VH-BPA. Fairchild SA-226TC Metro II. c/n TC-307.


First flown as N1005Y - August 1979

Powered by Garrett Turbine TPE331-10UA engines

Delivered to Bush Pilots Airways - October 1979

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BPA - October 1979

Registered to Bush Pilots Airways Pty Ltd

Bush Pilots was renamed Air Queensland - November 1981

Withdrawn from use and stored at Cairns Airport - 1985

Sold to General Aviation Service Inc - June 1985

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N1005Y

Sold to Career Aviation Academy Inc - June 1985

Sold to Britt Airways - July 1985

Reregistered as N334BA

Sold to C&C Capital Corporation Inc - March 1990

Sold to Cavenagh Aviation - April 1991

Sold to General Aviation Services Inc - September 1994

Sold to Kaiken Lineas Aereas - November 29, 1994

Entered onto the Argentinian Aircraft Register as LV-WIY

Withdrawn from use and used as a source for parts - 1999

Current status - ?


VH-BPA. Air Queensland - in the full livery at Cairns Airport, December 1984.