VH-FKC. Fokker F28-1018 Fellowship. c/n 11025.

Was also registered as: C-FFKC.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett Transport Industries

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as E-001 / PH-EXF - October 06, 1970

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as 'PH-EXF' - September 30, 1970

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - October 16, 1970

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKC - October 16, 1970

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

The aircraft was configured with 60 economy class seats

It was accepted by Ansett at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - October 17, 1970

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - October 17, 1970

It arrived at Perth on completion of the delivery flight - October 20, 1970

Delivery route: Amsterdam - Brindisi - Ankara - Teheran - Karachi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Singapore -

Bali - Port Headland - Perth

Flight crew: Captains S. Goddard, W. R. Anderson; Navigator B. S. McEwen

The aircraft was named 'RMA Arnhem Land'

Operated its first revenue service - October 25, 1970

Operated MMA's first scheduled F28 service Darwin - Groote Eylandt - Gove - Darwin - March 08, 1971

Participated in the evacuation of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy devistated the city - December 1974

Uplifted 98 passengers on one relief flight (Captain H. Rowell; F/O C. Hey)

Major overhaul undertaken - September 10 to September 26, 1975

Withdrawn from service in preparation for lease to Nigerian Airways - June 1976

The lease did not eventuate and the aircraft was returned to service - August 03, 1976

MacRoberstson Miller Airlines was renamed Airlines of Western Australia - July 01, 1981

Leased to Air New South Wales - June 23, 1984

Returned to Airlines of Western Australia at the end of the lease - September 30, 1984

Airlines of Western Australia was renamed Ansett W.A. - October 01, 1984

Utilised by Air N.S.W. for one day - August 24, 1987

Leased to Ansett N.S.W. - March 1990

Aircraft was utilised for one service only during the lease

Returned to Ansett W.A. - November 1990

Withdrawn from service and stored at Perth - March 10, 1991

Returned to service - June 17, 1991

Transferred to Ansett Australia when Ansett W.A. operations were merged - July 01, 1993

Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Captain van Geldren) as AN2468 - October 15, 1995

It was advertised for immediate sale

Sold to Canadian Regional Airlines - April 1996

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Canada as AN4281 - April 12, 1996

Ferry route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Darwin - Manado - Manila - Taipei - Sendai - Sapporo -

Petropavlovsk - Kamchatskiy - Anadyr - Anchorage - Edmonton - Saskatoon

Flight crew: Captains I. H. Poole. P. Feiss; Engineers C. J. Smith, K. Brough

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 22, 1996

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FFKC - April 25, 1996

Registered to Canadian Regional (1998) Ltd

The aircraft did not enter service and was placed in storage at Saskatoon - April 1996

It was used as a source for spare parts to service the airline's other Fellowships

Scrapped at Saskatoon - June 1997

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - May 04, 2001

Officially withdrawn from service - September 16, 2001

Remains reportedly still at Saskatoon - October 2006

 

 

VH-FKC. MMA - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'delta' livery at Perth Airport, June 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-252.)

VH-FKC. MMA - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'delta' livery at Perth Airport, October 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-013.)

VH-FKC. MMA - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'delta' livery at Perth Airport, December 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-058.)

VH-FKC. Airlines of Western Australia - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'delta' livery at Perth Airport, November 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-123.)

VH-FKC. Airlines of Western Australia - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'delta' livery at Perth Airport, December 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-204.)

VH-FKC. Airlines of Western Australia - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Perth Airport, June 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-254.)

VH-FKC. Airlines of Western Australia - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Perth Airport, March 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-118.)

VH-FKC. Airlines of Western Australia - 'RMA Arnhem Land' in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Perth Airport, August 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-253.)

VH-FKC. Ansett W. A. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Geraldton Airport, September 1987.

(G. Wilkes Copyright Image 1995-059.)

VH-FKC. Ansett W. A. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Port Headland Airport, May 1988.

(G. Wilkes Copyright Image 1995-035.)

VH-FKC. Ansett W. A. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Perth Airport, July 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-060.)

VH-FKC. Ansett W. A. - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Perth Airport, December 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-255.)

VH-FKC. Ansett - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Perth Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-124.)

VH-FKC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-256.)