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VH-SBJ. Bombardier DHC-8-315Q. c/n 578. Was also registered as: C-FDHI. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airway for operation by Sunstate Airlines - ? Construction was completed at the Downsview plant - October 2001 First flown with the test registration 'C-FDHI' - November 21, 2001 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123E turboprop engines It was configured to seat 50 passengers Accepted by Qantas Airways at Downsview - January 08, 2002 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SBJ - January 11, 2002 Operated its first revenue service - ? Pilots experienced an abnormal airspeed indication near Brisbane - August 31, 2004 To read the full report on this incident please click 'HERE' Registered to QF Dash 8 Leasing Pty Ltd - September 27, 2005 Leased to Sunstate Airlines (Qld) Pty Ltd as the registered operator Transferred to Eastern Australia Airlines - May 01, 2009 Leased to National Jet Express Pty Ltd as the registered operator - August 08, 2009 The intended lease was for an initial 18 month period with the option to extend it for a further 6 months This lease was to cover resource charter flights from Perth to Brockman and Kambalda Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Adelaide (West Beach) as QF6139 - August 17, 2009 Painted at Adelaide (West Beach) into the 'National Jet Systems' livery Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - February 08, 2011 Withdrawn from service at Perth - June 2012 Ferried Perth - Kalgoorlie - Adelaide (West Beach) for repainting into the Qantas 'New Roo' livery - July 08, 2012 Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Limited, Sydney as the registered operator - July 30, 2012 Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF2018 - August 07, 2012 Returned to QantasLink service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Armidale as QF2018 - August 07, 2012 Withdrawn from QantasLink service and prepared for storage - March 2015 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Tamworth for storage as QF6713 - April 01, 2015 Ferried Tamworth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - April 06, 2015 Returned to service to cover for an unserviceable DHC-8-400 - April 06, 2015 It operated its last service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Armadale - April 07, 2015 Ferried Armadale - Tamworth for storage - April 08, 2015 It was observed at Tamworth with some parts missing from the aircraft - June 29, 2016 The aircraft was removed from storage and returned to service - ? It operated its last service in the 'New Roo' livery Brisbane - Townsville as QF1412 - November 17, 2017 The aircraft was repainted by Flying Colours at Townsville into the 'Silver Roo' livery Returned to service Townsville - Brisbane as QF6710 - November 29, 2017 The aircraft is now named 'Griffith' Current with QantasLink |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-572.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-573.) |
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VH-SBJ. National Jet - in the basic livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 30, 2009. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-574.) |
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VH-SBJ. National Jet - in the basic livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 30, 2009. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-575.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 19, 2012. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-576.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 19, 2012. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-577.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 19, 2012. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-578.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 20, 2012. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-579.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 09, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-580.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - in the 'New Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 10, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-581.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2018. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 2923-582.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 30, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-583.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 08, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-584.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 09, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-585.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 09, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-586.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 09, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-587.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 13, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-588.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 25, 2021. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-123.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 27, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-136.) |
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VH-SBJ. QantasLink - 'Griffith' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 17, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2924-199.) |