VH-FKF. Fokker 100. 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1, 1991 Sold to US Air Inc - December 2, 1991 Transferred to US Airways when US Air Inc was renamed - February 27, 1997 Withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave - January 22, 2002 Sold to Employees Retirement System, Montgomery, Alabama - 2004 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest /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. |
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