VH-EWJ. Fokker F.27-1085. c/n 10287.
First flown as PH-FIE - November 6, 1965 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWJ - November 11, 1965 Departed Schiphol on delivery flight to Australia - November 13, 1965 Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight - November 18, 1965 Flight crew: Capts V.H. Schuback, K.M. Crowe, L.R. Jackson Operated its first revenue service - November 26, 1965 Aircraft named 'City of Parkes' - December 1, 1965 Registerd to East West Airlines (Operations) Ltd - March 9, 1977 Withdrawn from service - 1981 Cancelled from Australian Register - June 26, 1981 Aircraft had flown 38,717 hours and 45, 164 cycles Sold to Air Executive A/S - July 9, 1981 Departed Tamworth on delivery flight to Norway - July 9, 1981 Entered onto Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-NPM - August 20, 1981 Transferred to Busy Bee when Air Executive renamed Leased to Air Nordic - October 1992 to December 1992 Cancelled from Norwegian Aircraft Register - June 11, 1993 Entered onto Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-KZG - June 11, 1993 Leased to Air Nordic / Swe Aviation - June 11, 1993 to June 15, 1996 Sold to Swetrail Transport A/B - July 30, 1993 Placed in storage at Woensdrecht, Netherlands Leased to Newair Air Services - January 1997 - August 1997 Returned to storage at Woensdrecht following Newair declaring bankruptcy Leased to SWE Aviation Europe - January 1998 Sub-leased to Eureca Sri Aviation, Italy - January 1998 to January 1999 Leased to Eureca - December 1 - 7, 1999 & September 2000 Sold to Sobel Air, Gabon - June 2001 Cancelled from Swedish Aircraft Register - June 13, 2001 Entered onto Ghana Aircraft Register as 9G-SOB - June 2001 Leased to Air-Max Gabon - November 2002 Repossessed by Sobel Air - January 2003 Leased to La Nationale - January 2003 Observed at Bangui as TL-ADS with Air Oubangui titles - March 12, 2007 Lease / sale did to Air Oubangui did not proceed |
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VH-EWJ. East West Airlines - in its original livery at Albury Airport, June 1967. (J. Hopton Photograph. 1999-295.) |
VH-EWJ. East West Airlines - in its original livery at Sydney Airport, December 1967. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-388.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West Airlines - in its original livery at Sydney Airport, December 1967. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-386.) |
VH-EWJ. East West Airlines - in its original livery at Sydney Airport, December 1967. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-389.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the old livery with revised titles and new tail logo at Sydney Airport, May 1968. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-713.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - in the old livery with revised titles and new tail logo at Sydney Airport, May 1968. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1993-165.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in old livery with revised titles and new tail logo at Sydney Airport, October 1969. (G. Bennett Collection. 1993-249.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the experimental livery at Sydney Airport, January 1970. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-043.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - in the experimental livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-770.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the experimental livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-908.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - in the experimental livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-910.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the experimental livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-909.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - in the experimental livery at Sydney Airport, January 1972. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-164.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the final livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, November 1974. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-646.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-199.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-197.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-198.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, June 1979. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-652.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - additional '10 years flying to the Gold Coast' titles at Sydney Airport, May 1980. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-248.) |
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VH-EWJ. East West - additional '10 years flying to the Gold Coast' titles at Sydney Airport, May 1980. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-645.) |
VH-EWJ. East West - additional '10 years flying to the Gold Coast' titles at Sydney Airport, May 1980. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-651.) |
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LN-NPM. Busy Bee - in the full livery without titles, March 1982. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-015.) |
LN-NPM. Busy Bee - in the full livery without titles, March 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-653.) |
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LN-NPM. Busy Bee - in the full livery at unknown location, March 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-654.) |
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LN-NPM. Air Nordic - in the full livery with no 'Swe Aviation' titles, October 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-121.) |
SE-KZG. Air Nordic Swe Aviation - in the full livery at Stockholm Airport, March 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-655.) |
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SE-KZG. Eureca - in basic Swe Aviation livery at unknown airport, June 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-151.) |
9G-SOB. Air Max Gabon - in basic Swe Aviation livery at Libraville, January 2003. (J. Guillem Photograph. 1999-783.) |
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9G-SOB. La Nationale - in basic Swe Aviation livery at Libraville, November 2003. (J. Guillem Photograph. 1999-851.) |
TL-ADS. Air Oubangui - in basic Swe Aviation livery at Libraville, March 2007. (J. Guillem Photograph. 1993-184) |
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