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Ltd, Tamworth The aircraft was named 'City of Inverell' Operated its first revenue service - August 10, 1978 Withdrawn from service and stored Tamworth - September 16, 1983.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Sold to Scibe Airlift Zaire - December 02, 1986 Entered onto the Zaire Aircraft Register as 9Q-CBU - December 02, 1986 Withdrawn from use and placed in storage at Dinard, France - April 25, 1992 Sold to Jersey European Airways Ltd - April 13, 1995 Entered onto the British Aircraft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.) |