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VH-BWC. Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante. c/n 110261.
Construction of this aircraft was completed - 1980 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engines First flown as PT-SBA - April 1980 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CTLN (CofR G-CTLN/R1) - April 18, 1980 Registered to Centreline Air, Biggin Hill, Kent Reregistered as G-BKWS (CofR G-BKWS/R1) - September 15, 1983 Registered to Olsencrest Limited t/a Euroair Transport, Croydon, Surrey Leased to Air Arran as the registered operator - December 1983 Returned to Euroair at the end of the lease - March 23, 1984 Sold to Coast Aero Centre, Norway - February 1985 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - February 12, 1985 Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-FAP - February 1985 Registered to Coast Aero Centre, Norway Sold to Vestfly AS/S, Norway - October 1987 Sold to Sunstate Airlines, Australia - October 1987 Cancelled from the Norwegian Aircraft Register - October 1987 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BWC - November 27, 1987 Registered to Sunstate Airlines, Maryborough, Queensland Leased to Air Vanuatu as the registered operator - April 30, 1993 Returned to Sunstate Airlines at the end of the lease - May 1995 Leased to Flightline, Cairns as the registered operator - August 05, 1995 Sub-leased to Port Douglas Air as the registered operator - September 1995 The aircraft was used on daily services between Port Douglas and Cairns Sold to Executive Air Charter - October 24, 1995 Registered to Executive Air Charter, Darwin, Northern Territory Leased to Trans Pacific Airlines t/a Uzu Air as the registered operator - August 20, 1996 Returned to Executive Air Charter at the end of the lease - ? Leased to Aus-Air as the registered operator - January 21, 1997 Returned to Executive Air Charter at the end of the lease - ? Leased to Aero Connection, Sydney as the registered operator - July 14, 1997 Registered to Overstate Pty Limited, Melbourne, Victoria - February 18, 1999 Registered to The Phoenix Aviation Group, Perth, Western Australia - July 18, 2000 Sold to International Air Part, Sydney - August 17, 2001 Leased to Aitex Aviation, Sydney as the registered operator - October 19, 2001 Returned to International Air Parts at the end of the lease - ? Leased to Island Air Services, Adelaide, South Australia as the registered operator - October 01, 2003 Sub-leased to Air Ngukurr, Darwin, Northern Territory as the registered operator - May 13, 2004 Returned to Island Air Services at the end of the sub-lease - March 22, 2010 Departed Australia on the ferry flight to Curacao - March 29, 2010 Sold to Insel Air International, Curacao - ? Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 04, 2010 Entered onto the Netherlands Antilles Aircraft Register as ? - April 2010 It was observed at Curacao minus engines and other major parts - January 15, 2015 It was observed at Curacao being broken up - April 2017 |
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VH-BWC. Trans Pacific Airlines - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, May 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0185-045.) |
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VH-BWC. Air Ngukurr - in the standard livery at Darwin Airport, September 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0185-030.) |