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Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Newcastle (Williamtown) as QF7121 - July 08, 2002 Withdrawn from service and stored at Newcastle - July 08, 2002 Sold to Graeme Conlyn, Lanseria, South Africa - November 2002 Sold to National Airways Beechcraft Sales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.) |