This aircraft was ordered new by Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH (LTU) - July 29, 1960

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as 'PH-FDA' - September 15, 1961

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofR 818)

First flown as 'PH-FDA' - September 18, 1961

Delivered new to Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH (LTU) - November 16, 1961

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - November 16, 1961

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BAKU - November 16, 1961

The aircraft was named 'Jan Wellem'

Withdrawn from use by LTU - November 30, 1966

It had flown 15,129 hours with 5,731 cycles

Sold to Fokker BV - December 01, 1966

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FSG - December 28, 1966

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofR 1248)

Leased to Luxair as PH-FSG - January 20, 1967

Returned to Fokker at the end of the lease - September 30, 1967

It had flown 1,305 hours with 1,123 cycles whilst on lease to Luxair

Sold to L.T.U. - November 24, 1967

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - November 24, 1967

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BAKU - November 28, 1967

Registered to Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH (LTU)

Delivered to LTU - December 01, 1967

Leased to Sobelair / Sabena - April 17, 1968

Returned to LTU at the end of the lease - October 16, 1968

Leased to Interregional IFG - January 01, 1969

Leased to Sobelair / Sabena - March 01 - May 26, 1969

Withdrawn from use by LTU - May 26, 1969

The aircraft had flown 3,757 hours and 2,139 cycles whilst in service with LTU

Sold to Fokker - May 27, 1969

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FSG - December 31, 1969

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofR 3737)

Stored at Woensdrecht - May 1969 to August 1970

Sold to Ansett Transport Industries for use by M.M.A. - August 03, 1970

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MMB - August 04, 1970

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to Australia - August 04, 1970

It arrived at Perth on completion of the ferry flight - August 10, 1970

Ferry route: Amsterdam - Brindisi - Ankara - Teheran - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta - Bangkok -

Singapore - Denpasar - Port Headland - Perth

Flight crew: Capts R. Watts, K. Patterson, G. Bailey; Navigator B. S. McEwan

Operated its first M.M.A. revenue service - August 18, 1970

Withdrawn from M.M.A. service - March 07, 1971

Registered to East-West Airlines Ltd, Tamworth - March 08, 1971

Sold to East-West Airlines via Fokker-VFW NV for $400,000 - March 14, 1971

Ferried Perth - Tamworth - March 15, 1971

The aircraft was named 'City of Taree'

This aircraft was originally purchased to operate the airline's planned Albury - Melbourne service

Operated its first East-West Airlines revenue service - April 01, 1971

It was mainly used for charter operations and for weekend and holiday peak services - June 1971

Leased to MMA to cover its charter commitments - August 15 - September 16, 1971

Leased / purchased by Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - 1975

Registered to East-West Airlines (Operations) Ltd, Tamworth - March 09, 1977

Sold to Air Executive A/S, Norway - July 13, 1978

Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to Norway - July 26, 1978

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 04, 1978

Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-NPH - September 18, 1978

Transferred to Busy Bee A/S when Air Executive changed its nane - September 01, 1980

Leased to Gambia Air Shuttle - May 01, 1987 to December 31, 1987

Sold to Schreiner Airways BV - December 31, 1987

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

Leased to Gambia Air Shuttle as PH-SFE - January 01, 1988 to May 31, 1988

Leased to Nationale Luchtvaart School (N.L.S.) for use as a training aircraft - December 16, 1988

Rolled out in new Schreineer Airways livery with N.L.S. titles - December 16, 1988

The intended sale to Star Air, Denmark did not eventuate - 1988

Sold to Air West, Sudan - January 10, 1993

Entered onto the Sudanese Aircraft Register as ST-AWA - ?

The aircraft force landed some 74 km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia due fuel exhaustion - March 23, 1993

It was on a flight from Dar Es Salaam to Addis Abeba with 6 crew and 29 passengers

During the landing the left wing impacted a tree and was torn off the fuselage

No fatalities were sustained by the passengers and crew but the aircraft was subsequently stripped on site by locals

It had flown a total of 49,360 hours with 42,628 cycles

PH-FSG. MMA - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, August 1970.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-398.)

VH-MMB. MMA - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-642.)

VH-MMB. East-West - 'City of Taree' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 05, 1977.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-622.)

VH-MMB. East-West - 'City of Taree' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 23, 1977.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-039.)

VH-MMB. East-West - 'City of Taree' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 03, 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-187.)

VH-MMB. East-West - 'City of Taree' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 03, 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-982.)

VH-MMB. Air Executive - in the basic 'East-West' livery at Darwin Airport, July 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-623.)

LN-NPH. Busy Bee - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-010.)

PH-SFE. Schreiner International Air Training - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, June 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-189.)

PH-SFE. Nationale Luchtvaart School - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, June 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-132.)

PH-SFE. Schreiner International Air Training - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-643.)

PH-SFE. Air West Express - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, January 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-122.)

PH-SFE. Air West Express - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, January 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-813.)