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VH-TQO. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 004.
Was also registered as: C-GGPJ; VH-QQB.
Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Toronto Downsview plant - March 1984 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GGPJ - April 03, 1984 Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as C-GGPJ - April 03, 1984 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 engines It was used by de Havilland Canada as a demonstrator It was configured with 36 economy seats Displayed by de Havilland Canada at the Farnborough Air Show - September 1984 Performed a series of demonstration flights in Australia - November 1984 Leased to Air Atlantic - June 15, 1988 Returned to de Havilland Canada at the end of the lease - October 31, 1988 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - November 17, 1988 Sold to Eastern Australia Airlines - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQO - December 29, 1988 Registered to Eastern Australia Airlines Accepted by Australian Airlines / Eastern Australia at Downsview, Canada - January 01, 1989 It was observed at Innsbruck as 'VH-TQO' in the Australian Airlines livery - January 04, 1989 Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Port Macquarie - February 27, 1989 Australian Airlines was sold to Qantas Airways Limited - September 14, 1992 Australian Airlines continued to operated initially as a separate identity with some services operated jointly Australian Airlines officially merged with Qantas Airways - October 31, 1993 Ownership transferred to Qantas Airways Limited - December 08, 1993 It was observed at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the Qantaslink livery - December 05, 1999 Traded to Boeing (the current owners of de Havilland Canada) for newer DHC-8-300s - 2005 Leased to Airlines of Papua New Guinea - July 29, 2005 Ferried Cairns - Port Moresby on delivery to Airlines of Papua New Guinea - July 29, 2005 Reregistered as VH-QQB - September 02, 2005 Ferried Port Moresby - Cairns at the end of the lease - September 21, 2005 Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns - November 25, 2005 It was observed at Cairns with 'True North' titles for a cruise ship charter - November 2005 Queensland Regional Airlines merged with Skytrans Pty Ltd - 2006 Leased to Nantay Pty Ltd t/a Maroomba Airlines, Perth - January 19, 2006 It was observed at Perth in all-white livery with small 'Marooba' titles on the tail - March 22, 2007 It was observed at Perth in the standard Maroomba livery - November 2008 Registered to Aircraft Solutions Lux XVII SARL, Luxembourg - February 01, 2014 Leased to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns as the registered operator Operated its final Skytrans revenue service as SKP23 - January 02, 2015 Route: Cairns - Coen - Lockhart River - Bamaga - Cairns The aircraft was withdrawn from service and placed in open storage at Cairns Skytrans Pty Ltd ceased operations - January 03, 2015 Registered to Hawker Pacific Pty Ltd, Cairns - February 15, 2016 The aircraft entered heavy maintenance at Carins with Hawker Pacific - 2016 Skytrans Pty Ltd resumes operations under the ownership of Collings Holdings Airlines - March 31, 2016 The aircraft was test flown Cairns - Cairns as 'VH-QQB' - July 21, 2015 Leased to Skytrans Pty Ltd as the registered operator - July 21, 2016 Returned to service as SKP35 - July 21, 2016 Route: Cairns - Lockhart River - Weipa - Aurukun - Cairns Registered to Aircraft Solutions Lux XVII SARL, Luxembourg - September 12, 2016 Leased to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns as the registered operator It was observed at Brisbane in the new Skytrans livery - July 06, 2017 This aircraft is currently the oldest operating DHC-8 anywhere in the world Current with Skytrans |
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C-GGPJ. de Havilland - in the standard demonstrator livery at Canberra Airport, November 1984. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-042.) |
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C-GGPJ. de Havilland - in the standard demonstrator livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, November 17, 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-043.) |
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C-GGPJ. de Havilland - in the standard demonstrator livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, November 17, 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-044.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 23, 1989. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 2923-382.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Canberra Airport, January 1990. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-045.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Canberra Airport, February 1990. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-046.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at an unknown airport, September 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-050.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at an unknown airport, May 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-168.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-047.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-048.) |
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VH-TQO. Eastern Australia - in the 'Qantas' livery at an unknown airport, October 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-169.) |
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VH-QQB. Maroomba - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, November 18, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-628.) |
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VH-QQB. Maroomba - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, November 18, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-629.) |
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VH-QQB. Maroomba - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, November 18, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 2923-630.) |
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VH-QQB. Skytrans - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 2014. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-049.) |