VH-BPB. Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk III-2 Trislander. c/n 1025.
Was also registered as: G-BDOT; N3850K; N903GD; N900TA; ZK-SFF.
This aircraft was built by Britten-Norman, Bembridge, Isle of Wight - 1976 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BDOT (CofR G-BDOT/R1) - January 21, 1976 Registered to Britten-Norman (Bembridge) Limited, Isle of Wight First flown as G-BDOT - March 29, 1976 The British Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - April 05, 1976 Delivered to Hawker de Havilland, Yagoona, N. S. W., Australia - August 17, 1976 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 01, 1976 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BPB - October 08, 1976 Registered to Bush Pilots Airways, Cairns Delivered to Bush Pilots Airways - October 13, 1976 Bush Pilots Airways changed its name to Air Queensland - December 01, 1981 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 05, 1982 Sold to Slocum Air, Miami, Florida - June 1983 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N3850K - June 1983 Registered to Slocum Air, Miami, Florida Leased to Florida Parcel Express as the registered operator - June 1983 Sold to Aero International Airlines, Homestead, Florida - June 1985 Re-registered as N903GD - June 1985 Registered to Aero International Airlines Sold to TRI Air Freight t/a Florida Parcel Express, Fort Lauderdale Florida - January 1988 The aircraft was reregistered as N900TA - January 1988 Sold to Cook Strait Ferry t/a Skyferry, Wellington New Zealand - September 22, 1989 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-SFF - January 01, 1990 Registered to Cook Strait Ferry, Wellington Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 18, 1990 Withdrawn from use and stored at Woodbourne, Blenheim, New Zealand - ? 1992 Sold to Cormack (Aircraft Services) Limited, Scotland - December 1992 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - December 23, 1992 Dismantled and shipped from Wellington to England Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BDOT (CofR G-BDOT/R2) - March 24, 1993 Registered to Cormack (Aircraft Services) Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland Registered to Hebridean Air Servives Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland (CofR G-BDOT/R3) - September 08, 1995 Registered to Atlantic Bridge Aviation Ltd, Lydd, Romney Marsh (CofR G-BDOT/R4) - May 13, 1997 Registered to Lyddair Ltd, Lydd, Romney Marsh (CofR G-BDOT/R5) - November 15, 2002 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - April 28, 2009 It was observed at Manila (Ninoy Aquino) with the registration 'G-BDOT' - March 03, 2012 The aircraft is painted white with bright yellow and blue tail, red engines on the main wings, blue engine at rear, registration on the tail in red and large ‘fly pinoyair.com’ titles on the fuselage There is no record of this aircraft being registered in the Philippines There is no record of this aircraft returning to the British Aircraft Register Current status - ? |