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VH-LQF. Bombardier DHC-8-402NG. c/n 4375. Was also registered as: C-GJKV. |
This was the third of eight aircraft ordered new by Qantas Airways for operations by Qantas Link - July 21, 2010 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A turboprop engines Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-GJKV' - May 03, 2011 Registered to Bombardier Incorporated, Downsview, Ontario, Canada It was observed at Downsview in the 'QantasLink' livery as 'C-GJKV' - June 25, 2011 Accepted by Qantas Airways at Toronto (Downsview) - July 30, 2011 Departed Toronto (Downsview) on the delivery flight to Australia as DHC1 - August 01, 2011 It arrived at Canberra on completion of the delivery flight - August 07, 2011 Delivery route: Toronto - Winnipeg - Yellowknife - Fairbanks - Nome - Magadan - Saipan - Port Moresby - Cairns - Canberra Cancelled from Canadian Aircraft Register - August 16, 2011 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-LQF - August 16, 2011 Registered to QF Dash 8 Leasing No. 5 Pty Ltd, Mascot, Sydney Leased to Sunstate Airlines (Queensland) Pty Ltd as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Canberra as QF1468 - September 06, 2011 The aircraft was unnamed Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - November 02, 2021 Leased to Sunstate Airlines (Queensland) Pty Ltd as the registered operator Current with QantasLink |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 18, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-522.) |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 20, 2011. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-886.) |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 08, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-523.) |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'Regional Airline Of The Year 2012' at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 05, 2012. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-885.) |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'Regional Airline Of The Year 2012' at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 24, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-524.) |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'Regional Airline Of The Year 2012' at Brisbane Airport, July 06, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-525.) |
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VH-LQF. QantasLink - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 05, 2023. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 2924-226.) |