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VH-FKF. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11365.
This aircraft was ordered new by US Air Inc and registration N890US reserved - January 13, 1988 Temporary export registration E-1178 / PH-EZC applied to the aircraft - October 09, 1991 Temporary export registration E-1178 / PH-EZC reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - October 09, 1991 First flown as PH-EZC in US Air livery - November 05, 1991 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N890US - November 19, 1991 Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA - November 19, 1991 Temporary export registration E-1178 / PH-EZC removed from the aircraft - November 29, 1991 Aircraft cleared for export to the United States - November 29, 1991 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to the United States via Keflavik - November 29, 1991 Registered to US Air Inc - December 01, 1991 Sold to US Air Inc - December 02, 1991 Registered to US Airways when US Air Inc was renamed - February 27, 1997 Withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave - January 22, 2002 Sold to Employees Retirement System, Montgomery, Alabama - 2004 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest / ERSA - May 23, 2005 Sold to Alliance Airlines - June 2005 Arrived Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight to Australia as 'Southern Cross 232' - June 29, 2005 Ferry route: Camarillo - Payne Field (Washington) - Anchorage - Nome - Magadan (Russia) - Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia) - Cheju (South Korea) - Manila - Biak - Cairns - Brisbane Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKF - July 21, 2005 Registered to Aircraft Leasing No 2 Pty Ltd, Brisbane Leased to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Configured with 100 economy class seats Test flown at Brisbane after overhaul - March 08, 2006 Ferried Brisbane - Sydney (Richmond) for repainting into Alliance livery by Tasman Aviation - March 09, 2006 Ferried Brisbane - Townsville as QQ999 - March 28, 2006 Operated first revenue service Townsville - The Monument - Townsville as QQ831/832 - March 29, 2006 Ferried Brisbane - Alice Springs - Perth as 'Unity 970' - August 30, 2006 Operated proving flight Perth - Leinster - Mount Keith - Perth as QQ971/972/973 - August 30, 2006 Utilised on BHP Billiton fly-in / fly-out contract Current with Alliance Airlines |
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N890US. US Air - in the standard livery at Pittsburg Airport, October 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-195.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-146.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-351.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, March 28, 2009. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 1995-522.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 19, 2010. (R. Shaw Copyright Image 1995-344.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 23, 2011. (R. Brown Copyright Image 1995-378.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, February 06, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-782.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 13, 2013. (M. Lynam Copyright Image 1995-464.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, June 18, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-783.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, June 20, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-784.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, June 20, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-785.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 04, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1995-787.) |
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VH-FKF. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 04, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1995-786.) |