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VH-MMJ. Fokker F28-1006 Fellowship. c/n 11013. Was also registered as: PH-EXA; LN-SUO; C-GQBS; F-GIAI. |
This aircraft was originally built for Braathens-SAFE Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-ZAH (CofR1515) - June 30, 1969 Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker First flown as 'PH-ZAH' - June 30, 1969 Delivered to Braathens-SAFE but it did not enter service - August 10, 1969 Leased to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker - August 12, 1969 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXA - August 14, 1969 Sub-leased to MacRobertson Miller Airlines - August 14, 1969 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - August 14, 1969 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MMJ - August 14, 1969 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Painted into the standard MMA livery at Amsterdam (Schiphol) before delivery Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - August 14, 1969 It arrived at Perth on completion of the delivery flight - August 19, 1969 Delivery route: Amsterdam - Brindisi - Ankara - Teheran - Karachi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Singapore - Denpasar - Port Headland - Perth Flight crew: Captains J. Withecombe, S. Goddard, J. Murray; Navigator W. C. Kennedy This was the first F28 Fellowship to be operated in Australia Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Essendon) for modification work to be carried out in the Ansett workshop - August 20, 1969 Ferried Melbourne (Essendon) - Perth - August 24, 1969 Aircraft was utilised for crew training - August 1969 Aircraft was named 'RMA Pilbara' by Mrs R. Court at Perth Airport - August 30, 1969 The first revenue service of an F28 in Australia was cancelled due to 'technical problems' - September 01, 1969 On engine start-up the engine fire extinguisher was activated by mistake by the P.I.C. As it turned out the engine fire extinguishers had been cross-wired duing construction The left-hand switch activated the starboard engine extinguisher and vice-versa This 'technical' problem was also rectified immediately Operated its first revenue service Perth - Port Headland as MV1740 - September 02, 1969 Operated its final revenue service - June 10, 1970 It had flown 2645 hours and 2187 cycles whilst in service with MMA Departed Perth on return to Fokker at the end of the lease - June 13, 1970 It arrived at Amsterdam (Schiphol) on completion of the ferry flight - June 17, 1970 Ferry route: Perth - Port Headland - Denpasar - Singapore - Bangkok - Calcutta - Kathmandu - Delhi - Karachi - Teheran - Ankara - Brindisi - Amsterdam Whilst at Kathmandu the aircraft carried out a number of demonstration flights for Royal Nepal Airlines Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 17, 1970 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXA - June 18, 1970 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - June 19, 1970 Returned to Braathens-SAFE at end of lease - July 31, 1970 Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-SUO - July 31, 1970 The aircraft was named 'Magnus Barfot' Withdrawn from use by Braathens-SAFE - December 15, 1986 It had flown 33,660 hours with 74,208 cycles with Braarthens-SAFE Sold to Quebecair - December 16, 1986 Accepted by Quebecair - February 13, 1987 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GQBS - ? Transferred to Inter-Canadian when Quebecair merged - October 25, 1987 The airline was renamed Intair - January 1989 The aircraft was withdrawn from service - April 1989 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - July 18, 2001 It had flown 4,893 hours with 7,262 cycles with Intair Leased to Transpors Aeriens Transregional (TAT), France - May 03, 1989 Sold to Credit Lyonais - December 1989 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-GIAI - December 1989 Leased to Transport Aeriens Transregional as registered operator - December 1989 Sold to Transport Aeriens Transregional - January 05, 1990 It had flown 3,474 hours with 4,439 cycles with TAT - December 31, 1991 Leased to Stellair, France - January 01, 1992 Returned to Transport Aeriens Transregional at end of lease - January 01, 1993 Leased to Palair Macedonia, Skopie - January 30, 1993 Accepted by Palair at Dinard, France - January 30, 1993 The aircraft was named 'The Red Baron' Returned to Transport Aeriens Transregional at the end of lease - April 1994 It was withdrawn from use and stored at Dinard - April 1994 Scrapped at Dinard, France - October 15, 1997 This aircraft had flown a total of 46,332 hours with 88,898 cycles |
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VH-MMJ. MMA - 'RMA Pilbara' in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, August 1969. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-135.) |
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VH-MMJ. MMA - 'RMA Pilbara' in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, August 1969. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-294.) |
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LN-SUO. Braathens SAFE - in the standard livery at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, June 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-313.) |
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C-GQBS. Inter Canadian - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 05, 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-055.) |
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C-GQBS. Inter Canadian - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-116.) |
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C-GQBS. TAT - in the basic 'Inter Canadian' livery at Dinard Airport, September 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-314.) |
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F-GIAI. TAT - in the basic 'Inter Canadian' livery at Milan Airport, June 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-039.) |
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F-GIAI. Stellair - in the standard livery at Dinard Airport, June 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-309.) |
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F-GIAI. Stellair - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, September 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-315.) |
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F-GIAI. Palair Macedonian - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, March 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-042.) |
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F-GIAI. Palair Macedonian - in the standard livery at Dinard Airport, September 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-199.) |