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 Withdrawn from service and stored at Cairns - 2013 Sold to Air Creebec - 2013 Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Canada via Majuro - Honolulu - ?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.) |