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VH-BMG. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter. c/n 219.
This aircraft was built by de Havilland Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada First flown at Downsview as N5216 - March 10, 1969 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engines As the aircraft was unsold it was stored at Downsview Sold to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources - November 1969 Accepted by Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources at Downsview - December 22, 1969 Handed over to the ferry contractor Floair Inc, Wichita, Kansas - December 22, 1969 Departed Downsview on the ferry flight to Australia - January 05, 1970 Arrived Sydney (Bankstown) on completion of the ferry flight - February 03, 1970 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BMG - February 03, 1970 Registered to Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra The aircraft was damaged at Darwin whilst being towed - July 09, 1977 Repaired and returned to service Sold to H. C. Sleigh Aviation, Melbourne - 1982 Withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) - June 18, 1984 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 16, 1984 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BMG - June 18, 1987 Registered to H. C. Sleigh Aviation, Melbourne Sold to Mission Aviation Fellowship, Papua New Guinea - 1988 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 1988 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MFY - July 22, 1988 Registered to Mission Aviation Fellowship, Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea Sold to Airlines PNG, Port Moresby - April 2008 Reregistered as P2-MCR - April 22, 2008 Registered to Airlines PNG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Current with Airlines PNG |
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VH-BMG. Department of National Development Bureau of Mineral Resources - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1972. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-746.) |
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VH-BMG. Bureau of Mineral Resources - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-747.) |
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VH-BMG. MAF - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-911.) |