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VH-TQQ. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 204.
Was also registered as: 5Y-VVR.
This aircraft was ordered new by Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - ? Construction was completed at the de Havilland Canada Toronto (Downsview) plant - February 1990 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-GFUM' - ? Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as 'C-GFUM' - ? Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC120A turboprop engines It was configured to seat 36 passengers Accepted by Australian Airlines at Toronto (Downsview) - March 28, 1990 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQQ - March 30, 1990 Registered to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - April 19, 1990 Registered to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - June 23, 2006 Operated its last revenue service Mildura - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF2077 - July 28, 2008 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as QF6305/6307 - July 28, 2008 The aircraft was placed in open storage at Brisbane Airport Sold to Blue Bird Aviation, Nairobi, Kenya Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - September 16, 2008 Entered onto the Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-VVR - September 16, 2008 Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Kenya - September 25, 2008 Ferry route: Brisbane - Mount Isa - Darwin - Denpasar - Medan - Colombo - Male - Mahe Current with Air Kenya |
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VH-TQQ. Eastern Australia - in the Australian livery at Canberra Airport, December 1990. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-716.) |
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VH-TQQ. Eastern Australia - in the Australian livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1991. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 2923-717.) |
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VH-TQQ. Eastern Australia - in the Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, May 09, 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-718.) |
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VH-TQQ. Eastern Australia - in the Australian livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown. (N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 2923-719.) |
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VH-TQQ. Eastern Australia - in the Qantas livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 1997. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 2923-720.) |