VH-FSW. Fokker F-28-0100. c/n 11391.


Ordered new by US Air Inc

Registration N896US reserved for US Air Inc - January 13, 1988

Export registration E-1175 / PH-EZB applied to aircraft - March 24, 1992

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EZB with export registration E-1175 - March 24, 1992

Registered to Fokker Aircraft BV, Amsterdam

First flown as PH-EZB in US Air livery - April 9, 1992

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - May 7, 1992

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N896US - May 1992

Accepted by US Air at Schiphol - May 10, 1992

Departed Amsterdam on delivery flight to U.S.A. via Reykjavik - May 10, 1992

Arrived Pittsburg at conclusion of delivery flight - May 20, 1992

Aircraft had flown 2,701 hours with 2,470 cycles - June 30, 1993

Registered to US Airways Inc - February 27, 1997

Operated final revenue service Indianapolis-Charlotte - December 1, 2001

Arrived Mojave for storage - December 5, 2001

Sold to Fokker Services BV - 2003

Arrived Woensdrecht for storage - September 12, 2003

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - October 17, 2003

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-CXR - November 19, 2003

Registered to Aircraft Financing & Trading BvL 6488

Test flown at Woensdrecht - December 22, 2003

Ferried Woensdrecht-Amsterdam in US Airways livery for repainting by QAPS - December 24, 2003

Ferried Amsterdam-Woensdrecht in Germania livery - January 14, 2004

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 4, 2004

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AGPR - February 4, 2004

Registered to Germania Fluggesellschaft GmbH

Leased to Deutsch BA - March 30, 2005

Observed at Hamburg in DBA livery - March 30, 2005

Observed with 'Welcome to Football' titles - April 2006

Ferried Berlin Tegel-Eindhoven for repainting in Air Berlin livery - November 28, 2006

Rolled out at Eindhoven in Air Berlin livery - December 3, 2006

Leased to Air Berlin - December 9, 2006

Withdrawn from use and stored - January 2008

Prepared for lease to Alliance Airlines - 2007

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FSW - August 14, 2008

Registered to F100 Pty Ltd, Subiaco, W.A., Australia

Leased to Skywest Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd as registered operator

Ferried Berlin Tegel-East Midlands in Air Berlin livery - August 21, 2008

Ferried East Midlands-Woensdrecht for repainting in Skywest livery - September 1, 2008

Arrived Perth at conclusion of delivery flight to Australia - October 10, 2008

Leased to Skywest Airlines at $US106,000 per month for 64 months - October 11, 2008

Operated first revenue service Perth-Telfer as XR267 - October 23, 2008

Current with Alliance Airlines - 2010


VH-FSW. Skywest - in the full livery at East Midlands Airport, September 2008.