VH-EWT. Fokker F.27-5161 Friendship. c/n 10431.

Was also registered as: OY-APC; F-BYAC; PH-EXI; N4560Z; N980MA.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Maersk - ?

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as 'PH-FPF' - February 09, 1970

Registered to Fokker NV, Schiphol

First flow as 'PH-FPF' - February 09, 1970

Entered onto the Danish Aircraft Register as OY-APC - February 13, 1970

Registered to Maersk Air A/S

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 13, 1970

Delivered to Maersk Air A/S - February 14, 1970

Sold to Air Rouergue - December 14, 1976

Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-BYAC - ?

Delivered to Air Rouergue from Kobenhavn - December 23, 1976

Withdrawn from service awaiting sale - 1978

It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight as 'F-BYAC' - July 13, 1978

Sold to East-West Airlines - July 14, 1978

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWT - November 15, 1978

Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Ltd, Tamworth

Operated its first revenue service Tamworth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - November 16, 1978

This aircraft entered service and was operated for most of its life without being named

It was named 'The Tasmanian' for a short period - February 1982

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Tamworth - August 13, 1983

Sold to Fokker - August 16, 1983

Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to Holland - August 16, 1983

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 06, 1983

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXI - November 30, 1983

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - January 06, 1984

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N4560Z - January 06, 1984

Registered to Fokker Aircraft U. S. A.

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to the United States - January 08, 1984

Leased to Aircraft Finance & Trading BV

Sub-leased to Mississippi Valley Airlines Inc - January 10, 1984

Transferred to Air Wisconsin following the merger with MVA - June 01, 1985

Returned to Aircraft Finance & Trading - October 1985

Ownership was transferred to Fokker NV - October 1985

Departed the United States on the ferry flight to The Netherlands - October 1985

Leased to Mesaba Airlines Inc - January 25, 1986

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to the United States - January 25, 1986

Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - August 1993

It was reregistered as N980MA - ?

Leased to Mahalo Air as the registered operator - September 1993

The aircraft was named 'The Nene'

Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - May 1994

Withdrawn from service and stored at Honolulu before being ferried to Lunken Field, Cincinnati - May 1994

Sold to Air 1st Aviation Companies Inc - October 29, 1996

It was observed stored at Mena - January 17, 1998

Sold to International Aviation - April 1998

The Australian registration 'VH-IAV' was reserved but it was not taken up

Sold to International Air Parts for resale but the aircraft remained unsold

Reduced to spares having flown 45,534 hours with 52,240 cycles

 

 

OY-APC. Maersk - in the original livery at Copenhagen Airport, February 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-741.)

OY-APC. Maersk - in the original livery at Copenhagen Airport, February 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-763.)

OY-APC. Maersk - in the original livery at Copenhagen Airport, June 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-760.)

OY-APC. Maersk - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, December 1976.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-761.)

F-BYAC. UAR Air Rouergue - in the basic 'Maersk' livery at Basel Mulhouse Airport, April 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-740.)

F-BYAC. UAR Air Rouergue - in the basic 'Maersk' livery with additional 'Air Inter' titles at an unknown airport, May 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-938.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 15, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-224.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 09, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-225.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery with additional '10th Year Flying To The Sunshine Coast' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 16, 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-321.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery with additional '10th Year Flying To The Sunshine Coast' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 16, 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-223.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 12, 1981.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-688.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-095.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery at Port Macquarie Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-133.)

VH-EWT. East-West - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-272.)

VH-EWT. East-West - 'The Tasmanian' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-771.)

N4560Z. MVA - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-689.)

N4560Z. MVA - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-031.)

N4560Z. MVA - in the basic livery at an unknown airport, October 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-816.)

N4560Z. Northwest Orient Airlink - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-693.)

N4560Z. Northwest Airlink - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-450.)

N4560Z. Northwest Airlink - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-072.)

N980MA. Mahalo Air - in the standard livery at Honolulu Airport, December 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-028.)

N980MA. Mahalo Air - in the standard livery at Honolulu Airport, December 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-854.)

N980MA. Mahalo Air - in the standard livery at Honolulu Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-157.)