VH-TRW. Beechcraft 1900D. c/n UE-250.

Was also registered as: VH-IAY; ZS-OYH; 5Y-VVQ.

 

Construction was completed at the Beechcraft plant - August 1996

Sold to Hawker Pacific (Pty) Ltd, Sydney - March 20, 1996

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N10898 - January 21, 1997

Registered to Rangeflyers Inc, Wichita, Kansas

Departed the United States on the ferry flight to Australia - January 1997

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 29, 1997

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TRW - January 31, 1997

Registered to Hawker Pacific (Pty) Ltd, Sydney

Leased to Impulse Airlines as the registered operator

Reregistered as VH-IAY - June 28, 2000

Registered to Impulse Airlines, Williamtown Airport, Newcastle

Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Newcastle (Williamtown) as QF7121 - July 08, 2002

Withdrawn from service and stored at Newcastle - July 08, 2002

Sold to Graeme Conlyn, Lanseria, South Africa - November 2002

Sold to National Airways Beechcraft Sales Division - December 02, 2002

Departed Newcastle on the ferry flight to South Africa - January 08, 2003

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 24, 2003

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OYH - January 24, 2003

Registered to National Airwys, Lanseria, South Africa

Leased to Air Express Algeria as the registered operator - May 08, 2003

The aircraft was observed at Malta - July 25, 2005

It was observed at Lanseria in an all-white livery - January 11, 2007

Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - April 14, 2008

Entered onto the Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-VVQ - May 08, 2008

Registered to Blue Bird Aviation

It was destroyed whilst making an emergency landing near Nairobi (Wilson) Airport - November 09, 2009

To read more about this accident please click 'HERE'

Cancelled from the Kenyan Aircraft Register - ?

 

 

VH-TRW. Impulse Airlines - in the standard livery with additional '500th 1900' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1997.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-338.)

VH-TRW. Impulse Airlines - in the standard livery with additional '500th 1900' titles at Brisbane Airport, October 1997.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-336.)