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VH-CLY. de Havilland DH-114-2D Heron. c/n 14122.
Built new for AVIACO, Spain Aircraft configured to seat 14 passengers Arrived at Madrid at conclusion of delivery flight - August 15, 1957 Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-AOC - August 1957 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-ASVB - July 31, 1964 Registered to Morton Air Services Ltd, Gatwick Aircraft did not enter service with Morton Air Services Sold to Fiji Airways Ltd - October 1964 Entered onto the Fijian Aircraft Register as VQ-FAE - October 1964 Reregistered at DQ-FAE - April 1971 Fiji Airways was renamed Air Pacific - July 31, 1971 Sold to Connair Pty Ltd - July 29, 1975 Converted to Heron 2D/A1 standard by having Lycoming engines installed - 1976Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CLY - August 17, 1976Registered to Connair Pty Ltd Transferred to Northern Airlines following East West Airlines purchase of Connair - June 2, 1980 Commenced operations under this title - June 9, 1980 Repainted into new Norther Airlines livery at Alice Springs - June 26 - 27, 1980 Registered to Northern Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd - July 3, 1980 Northern Airlines ceased operations - February 6, 1981 Withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Alice Springs Sold to Airlines of Tasmania - May 1983 Ferried Alice Springs-Leigh Creek-Essendon-Launceston on delivery flight - May 9, 1983 Entered service in basic Northern Airlines livery - May 1983 Aircraft was badly damaged whilst landing at Launceston - August 3, 1983 Was engaged in passenger flight King Island-Wynyard-Launceston Passengers and crew escaped uninjured Deemed to be uneconomical to repair and was written off and scrapped Some parts including the wings were used in the restoration / repair of VH-CLX Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - ? |
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VH-CLY. Airlines of Tasmania - in the basic Northern livery at Launceston Airport, August 1983. |
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