696.) |