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VH-TQT. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A. c/n 349.
Was also registered as: N852MA; C-GBSW; 5Y-VVS.
This aircraft was built for the Mesaba Airlines order Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GEOA - ? Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as 'C-GEOA' - December 09, 1992 Accepted by Rainer Aircraft Leasing Inc at Toronto (Downsview) - January 13, 1993 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N852MA - January 13, 1993 Leased to Northwest Airlines - January 13, 1993 Sub-leased to Mesabe Airlines as the registered operator - January 13, 1993 Returned to Rainer Aircraft Leasing at the end of the lease - October 1997 Sold to de Havilland Canada - November 05, 1997 Transferred to de Havilland Canada Inc - December 01, 1997 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GBSW - ? Leased to Air Nova as the registered operator - December 16, 1997 Returned to de Havilland Canada Inc at the end of the lease - October 14, 1998 Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines - October 1998 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQT - October 14, 1998 Registered to TAA Aviation Pty Ltd - February 23, 2006 Operated its final revenue service Armidale - Sydney (kingsford Smith) as QF2013 - July 14, 2008 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as QF6302 - July 15, 2008 Placed in open storage at Brisbane Airport Sold to Blue Bird Aviation, Nairobi, Kenya - September 2008 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - September 15, 2008 Entered onto the Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-VVS - September 16, 2008 Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Kenya - October 04, 2008 Ferry route: Brisbane - Mount Isa - Darwin - Denpasar - Medan - Colombo - Male - Mahe Current with Blue Bird Aviation |
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VH-TQT. Sunstate - in the original 'QantasLink' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-713.) |
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VH-TQT. QantasLink - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-714.) |
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5Y-VVS. Blue Nile Aviation - in the basic 'QantasLink' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-715.) |