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VH-ATD. Fokker F28-1044 Fellowship. c/n 11047. Was also registered as: C-FTAR; TU-PAB; TU-TGW. |
This aircraft was originally built for Fairchild-Hiller Corporation First flown as 'N289FH' - February 22, 1972 Powered by Rolls Royce RB183-2 Spey Mk555-15 engines It was delivered to Fairchild-Hiller Corporation - December 01, 1972 Sold to Fokker - December 01, 1972 Placed in storage at Woensdrecht - December 01, 1972 It had flown 9 hours with 10 cycles Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXI - April 27, 1977 Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker Sold to the Department of Civil Aviation - May 1977 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ATD - May 11, 1977 Registered to Department of Transport, Air Transport Group, Melbourne Accepted by Department of Civil Aviation at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - May 23, 1977 The aircraft was acquired for the calibration and testing of navigational aids around Australia Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - May 23, 1977 It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - May 28, 1977 The Department of Civil Aviation was restructured and called Airservices Australia - July 14, 1995 Registered to Airservices Australia - July 14, 1995 It was observed with 'Flight Inspection New Zealand' titles - February 04, 1997 Offered for sale - November 1997 Operated its last service Sydney - Griffith - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - November 13, 1997 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Melbourne (Essendon) - November 14, 1997 Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) - November 14, 1997 Returned to service - December 1997 Operated Melbourne (Essendon) - Richmond - East Sale - Melbourne training flights - January 27 - 29, 1998 Operated its final flight Melbourne (Avalon) - Melbourne (Essendon) flight as Auscal 100 - February 03, 1998 Sold to Time Air Inc, Canada - 1998 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 26, 1998 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FTAR - April 02, 1998 Registered to Canadian Regional Airlines t/a Time Air Departed Melbourne (Essendon) on the ferry flight to Calgary, Canada - April 02, 1998 Arrived Calgary aon completion of the ferry flight - April 06, 1998 Ferry route: Melbourne - Cairns - Guam - Okinawa - Sapparo - Petropavlovski Kamchatskiy - Anchorage - Calgary The aircraft was named 'Spirit of New York' Transferred to Canadian Regional Airlines when Time Air and Ontario Express merged - March 01, 1993' Canadian Regional Airlines was merged with Air Canada Regional - January 01, 2001 Leased to Air NorTerra Inc t/a Canadian North - July 01, 2001 Withdrawn from use and stored in the basic Canadian Regional livery at Calgary - November 15, 2003 It was observed at Saskatoon in the basic Canadian Regional livery - March 05, 2005 Stored at Saskatoon in the basic Canadian Regional livery without engines - March 15, 2005 Sold to Quest Aviation Holding Ltd - July 2006 Registered to Quest Aviation Holdings Ltd in partnership with General Partner 3814742, Canada Ltd Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 21, 2009 Entered onto the Ivory Coast Aircraft Register as TU-PAB - January 22, 2009 It was observed at Saskatoon in Canadian North livery as 'TU-PAB' - January 22, 2009 Ferried Saskatoon - Gander - Santa Maria - Dinard for overhaul - January 25 - 26, 2009 It was observed parked at Dinard as 'TU-PAB' - June 28, 2009 Departed Dinard in new corporate livery - October 27, 2009 It was observed at Abidjan as an executive transport operated by Aero Corporate - November 18, 2009 Reregistered as TU-TGW - 2009 Current with Aero Corporate (Ivory Coast) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Transport Australia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, July 12, 1982. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-073.) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Transport Australia - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 19, 1982. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1996-089.) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Transport Australia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, November 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-074.) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Aviation - in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, April 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-186.) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Aviation - in the revised livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, December 29, 1985. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1996-090.) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Aviation - in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 18, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-319.) |
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VH-ATD. Department of Aviation - in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 18, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-075.) |
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VH-ATD. Civil Aviation Authority Australia - in the revised livery with additional 'Airways New Zealand' titles at Auckland Airport, November 12, 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-671.) |
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VH-ATD. Civil Aviation Authority Australia - in the revised livery with additional 'Airways New Zealand' titles at Melbourne Essendon Airport, December 1991. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1995-076.) |
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VH-ATD. Civil Aviation Authority - in the final livery with additional 'Flight Inspection Australia' titles at Brisbane Airport, March 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-207.) |
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VH-ATD. Airservices Australia - in the final livery at Nelson Airport, October 1995. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 1995-208.) |
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VH-ATD. CAA Airways New Zealand - in the final livery at Wellington Airport, April 1996. (M. Richardson Copyright Image 1995-209.) |
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VH-ATD. CAA Australia - in the final livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-114.) |
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C-FTAR. Canadian North - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-210.) |
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C-FTAR. Canadian North - in the standard livery at Calgary Airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-501.) |