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on one relief flight (Captain H. Rowell; F/O C. Hey) Major overhaul undertaken - September 10 to September 26, 1975 Withdrawn from service in preparation for lease to Nigerian Airways - June 1976 The lease did not eventuate and the aircraft was returned to service - August 03, 1976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N.S.W. - March 1990 Aircraft was utilised for one service only during the lease Returned to Ansett W.A. - November 1990 Withdrawn from service and stored at Perth - March 10, 1991 Returned to service - June 17, 1991 Transferred to Ansett Australia when Ansett W.A. operations were merged -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.) |