This aircraft was order by Australian Airlines - ?

Rolled out of the British Aerospace Corporation plant at Prestwick, Scotland - 1986

First flown as 'G-31-705' in primer - May 15, 1986

Powered by Garret TPE331-12UAR-7 turbo-prop engines

The aircraft was configured to seat 19 passengers

It was displayed at the Farnborough Air Show as 'VH-TQK' in the Australian Airlines livery - September 1986

It arrived at Cairns on completion of the delivery flight from the United Kingdom - September 22, 1986

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQK - September 23, 1986

Registered to Air Queensland Pty Ltd, Cairns

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Brisbane - May 1987

Delivered to Eastern Australia Airlines - 1987

It was repainted into the Eastern Australian Airlines livery - ?

This aircraft encountered a major in-flight engine shut down - February 04, 1999

To read more about this incident please click 'HERE'

The aircraft was withdrawn from service at placed in open storage at Tamworth - December 24, 1999

Observed stored at Tamworth in the Qantas livery with Eastern Australia titles - September 30, 2001

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 15, 2002

The airframe was donated to the local Aerospace Training Colledge, Tamworth - November 2002

VH-TQK. Australian - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-270.)

VH-TQK. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-176.)

VH-TQK. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at an unknown airport, May 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-406.)

VH-TQK. Eastern - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 21, 1988.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1040-102.)

VH-TQK. Eastern - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 1988.

(N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 1040-271.)

VH-TQK. Eastern Australia - in the 'Qantas' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 1995.

(N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 1040-272.)