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VH-FKL. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11380. Was also registered as: N895US. |
This aircraft was ordered new by US Air Inc - ? Registration 'N895US' was reserved for US Air Inc - January 13, 1988 The export registration 'E-1158 / PH-EZG' was applied to the aircraft - December 12, 1991 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EZG with export registration E-1158 - December 17, 1991 Registered to Fokker Aircraft BV, Amsterdam First flown as 'PH-EZG' in the US Air livery - March 03, 1992 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc - March 19, 1992 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - March 27, 1992 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N895US - March 27, 1992 Accepted by US Air at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - March 27, 1992 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to the United States via Keflavik - March 27, 1992 It arrived at Pittsburg on completion of the delivery flight - April 01, 1992 Sold to Wilmington Trust Co, Wilmington, Delaware, USA - August 1992 Registered to Wilmington Trust Co - August 1992 Leased to US Air as the registered operator - August 1992 It was damaged on landing at Chicago (O'Hare) with nosewheel problems - March 13, 1993 Ferried Chicago - Pittsburg for repairs - March 14, 1993 It had flown 2,848 hours with 2,629 cycles - June 30, 1993 Transferred to US Airways when US Air changed its name - February 27, 1997 Operated its last revenue service with US Airways Nashville - Pittsburg - December 01, 2001 Ferried Pittsburg - Mojave for storage - December 05, 2001 It was observed stored at Mojave in the US Airways livery - March 17, 2005 Registered to Rolls-Royce Credit Corp - September 08, 2007 Prepared for lease to Alliance Airlines It was observed at Khabarovsk in the US Airways livery - September 10, 2007 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 27, 2007 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKL - October 02, 2007 Registered to Jet Engine Leasing Pty Ltd Leased to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Entered Alliance overhaul facility at Brisbane in preparation for entry into service - November 2008 The aircraft did not enter service and was stored at Brisbane and used as a source of spare parts Current with Alliance Airlines |
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N895US. US Air - in the old livery at Pittsburg Airport, March 1992. (E. Greenman Copyright Image 1995-193.) |
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VH-FKL. Alliance - in the basic 'US Airways' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2011. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 1995-556.) |
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VH-FKL. Alliance - in the basic 'US Airways' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 04, 2011. (N. K. Daw Copyright Image 1995-605.) |