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VH-EWM. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter. c/n 071. Was also registered as: CF-CIJ; C-FCIJ; D-IDHC; C-GSOL; C-GGLE. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Air Capital International Inc Rolled out at Toronto - September 17, 1967 First flown as 'N16430' at Toronto - October 11, 1967 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engines Accepted by Air Capital International at Toronto - October 28, 1967 Sold to East-West Airlines, Australia - October 28, 1967 It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight from Canada - November 10, 1967 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWM - December 19, 1967 Registered to East-West Airlines Ltd, Tamworth This aircraft was acquired for a rain-making contract with the C.S.I.R.O. for an initial period of two years It was operated under conttract in Tasmania - December 27, 1967 to October 14, 1969 Whilst operating the C.S.I.R.O. contract it had their logo on the rear fuselage An intended lease to the N.S.W. Aerial Ambulance Service to cover the maintenance on VH-AMB did not proceed The intended lease period - March 30, 1969 - April 30, 1969 was covered the the East-West DC-3 VH-PWM Leased to Trans-Australia Airlines - May 03, 1969 Returned to East-West Airlines oat the end of the lease - September 27, 1969 Leased to MMA - November 19, 1971 Operated Perth (Guildford) - Gerladton charter four times a week Whilst in service with M.M.A. it sported a round sticker 'On Charter to M.M.A.' with the red 'delta' logo Returned to East-West Airlines at the end of the lease - May 1972 Sold to Bannoc Aerospace - November 29, 1972 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 01, 1972 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as CF-CIJ - ? Sold to Arctic Air, Edmonton, Alberta - January 04, 1973 Sold Andrews Airways, Winnipeg, Manitoba - March 1974 Sold to Calm Air - May 1978 Sold / leased to Calm Air International - June 1987 Reregistered as C-FCIJ - ? Sold to Airservice Wildgruber GmbH, Michaelisdonn (Friedrichshafen), Germany - February 05, 1991 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-IDHC - ? Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - June 04, 1991 Operated in a passenger / freighter / parachute roll whitst in Germany Sold to 33119378 Canada Inc (t/a South Nahanni Airways), Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories - March 2005 Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - April 05, 2005 Ferried Althenrhein - Wick - April 06, 2005 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GSOL - July 19, 2005 Registered to 33119378 Canada, Inc t/a South Nahanni Airways During the summer season the aircraft was fitted with floats and seating restricted to 15 passengers Leased to Westpoint Air International, Calgary, Alberta - March 31, 2008 Returned to South Nahanni Airways, Fort Simpson, NT at the end of the lease - September 15, 2008 Reregistered as C-GGLE - September 17, 2008 Registered to 33119378 Canada, Inc t/a South Nahanni Airways Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - February 28, 2015 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GGLE - June 02, 2016 Registered to 33119378 Canada, Inc t/a South Nahanni Airways Current status - ? |
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VH-EWM. East-West - in the standard livery with additional 'On Charter to MMA' titles at Perth Airport, April 02, 1972. (M. Prime Copyright Image 1920-785.) |