VH-WZI. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. c/n 014.
Was also registered as: N814CL; P2-MCO; VH-QQF.
Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Downsview plant - July 17, 1985 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-GCTX' - ? Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as 'C-GCTX' - June 1986 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC PW120A turboprop engines It was configured to seat 37 passengers Accepted by Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada - September 11, 1985 Leased to City Express Airlines as the registered operator Repossessed by Mutual Life and placed in storage at Toronto, Canada - August 01, 1990 Sold to Canopus Leasing Inc - June 13, 1991 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - June 13, 1991 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N814CL - ? Registered to Canopus Leasing Inc Sold to Southern Australia Airlines - March 1992 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-WZI - March 24, 1992 Registered to Southern Australia Airlines The aircraft was named 'Spirit of Sunraysia' Operated its first revenue service - ? Leased to Eastern Australia Airlines as the registered operator - September 23, 2002 Sold to Airlines of Papua New Guinea Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 06, 2004 Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MCO - November 2004 Transferred to Queensland Regional Airlines - ? Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - August 2007 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQF - August 07, 2007 Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns Current with Skytrans |
VH-WZI. Southern Australia - 'Spirit of Sunraysia' in the 'Australian' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-061.) |
VH-WZI. Southern Australia - 'Spirit of Sunraysia' in the 'Australian' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-065.) |
VH-WZI. Southern Australia - in the 'Australian' livery at Canberra Airport, July 1993. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 2923-062.) |
VH-WZI. Southern Australia - in the 'Qantas' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-063.) |
VH-WZI. Southern Australia - 'Spirit of Sunraysia' the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-064.) |
VH-QQF. Skytrans - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 14, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 2923-384.) |