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VH-LNK. Douglas DC-9-82. c/n 49423-1283. Was also registered as: LN-RLG; N844RA; N891GA. |
This aircraft was built for a Scandinavian Airlines System (S.A.S.) order Rolled off the production line at Long Beach - May 27, 1986 Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-RLG - June 1986 First flown at Long Beach as LN-RLG - June 12, 1986 Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 engines Accepted by Scandinavian Airlines System at Long Beach - June 27, 1986 The aircraft was named ‘Trond Viking’ Operated its first S.A.S. revenue service Stockholm (Arlanda) - Athens - July 19, 1986 Operated its final S.A.S. revenue service - August 12, 1992 It had flown 13,820 hours with 15,314 landings Leased to Southern Cross Airlines for sub-lease to Compass Airlines It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight from Norway - August 28, 1992 Ferry route: Oslo - Istanbul - Bahrain - Madras - Singapore - Darwin - Melbourne Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-LNK - August 28, 1992 Leased to Compass Airlines as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service - ? Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as YM24 - March 11, 1993 Compass Airlines ceased operations due to bankruptcy - March 11, 1993 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage - March ?, 1993 It was repossessed by S.A.S. - March 22, 1993 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to S.A.S. via Darwin and Singapore - March 23, 1993 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 11, 1993 Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-RLG - May 11, 1993 Returned to S.A.S. service Oslo - Copenhagen - May 15, 1993 The aircraft was named ‘Trond Viking’ Operated its final S.A.S. revenue service Bodoe - Oslo - September 06, 1993 The aircraft had flown 16,194 hours with 17,492 landings Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N844RA - September 1993 Leased to Reno Air, Nevada as the registered operator - October 01, 1993 It was observed in a hybrid 'S.A.S.' and 'Compass' livery being operated by Reno Air as N844RA Returned to S.A.S. at Oslo (Fornebu) at the end of the lease - January 18, 1995 It had flown 19,547 hours and 20,492 landings Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-RLG - January 20, 1995 Registered to Det Norske Luftartselskap A/S Leased to S.A.S. as the registered operator Returned to service Oslo - Tromso - Alta - March 02, 1995 Operated its final revenue service Paris (Charles de Gaulle) - Oslo as SK570 - June 22, 2003 The aircraft had now flown 37,051 hours with 40,153 cycles Test flown at Oslo as SK9198 - September 16, 2003 Cancelled from the Norwegian Aircraft Register - September 18, 2003 Sold to Allegiant Air (USA) - September 19, 2003 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N891GA - September 19, 2003 Ferried Oslo - Keflavik - Bangor - Lake City on delivery to Allegiant Air - September 21, 2003 It was observed at Las Vegas in new 'Allegiant Air' livery as N891GA - November 04, 2003 Registered to Allegiant Air LLC - May 06, 2004 Sold to Sunrise Assest Management - February 25, 2011 Registered to Sunrise Assest Management LLC, Las Vegas - March 15, 2011 Leased to Allegiant Air as the registered operator Current status - ? |
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LN-RLG. Scandinavian SAS - 'Trond Viking' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-348.) |
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VH-LNK. Compass - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-069.) |
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VH-LNK. Compass - in the standard livery with additional 'Merry Christmas' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-044.) |
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LN-RLG. SAS - in the basic Compass livery at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, July 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-349.) |