VH-TBL. Boeing 727-276. c/n 20951-1101.


First flown - April 4, 1975

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TBL - April 24, 1975

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - May 7, 1975

Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Brisbane

Aircraft was named 'John Eyre'

Operated first revenue service - May 7, 1975

Withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport - June 15, 1976

Leased to Iran Air - July 28, 1976 to August 2, 1977

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Teheran - July 26, 1977

Delivery route: Perth-Cocos Island-Colombo-Karachi

Operated final revenue service with Trans Australia - April 11, 1987

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Had flown 35,879 hours & 28,404 cycles

Sold to Aeron Aviation Corporation - April 16, 1987

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Lasham - April 16, 1987

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 21, 1987

Leased to Icelandair - June 1, 1987 to April 1, 1990

Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-FLK

Aircraft was named 'Zvia'

Leased to Aviogenex - April 1, 1990 to March 31, 1991

Entered onto the Yugoslav Aircraft Register as YU-AKO

Leased to Atlantic Island Airways - July 1, 1991 to April 1, 1992

Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-FIA

Sub-leased to Vietnam Airlines - April 1, 1992 to June 30, 1992

Sold to Bail Leasing, withdrawn from use and stored Shannon, Ireland - November 14, 1992

Sold to First Security Bank - March 1, 1993

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N908PG

Sold to Pacific Aviation Holding - March 11, 1994

Leased to Kiwi International Airlines - January 30, 1995 to December 14, 1995

Leased to Pacific International Airlines - December 15, 1995 to June 3, 1996

Leased to Sky Trek International - March 1997

Sub-leased to Sun Country Airlines - October 1999 to December 1999

Transferred to Discovery Airlines

Sold to Pegasus Aviation & stored Tucson - May 2000

Leased to Falcon Air Express - January 5, 2001

Sold to A.R.T. 20951 Ltd with leased continuing to Falcon Air - February 12, 2003


VH-TBL. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-TBL. Iran Air - in the full livery prior to departure at Melbourne Airport, July 1976.

VH-TBL. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

VH-TBL. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Melbourne Airport, May 1980.

VH-TBL. TAA Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

VH-TBL. TAA Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1986.

 

TF-FLK. Icelandair - in the full livery at Stockholm Airport, September 1988.

 

N908PG. Atlantic Island Air - in the full livery at unknown airport, December 1994.

N908PG. Sky Trek International - in modified Atlantic Air livery at Tucson Airport, March 1997.

N908PG. Discovery - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 2000.

N908PG. Discovery - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 2000.

N908PG. Falcon Air - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 2002.

N908PG. Falcon Air - in the full livery at unknown airport, February 2002.