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VH-EWK. Fokker F.27-1110 Friendship. c/n 10319.
Was also registered as: PH-FKO; LN-NPD; SE-KZH; 9G-BEL.
This aircraft was first flown as 'PH-FKO' - February 09, 1967 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWK - February 17, 1967 Registered to East-West Airlines Ltd, Tamworth Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 18, 1967 It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the delivery flight - February 26, 1967 The aircraft was named 'City of Armidale' Operated its first revenue service - March 06, 1967 It was wet leased to Wards Express for freight services - March 04, 1980 to April 01, 1980 Withdrawn from service and stored at Tamworth - November 14, 1983 Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to Holland - November 25, 1983 Sold to Fokker-VFW and placed in storage at Ypenburg - December 03, 1983 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 05, 1983 Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FKO - March 23, 1984 Sold to Busy Bee - April 05, 1984 Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - April 05, 1984 Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-NPD - April 05, 1984 Leased to NLM Cityhopper as the registered operator - May 1990 Leased to Swetrail Transport - Air Nordic Swe Aviation - September 01, 1992 to December 02, 1992 Busy Bee was declared bankrupt - December 16, 1992 Cancelled from Norwegian Aircraft Register - July 07, 1993 Entered onto Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-KZH - July 07, 1993 Registered to Swetrail Transport AB Leased to Air Nordic as the registered operator - July 07, 1993 to June 15, 1996 Returned to Swetrail when Air Nordic ceased operations due to cancellation of its A.O. licence Aircraft stored - June 1996 Registered to Swe Aviation Europe AB - April 1999 Leased to European Regional Carrier (Eureca) - July 22, 1999 to February 10, 2000 Leased / sold to Sobel Air, Ghana - June 2001 Entered onto the Ghana Aircraft Register as 9G-BEL - June 2001 Leased to Air Max Gabon as the registered operator - November 2002 Repossessed by Sobel Air - January 2003 Leased to La Nationale - ? Returned to Sobel Air, Ghana - ? Reportedly stored at Accra - 2007 |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the old livery at Tamworth Airport, October 08, 1969. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-679.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the experimental livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1970. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-656.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the experimental livery at Canberra Airport, January 1970. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-188.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Canberra Airport, January 1971. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-720.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-200.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 23, 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-038.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-690.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-256.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-324.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-088.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-658.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-657.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-363.) |
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VH-EWK. East-West - 'City of Armidale' in the standard livery with additional '10th Year Flying To The Sunshine Coast' titles at Brisbane Airport, April 1980. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-543.) |
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LN-NPD. Busy Bee - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-009.) |
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LN-NPD. Busy Bee - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-659.) |
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SE-KZH. Air Nordic SWE Aviation - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-696.) |
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SE-KZH. SWE Aviation - in the standard livery with additional 'SAE Europe' titles at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-660.) |
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9G-BEL. Air Max Gabon - in the basic Swe Aviation livery at Libraville Airport, February 2003. (J. Guillum Copyright Image 1999-782.) |
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9G-BEL. La Nationale - in the basic Swe Aviation livery at Libraville Airport, January 2004. (J. Guillum Copyright Image 1999-850.) |