VH-IPA. AW-650-222 Argosy. c/n 6803.
First flown as G-ASXO - April 28, 1965 Delivered new to British European Airways - April 28, 1965 Sold to Transair / Midwest - April 4, 1970 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as CF-TAX Sold to Soaco Ste Anonyme de Construction - November 2. 1976 Entered onto the Gabon Aircraft Register as TR-LWQ Sold to Ipec Aviation - May 22, 1978 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IPA - March 3, 1979 Registered to Interstate Parcel Express Co (Aust) Pty Ltd - March 9, 1979 Aircraft was named 'Spirit of Perseverance' & later 'G.P. Farrell' Aircraft was finally named 'Virtue of Perseverance' Operated final Ipec service Sydney-Melbourne - April 6, 1990 Withdarwn from use and stored at Melbourne's Essendon Airport Scrapped by Simmsmetal Ltd - December 3, 1990 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 5, 1990 Had flown 29,466 hours / 17,868 cycles |
G-ASXO. BEA Cargo - in the full livery at Zurich Airport, April 1968. |
G-ASXO. Transair - in the full livery without titles at an unknown airport, April 1970. |
TR-LWQ. Ipec - in the basic Transair livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1978. |
TR-LWQ. Ipec - in the basic Transair livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1978. |
TR-LWQ. Ipec - in the basic Transair livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1978. |
TR-LWQ. Ipec - in the basic Transair livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1978. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1979. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, May 1979. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980. |
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VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1985. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in basic metal livery with full titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1985. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, April 1987. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, February 1989. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - awaiting the wreckers at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1990. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - the end of the road at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1990. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - the end of the road at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1990. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - the end of the road at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1990. |
VH-IPA. Ipec - the end of the road at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1990. |
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