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VH-TQN. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 062.
Was also registered as: C-GJFX; D-BEST; 5Y-VVN; 5Y-DHC.
This aircraft was rolled out of the de Havilland Canada Downsview plant - December 1986 It was observed parked outside in an all-white livery with the registration 'D-BEST' - December 19, 1986 It was observed parked outside in all-white livery as 'C-GJFX' - December 30, 1986 First flown as 'C-GJFX' - ? Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC120A turboprop engines It was observed at Downsview in the DLT livery as 'C-GJFX' - March 03, 1987 Departed Downsview on the delivery flight to Germany - March 06, 1987 It arrived at Hamburg on completion of the delivery flight - March 08, 1987 Delivery route: Downsview - Reykjavik - Glasgow - Hamburg Operated its first revenue service Hamburg - Bergen as 'C-GJFX' - March 29, 1987 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - March 29, 1988 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BEST - March 29, 1988 Leassed to DLT Deutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft as the registered operator - August 12, 1990 Ferried Stuttgart - Maastricht in the Contactair livery August 12, 1990 Ferried Maastricht - Hanover in the DLT livery - August 15, 1990 DLT was renamed Lufthansa CityLine - March 01, 1992 Withdrawn from use and prepared for lease / sale to Eastern Australia Airlines - April 1993 Sold to Eastern Australia Airlines, Australia - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQN - May 10, 1993 It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight - May 19, 1993 Operated its first revenue service - ? Registered to TAA Aviation Pty Ltd - February 23, 2006 Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Operated its final revenue service Canberra - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF1452 - April 18, 2008 All titles and markings were removed at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Emerald - Cairns - April 19, 2008 Leased to Asia Pacific Airlines to cover the planned maintenance on their DHC-8 'P2-NAZ' Ferried Cairns - Horn Island - Tabubil on delivery to Asia Pacific Airlines as PX610 - May 04, 2008 Ferried Tabubil - Cairns - Brisbane on termination of the lease - July 20, 2008 The aircraft was placed in open storage at Brisbane Airport Sold to Blue Bird Aviation, Nairobi, Kenya Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - September 15, 2008 Entered onto Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-VVN - September 16, 2008 Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Kenya - September 25, 2008 Ferry route: Brisbane - Mount Isa - Darwin - Denpasar - Medan - Colombo - Male - Mahe It was observed at Rotterdam in the basic Qantas livery with green emblems on the nose and tail - June 26, 2010 Sold to 748 Air Services - 2013 Reregistered as 5Y-DHC - ? It was observed at Nairboi (Wilson) in an all-white livery as '5Y-DHC' - October 14, 2013 Ferried Nairobi - Malta for maintenance - November 2018 Departed Malta on return to 748 Air Services - January 30, 2019 Current with 748 Air Services |
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D-BEST. Contact Air - in the basic livery at an unknown airport, July 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-141.) |
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D-BEST. Contact Air - in the basic livery at an unknown airport, December 16, 1988. (A. Durr Copyright Image 2923-139.) |
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D-BEST. Contact Air Interregional - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-140.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'experimental' livery at Canberra Airport, August 1993. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-133.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'experimental' livery at Canberra Airport, August 1993. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-134.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'experimental' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-167.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'experimental' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-135.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'experimental' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-142.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'experimental' livery at Lord Howe Island Airport, December 1993. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-136.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'QantasLink' livery at Canberra Airport, January 1994. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-137.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'QantasLink' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 03, 1994. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 2923-138.) |
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VH-TQN. Eastern Australia - in the 'QantasLink' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-381.) |
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VH-TQN. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April13, 2006. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-383.) |