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VH-FCA. Fokker F.27-5224F Friendship. c/n 10522.
Was also registered as: N280MA; N283EA; HR-ATL.
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett for Airlines of New South Wales - ? Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as 'PH-EXC' - November 20, 1975 Registered to Fokker-VFW BV, Schiphol Oost First flown as 'PH-EXC' - December 02, 1975 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - December 10, 1975 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FCA - December 10, 1975 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Accepted by Ansett Airlines of N. S. W. at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - December 10, 1975 Departed Amsterdam on the delivery flight to Australia - December 12, 1975 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - December 17, 1975 Delivery route: Amsterdam - Belgrade - Ankara - Teheran - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Kuala Lunpur - Singapore - Denpasar - Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains I. Brown, A Garriock; F/O J. Colliton; Navigator B. S. McEwan Operated its first revenue service - December 19, 1975 Repainted into the 'Yellow Canary' livery - ? Transferred to Ansett Australia - January 09, 1981 The aircraft remained in the Air New South Wales 'Yellow Canary' livery Operated final revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Devonport - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - January 25, 1988 Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) The aircraft had flown 29,899 hours with 28,827 cycles Sold to Northwest Aircraft Inc - December 1988 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 15, 1988 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N280MA - December 1988 Registered to ? Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States with a non-Ansett crew - January 04, 1989 Leased to Northwest Airlink as the registered operator Sold to Dutch Asset Leasing Company - September 1989 Leased to Mesaba Airlines as the registered operator Withdrawn from use and stored at Kingman, Arizona - September 1994 Sold to Eagle Canyon Airlines t/a Eagle Jet Charter Inc - January 15, 1997 Reregistered as N283EA - May 12, 1997 Registered to Canyon Leasing Inc - September 12, 1998 Eagle Jet Charter purchased Scenic Airlines - December 1998 Repainted into the Scenic Airlines livery with the new name Eagle Canyon Airlines - March 1999 Withdrawn from service - February 2004 Ferried North Las Vegas - McCarren Field - Dallas City - Opa Locka - February 28, 2004 The aircraft was intended to be scrapped at Opa Locka Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 31, 2004 Sold to Atlantic Airlines, La Ceiba, Honduras - July 2004 Entered onto the Hondurus Aircraft Register as HR-ATL - July 2004 It was observed at Opa Locka in an all-white livery with Atlantic Airlines titles and logo Ferried Opa Locka - La Ceiba - ? Stored at La Ceiba, Hondorus - September 2007 Current status - ? |
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VH-FCA. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 10, 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-263.) |
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VH-FCA. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 07, 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-284.) |
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VH-FCA. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Cooma Airport, July 21, 1979. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-597.) |
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VH-FCA. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at an unknown airport, August 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-238.) |
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VH-FCA. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 07, 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-831.) |
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VH-FCA. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 27, 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-497.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the 'yellow canary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 11, 1982. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-499.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the 'yellow canary' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 14, 1985. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-458.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-032.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-237.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the 'yellow canary' livery at Brisbane Airport, circa 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-554.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the 'yellow canary' livery at Brisbane Airport, circa 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-555.) |
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VH-FCA. Air New South Wales - in the basic 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-236.) |
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N280MA. Northwest Aircraft Inc - in the basic Air New South Wales 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-638.) |
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N280MA. Northwest Aircraft Inc - in the basic Air New South Wales 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-241.) |
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N280MA. Northwest Aircraft Inc - in the basic Air New South Wales 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-240.) |
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N280MA. Northwest Aircraft Inc - in the basic Air New South Wales 'yellow canary' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-239.) |
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N280MA. Northwest Airlink - in the basic 'red' livery at Kingman Airport, March 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-512.) |
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N280MA. Northwest Airlink - in the basic 'red' livery at Kingman Airport, March 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-921.) |
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N283EA. Eagle - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-532.) |
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N283EA. Scenic Airlines - in the basic 'Eagle' livery at Grand Canyon Airport, August 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-200.) |
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N283EA. Scenic Airlines - in the basic 'Eagle' livery at an unknown airport, September 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-531.) |