VH-FKF. Fokker F-28-0100. c/n 11365.


Ordered new by US Air Inc and registration N890US reserved - January 13, 1988

Export registration E-1178 / PH-EZC applied to aircraft - October 9, 1991

First flown as PH-EZC in US Air livery - November 5, 1991

Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA and entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N890US - November 19, 1991

Export registration E-1178 / PH-EZC removed - November 29, 1991

Departed Amsterdam on delivery flight via Keflavik - November 29, 1991

Registered to US Air Inc - December 1, 1991

Sold to US Air Inc - December 2, 1991

Transferred to US Airways when US Air Inc was renamed - February 27, 1997

Withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave - January 22, 2002

Sold to Employees Retirement System, Montgomery, Alabama - 2004

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest / ERSA - May 23, 2005

Arrived Brisbane as 'Southern Cross 232' at conclusion of delivery flight - June 29, 2005

Ferry route: Camarillo-Payne Field Washington-Anchorage-Nome-Magadan Russia-

Yuzhno Sakhalinsk Russia-Cheju South Korea-Manila-Biak

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKF - July 21, 2005

Registered to Alliance Airlines, Brisbane

Test flown at Brisbane after overhaul - March 8, 2006

Ferried Brisbane-Richmond for repainting in Alliance livery by Tasman Aviation - March 9, 2006

Ferried Brisbane-Townsville as QQ999 - March 28, 2006

Operated first revenue service Townsville-The Monument-Townsville as QQ831/832 - March 29, 2006

Ferried Brisbane-Alice Springs-Perth as 'Unity 970' - August 30, 2006

Operated proving flight Perth-Leinster-Mount Keith-Perth as QQ971/972/973 - August 30, 2006

Utilised on BHP Billiton fly-in / fly-out contract

Current


N890US. US Air - in the full livery at Pittsburg Airport, October 1993.

VH-FKF. Alliance - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2006.

VH-FKF. Alliance - in the full livery at Perth Airport, March 2010.