VH-FNV. Fokker F.27-2061 Friendship. c/n 10252.

Was also registered as: JA-8630; AP-BDG; AR-NZQ.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by All Nippon Airways - July 03, 1963

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FFT - May 21, 1964

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofR 1014)

First flown as 'PH-FFT' - May 21, 1964

Accepted by All Nippon Airways at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - June 04, 1964

Entered onto the Japanese Aircraft Register as JA-8630 - ?

Sold to Ansett Airlines of Australia - October 27, 1971

The aircraft was configured to seat 40 passengers

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNV - October 28, 1971

Departed Osaka on the ferry flight to Australia in the basic ANA livery - October 29, 1971

It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the ferry flight - November 01, 1971

Ferry route: Osaka - Kagoshima - Taipei - Manila - Kota Kinabalu - Bali - Darwin - Alice Spings - Melbourne

Crew: Capts J. Burns, A. Crabbe, B. Martin; Navigator W. C. Kennedy; LAMEs E. Cruickshank, L. Cooper

It was overhauled and repainted into the Ansett 'delta' livery

Entered service with Ansett Airlines of Australia - January 13, 1972

Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - February 07, 1972

Operated its first revenue service with Airlines of South Australia - February 08, 1972

Returned to Ansett Airlines of Australia at the end of the lease - October 01, 1977

Leased to Bush Pilots Airways Pty Ltd as the registered operator - January 03, 1982

Rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the Air Queensland livery - January 1982

Utilised on the Brisbane - Maryborough - Bundaberg - Gladstone route

Registered to Air Queensland Ltd - September 23, 1983

Sold to Air Queensland Ltd - October 10, 1985

Withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Brisbane pending sale - August 1986

Returned to service to replace the ATR-42 aircraft - April 16, 1987

Withdrawn from service and stored Brisbane - May 1988

Sold to Pakistan International Airlines

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 29, 1988

Entered onto the Pakistan Aircraft Register as AP-BDG - ?

Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Pakistan in the basic Air Queensland livery - July 06, 1988

Utilised temporary registration of 'VH-FNV' until it reached Darwin

Transferred to Pakistan Maritime Security Agency as AR-NZQ/52 - September 01, 1988

Converted to F.27 Maritime configuration - 1990

Transferred to Pakistan Navy as 10252

Observed at PNS Mehan as AR-NZQ - 2007

Current status - ?

 

 

VH-FNV. Ansett - in the basic 'All Nippon' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1971.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-177.)

VH-FNV. Ansett - in the basic 'All Nippon' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1971.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-957.)

VH-FNV. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-590.)

VH-FNV. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 15, 1976.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-668.)

VH-FNV. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 1976.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-418.)

VH-FNV. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at an unknown airport, September 1976.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-426.)

VH-FNV. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Canberra Airport, November 06, 1976.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-619.)

VH-FNV. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Brisbane Airport, August 31, 1981.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-620.)

VH-FNV. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1982.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-178.)

VH-FNV. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1984.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-419.)

VH-FNV. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-179.)

VH-FNV. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-588.)