VH-IVI. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311. c/n 261.
Was also registered as: B-15209; N379DC; N327EN.
This aircraft was ordered by - ? Rolled out at Downsview in primer - January 28, 1991 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 turboprop engines Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-CETI' - January 28, 1991 Registered to de Havilland Canada Inc, Downsview, Ontario, Canada First flown at Toronto (Downsview) as 'C-CETI' - ? Accepted by Great China Airlines at Toronto (Downsview) - March 1991 Departed Toronto (Downsview) on the delivery flight to Taipei - March 1991 Cancelled from Canadian Aircraft Register - March 26, 1991 Entered onto the Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-15209 - March 1991 Withdrawn from service in preparation for lease to Eastern Australia Airlines - December 1997 Cancelled from the Taiwanese Aircraft Register - December 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IVI - December 24, 1997 Registered to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd Departed Taipei on the ferry flight to Australia - January 05, 1998 Ferry route: Taipei - Davao - Ambon - Darwin - Mount Isa - Tamworth It was observed at Tamworth in the basic Great China Airlines livery - January 11, 1998 It was decided that this aircraft would not enter service Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N379DC - February 18, 1998 Registered to Bombardier Capital Corporation, Colchester, Vermont Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 24, 1998 Sold to de Havilland Corporation - February 26, 1998 The aircraft remained stored at Tamworth - September 2000 Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to the United States - September 30 - October 03, 2000 Ferry route: Tamworth - Townsville - Majuro - Hololulu - Stockton It was observed at Calgary in the US Air Express livery - January 31, 2001 The United States Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - March 20, 2001 Registered to de Havilland Corporation, Canada - March 23, 2001 Leased to Piedmont Airlines Inc, Salisbury, Maryland, as the registered operator Piedmont Airlines operated services for US Airways Express The aircraft was reregistered as N327EN - May 22, 2001 Registered to BoC - Nordic Aviation Leased to Piedmont Airlines Inc, Salisbury, Maryland, as the registered operator Registered to Wells Fargo Trust CO NA Trustee, Salt Lake City - December 04, 2006 Leased to Piedmont Airlines Inc, Salisbury, Maryland, as the registered operator It was obsereved at Charlotte in the US Airways Express livery - December 02, 2013 Piedmont Airlines ceased to operate services for US Airways Express - December 08, 2013 Piedmont Airlines commences to operate services for American Eagle - December 09, 2013 Sold to Piedmont Airlines by Elix Aviation Capital - July 2014 Operated its last Piedmont revenue service New Bern - Charlotte - Roanoke - July 04, 2018 Ferried Roanoke - Salisbury for storage in the basic American Eagle livery - July 05, 2018 Current status - ? |