VH-QQE. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 173.

Was also registered as: N808AW; N821EX; C-GUXF.

 

 

Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Toronto (Downsview) plant - September 10, 1989

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GLOT - ?

Registered to de Havilland Canada

First flown as 'C-GLOT' - ?

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC120A turboprop engines

Accepted by McDonnell-Douglas Finance Corp - September 21, 1989

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N808AW - ?

Leased to America West Airlines as the registered operator - September 21, 1989

Ownership was transferred to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co - October 1989

Returned to McDonnell-Douglas Finance Corp - December 1992

Leased to Allegheny Commuter Airlines as the registered operator - June 25, 1993

Reregistered as N821EX - July 20, 1993

Ownership was transferred to Chase Manhattan Bank & Trust Co - January 28, 1998

The lease to Allegheny Commuter Airlines was continued

Ownership was transferred to J. P. Morgan Trust Company - December 31, 2000

The lease to Allegheny Commuter Airlines was continued

Allegheny Commuter merged with Piedmont Airlines - July 01, 2004

Returned to lessor at the end of lease - August 2006

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQE - October 27, 2006

Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Brisbane

Leased to Queensland Regional Airlines as the registered operator - October 2006

Used by Bill Peach's Aircruising Australia for tourist flights - ?

Withdrawn from service and stored at Cairns - 2013

Sold to Air Creebec - 2013

Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Canada via Majuro - Honolulu - ? - Toronto - March 05, 2013

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 13, 2013

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GUXF - March 19, 2013

Registered to Air Creebec, Canada

Current status - ?

 

 

VH-QQE. Aircruising Australia - in the all-white livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 29, 2007.

(R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-705.)

VH-QQE. Aircruising Australia - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, June 08, 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-704.)