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VH-EWN. Fokker F.27-5164 Friendship. c/n 10434.
Was also registered as: OY-STN; PH-EXF; N271FA; N981MA; D-ACCS.
This aircraft was ordered new by Sterling Airways - ? Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FPI - April 09, 1970 Registered to Fokker NV First flown as 'PH-FPI' - April 13, 1970 Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - June 10, 1970 Entered onto Danish Aircraft Register as OY-STN - June 10, 1970 Accepted by Sterling Airways at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - June 10, 1970 Leased to the United Nations as OY-STN - January 18 to May 31, 1973 Sold to East-West Airlines - September 12, 1973 It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the delivery flight in the 'Sterling' livery - November 14, 1973 It was overhauled and repainted at Tamworth Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWN - December 19, 1973 Registered to East-West Airlines Ltd, Tamworth The aircraft was named 'The Sunshine Coast' Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Port Macquarie - December 21, 1973 Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Ltd - March 09, 1977 Withdrawn from service and stored Tamworth - October 11, 1983. Sold to Fokker Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to Holland - October 17, 1983 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - October 28, 1983 It was placed in storage at Ypenburg Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXF - May 10, 1984 Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - June 07, 1984 Sold to Aircraft Finance & Trading for lease to MVA - June 09, 1984 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N271FA - June 09, 1984 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to the United States - June 09, 1984 Leased to Air Wisconsin following its merger with M.V.A. - May 17, 1985 Returned to Aircraft Finance & Trading - November 1985 Leased to Mesaba Airlines - March 1986 Returned to the lessor on termination of the lease - July 1993 Leased to Mahalo Air - August 06, 1993 Departed California on the ferry flight to Honolulu - September 22, 1993 Sold to Mahalo Air - February 04, 1994 Reregistered N981MA - February 24, 1994 Aircraft was named ' The Honu' Withdrawn from service and stored Honolulu Airport - May 01, 1994 Mahalo Air was declared bankrupt - May 31, 1994 Sold to Air 1st Aviation Co. Inc - October 29, 1996 Registered to Air 1st Aviation Co. Inc - December 05, 1996 Ferried to Mena, Arizona for storage - December 1996 Converted to freighter configuration by Reeb Air - January 1998 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 27, 1998 Entered onto German Aircraft Register as D-ACCS - ? Sold to Sky Team GmbH trading as ECCS Air Cargo Service - April 08, 1998 Entered service with SkyTeam on the Frankfurt - Coventry route - April 20, 1998 Withdrawn from service and stored when SkyTeam ceased operations - June 2002 Stored at Karlsruhe (Baden Baden) Germany Scrapping commenced - December 2004 |
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OY-STN. Sterling - in the standard livery at Copenhagen Airport, September 1970. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-764.) |
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OY-STN. Sterling - in the standard livery at Copenhagen Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-501.) |
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OY-STN. Sterling - in the revised livery at Copenhagen Airport, December 1970. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-686.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1974. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-262.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 1976. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-263.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-201.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-663.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-202.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-593.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-662.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-326.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - 'The Sunshine Coast' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 02, 1982. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-743.) |
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VH-EWN. East-West - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-122.) |
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N271FA. MVA - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, June 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-664.) |
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N271FA. Mesaba Northwest Orient Airlink - in the standard Mesaba livery at an unknown airport, November 08, 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-107.) |
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N271FA. Northwest Orient Airlink - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-665.) |
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N981MA. Mahalo Air - 'The Honu' in the standard livery at Honolulu Airport, March 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-029.) |
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N981MA. Mahalo Air - 'The Honu' in the standard livery at Honolulu Airport, September 1996. (H. Groen Collection Copyright Image 1999-890.) |
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D-ACCS. SkyTeam - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-762.) |
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D-ACCS. SkyTeam - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-591.) |