VH-WZI. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 014.

Was also registered as: N814CL; P2-MCO; VH-QQF.

 

Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Downsview plant - July 17, 1985

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-GCTX' - ?

Registered to de Havilland Canada

First flown as 'C-GCTX' - June 1986

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC PW120A turboprop engines

It was configured to seat 37 passengers

Accepted by Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada - September 11, 1985

Leased to City Express Airlines as the registered operator

Repossessed by Mutual Life and placed in storage at Toronto, Canada - August 01, 1990

Sold to Canopus Leasing Inc - June 13, 1991

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - June 13, 1991

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N814CL - ?

Registered to Canopus Leasing Inc

Sold to Southern Australia Airlines - March 1992

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-WZI - March 24, 1992

Registered to Southern Australia Airlines

The aircraft was named 'Spirit of Sunraysia'

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines as the registered operator - September 23, 2002

Sold to Airlines of Papua New Guinea

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 06, 2004

Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MCO - November 2004

Transferred to Queensland Regional Airlines - ?

Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - August 2007

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQF - August 07, 2007

Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns

Current with Skytrans

 

 

VH-WZI. Southern Australia - 'Spirit of Sunraysia' in the 'Australian' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-061.)

VH-WZI. Southern Australia - 'Spirit of Sunraysia' in the 'Australian' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-065.)

VH-WZI. Southern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Canberra Airport, July 1993.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-062.)

VH-WZI. Southern Australia - in the 'Qantas' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-063.)

VH-WZI. Southern Australia - 'Spirit of Sunraysia' the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-064.)

VH-QQF. Skytrans - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 14, 2014.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-384.)