VH-EWS. Fokker F.27-5161 Friendship. c/n 10425.

Was also registered as: OY-APA; F-BYAF; PH-FOZ; 9Q-CBU;

G-BVZW; HA-FAE.

 

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft as PH-FOZ - November 19, 1969

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as PH-FOZ - November 20, 1969

Entered onto the Danish Aircraft Register as OY-APA - December 09, 1969

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - December 09, 1969

Delivered to Maersk Air A/S - December 09, 1969

Sold to Air Rouergue - February 11, 1977

Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-BYAF - February 1977

Leased to Royal Air Inter - September 10, 1977 to October 22, 1977

Sold to East-West Airlines - March 02, 1978

A\It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight from Amsterdam - April 20, 1978

Test flown at Tamworth after overhaul - August 05, 1978

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWS - August 07, 1978

Registered to East-West Airlines (Operations) Ltd, Tamworth

The aircraft was named 'City of Inverell'

Operated its first revenue service - August 10, 1978

Withdrawn from service and stored Tamworth - September 16, 1983.

Sold to Fokker - September 20, 1983

Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to Holland (Ypenburg) - September 20, 1983

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 12, 1983

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FOZ - April 03, 1986

Sold to Scibe Airlift Zaire - December 02, 1986

Entered onto the Zaire Aircraft Register as 9Q-CBU - December 02, 1986

Withdrawn from use and placed in storage at Dinard, France - April 25, 1992

Sold to Jersey European Airways Ltd - April 13, 1995

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BVZW - ?

It arrived at Exeter on completion of the ferry flight - April 25, 1995

Converted to freighter configuration and rolled out - August 10, 1995

Leased to Channel Express (Air Services) Ltd for 2 years - August 18, 1995

Returned to Jersey European - May 1996

Leased to BAC Express Airlines Ltd - May 1996

The aircraft was named 'Highland Trader'

Sold to BAC Express Airlines - August 04, 1997

Sold to Tulip Air Charter BV - December 1998

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FOZ - ?

Sold to OFSB Ltd and leased to Farner Air Transport - November 04, 1999

Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-IVQ - ?

Company was renamed Farnair Switzerland AG - September 01, 2000

Operated by Farner for BAC Express - September 2002

Leased to Farnair Hungary - June 02, 2004

Entered onto the Hungarian Aircraft Register as HA-FAE - ?

Current

 

 

OY-APA. Maersk - in the original livery at Copenhagen Airport, June 1971.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-758.)

OY-APA. Maersk - in the original livery at Copenhagen Airport, June 1971.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-759.)

OY-APA. Maersk - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, September 1974.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-190.)

F-BYAF. Royal Air Inter - in the basic 'Maersk' livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, October 1977.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-196.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 15, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-220.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 06, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-219.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 21, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-221.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 22, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-222.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 24, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-687.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery with additional '10th Year Sunshine Coast' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 26, 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-686.)

VH-EWS. East-West - 'City of Inverell' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-270.)

VH-EWS. Fokker - in the basic 'East-West' livery at Ypenburg Airport, August 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-271.)

9Q-CBU. Scibe Zaire - in the standard livery at Dinard Airport, February 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-681.)

9Q-CBU. Scibe Zaire - in the standard livery at Dinard Airport, May 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-102.)

9Q-CBU. Scibe Zaire - in the standard livery at Dinard Airport, June 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-648.)

G-BVZW. BAC Express - 'Highland Trader' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1996.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-127.)

PH-FOZ. Farnair Europe - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-907.)

HB-IVQ. Farnair Europe - in the standard livery at Basel Airport, November 1999.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-504.)

HB-IVQ. Farnair Europe - in the standard livery at Basel Airport, September 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-906.)

HB-IVQ. Farnair Europe - in the standard livery at Basel Airport, February 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-152.)

HA-FAE. Farnair Europe - in the standard livery at Basel Airport, November 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-505.)