VH-TAG. Fairchild SA-227AC Metro 23. c/n AC-705.
Was also registered as: EI-BWU; EI-BWY; ZK-NSU.
This aircraft was first flown as 'N2711K' - March 1988 Powered by Garrett Turbine TPE331-11U engines Sold to GPA Propjet Ltd - August 29, 1988 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-BWU - ? Leased to Air Kentucky Air Lines as the registered operator - August 29, 1988 Returned to GPA at the end of lease - January 1989 Leased to Pocono Airlines astge registered operator - August 01, 1989 Reregistered as EI-BWY - ? Returned to GPA at the end of the lease - January 13, 1990 Leased to Air Nelson as the registered operator - April 1990 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NSU - ? Ownership was transferred to Airplane Jetprop Finance Ltd - November 20, 1998 Returned to GPA Propjet Ltd at the end of the lease November 2002 Withdrawn from use and stored at Nelson, New Zealand - November 2002 Sold to New Zealand Aircraft Specialist Ltd - July 2003 Leased to Brindabella Airlines Pty Ltd - August 25, 2004 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAG - September 03, 2004 Registered to M/V Purchasing Company Pty Ltd - August 16, 2005 Leased to Brindabella Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered oprator Current |
VH-TAG. Brindabella Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-088.) |