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VH-TGV. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter. c/n 117.
It was also registered as: VH-JEA.
This aircraft was ordered new by Trans-Australia Airlines - ? Build by de Havilland Canada Inc, Downsview, Ontario, Canada Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N7252 - ? Registered to de Havilland Canada Inc, Downsview, Ontario, Canada Rolled out as N7252 - March 28, 1968 First flown at Downsview as N7252 - May 03, 1968 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engines Accepted by TAA Trans-Australia Airlines at Downsview - May 1968 Handed over to the ferry contractor Air Capital Internation for the ferry flight to Australia - May 1968 Arrived Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - June 15, 1968 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 1968 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TGV - ? Registered to Trans-Australia Airlines, Melbourne The aircraft was named 'Ludwig Leichardt' Withdrawn from service and stored at Brisbane - January 01, 1974 Sold to Territory Airlines, Papua New Guinea - May 09, 1974 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 08, 1974 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-TGV - July 08, 1974 Registered to Territory Airlines, Goroka, Papua New Guinea Territory Airlines changed its name to Talair - December 1974 Reregistered as P2-RDD - March 11, 1976 Registered to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea The aircraft was renamed 'City of Lae' Leased to Aerolift, Philippines - November 1986 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - November 27, 1986 Entered onto the Philippines Aircraft Register as RP-C1219 - November 27, 1986 Returned to Talair on termination of the lease - September 1991 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-RDD - September 1991 Withdrawn from use and stored at Goroka - May 25, 1993 Ferried Goroka - Mareeba (Queensland) for storage - July 16, 1993 Sold to Airlink Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - October 07, 1993 Reregistered as P2-ALT - October 07, 1993 Registered to Airlink Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Sold to Eastland Air, Toowoomba, Queensland - October 14, 1998 Ferried to Rabaul - Brisbane - January 1999 Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JEA - February 02, 1999 Registered to R. R. Moore & Co Ltd Leased to Eastland Air as the registered operator Entered service with Eastland Air Toowoomba - Brisbane - June 11, 1999 Sold to Wimray Aviation, Darwin - July 2000 Registered to Wimray, Darwin, Northern Territory Leased to Eastland Air as the registered operator Returned to Wimray on termination of the lease - July 2002 The aircraft was originally stored at Cairns but later ferried to Toowoomba for storage At the time of its return to Wimray the aircraft had flown 33,072 hours The aircraft was offered for sale by auction - September 2003 Registered to Esanda Finance Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Queensland - November 26, 2003 Sold to Sydney Skydivers, Bankstown, Sydney - August 30, 2004 Aircraft was damaged in-flight when the forward baggage hold door detached - January 21, 2005 Substantial damage was caused when the door struck the port-side propellor and fuselage Repaired and returned to service Sold to Blue Wings Airlines, Paramaribo, Surinam - October 2007 Departed Sydney (Bankstown) on the ferry flight to the United States - September 28, 2007 Observed at Opa-Locka, Florida - October 19, 2007 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 07, 2007 Entered onto the Surinam Aircraft Register as PZ-TSD - July 2008 Registered to Blue Wings Airlines, Paramaribo Current with Blue Wings Airlines |
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N7252. TAA Trans-Australia Airlines - in the original livery at an unknown airport, May 1968. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-358.) |
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VH-TGV. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-741.) |
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VH-TGV. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-742.) |
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VH-JEA. Eastland Air - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-833.) |