VH-QQN. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311A. c/n 276.

Was also registered as: C-GFRF; PT-OKC; C-FZBL; PH-SDT; TJ-SAB; TT-DAD; C-GMOH.

 

 

Construction was completed at the Toronto (Downsview) plant for GPA - May 1991

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

Registered to de Havilland Canada

First flown as 'C-GFRF'

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC-123 turboprop engines

Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PT-OKC - October 15, 1991

Registered to GPA Propjet Inc

Leased to Transportes Aereos Da Bacia Amazonia (TABA) as the registered operator

Returned to the lessor at the end of lease - March 28, 1996

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FZBL - June 1996

Registered to Bombardier Aircraft Trading Inc, Toronto

Leased to Time Air as the registered operator - September 10, 1996

Returned to lessor at the end of the lease - September 20, 1996

Sold to Airplanes Finance Ltd - September 20, 1996

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - September 20, 1996

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-SDT - September 20, 1996

Registered to Capital Aviation Services, BV

Leased to Schreiner Airways as the registered operator on behalf of Sabena

Registered to Airplanes Finance Ltd - November 20, 1998

Leased to Schreiner Airways as the registered operator on behalf of Sabena

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 2002

Entered onto the Cameroon Aircraft Register as TJ-SAB - February 05, 2002

Registered to GECAS

Leased to Schreiner Airways Cameroon as the registered operator

Returned to lessor at the end of the lease - May 01, 2003

Entered onto the Chad Aircraft Register as TT-DAD - 2010

Leased to CHC Airways as the registered operator

Cancelled from the Chad Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GMOH - September 15, 2011

Registered to CHC Global Operations Canada

Sold to Skytrans Pty Ltd - ?

Departed Masstricht on the ferry flight to Australia in an 'all-white' livery - ?

It arrived at Cairns on completion of the ferry flight - October 18, 2011

Ferry route: Maastricht - Dubrovnik - Larnaca - Riyadh - Ahmedabad - Chittagong - Utapao -

Seletar - Denpasat - Darwin - Cairns

The ferry flight was carried out by Southern Cross Aviation as SXA836

The aircraft carried the name 'Spirit of Darwin II'

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - November 04, 2011

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQN - November 11, 2011

Registered to Skytrans Holdings Pty Ltd, Cairns

Leased to Skytrans Pty Ltd as registered operator

It entered service Cairns - Townsville - Eloise Mine as SKP1094 - December 01, 2011

Current status - ?

 

 

VH-QQN. Skytrans - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 01, 2012.

(G. Canciani Copyright Image 2923-823.)

VH-QQN. Skytrans - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 14, 2014.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-824.)