VH-BPG. Fairchild SA-226TC Metro II. c/n TC-287.
was also registered as: VH-WGV and VH-NGX.
First flown as N5657M - March 1979 Powered by Garrett Turbine TPE331-10UA engines Delivered to Bush Pilots Airways - April 1979 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BPG - April 12, 1979 Registered to Bush Pilots Airways Pty Ltd Bush Pilots was renamed Air Queensland - November 1981 Registered to Air Queensland Ltd - January 8, 1982 Withdrawn from use and stored at Cairns Airport - 1984 Sold to Air Albatross Ltd, New Zealand - May 1985 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-SWD - May 28, 1985 Departed Cairns on delivery flight to New Zealand - June 10, 1985 Air Albatross ceased operations and the aircraft was placed in storage - December 20, 1985 Sold to Kendell Airlines - April 17, 1986 Arrived Wagga Wagga on delivery flight to Kendell - April 17, 1986 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - April 29, 1986 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-WGV - May 1, 1986 Registered to Kendell Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd Entered service with Kendell in basic Air Albatross livery Withdrawn from use at Wagga Wagga - March 23, 1994 Sold to Jetcraft, Brisbane - March 26, 1994 Sold to Avtex Air Services Pty Ltd and leased to Airtex Aviation- October 30, 1998 Registered to Casair Pty Ltd - March 16, 2007 Reregistered as VH-NGX - March 16, 2007 Registered to Casair Pty Ltd, Canning Vale, W.A. Current |
VH-BPG. Air Queensland - in the full livery at Cairns Airport, December 1984. |
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