Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXC - February 11, 1982

Registered to Fokker BV

First flown as PH-EXC - May 25, 1982

Aircraft was originally ordered Air Zaire but not taken up

Aircraft was not taken up by Air Sinai or Polar Airways

Placed in storage at Woensdrecht, Holland

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - August 26, 1983

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FSO - August 30, 1983

Accepted by East West at Schiphol - August 30, 1983

Departed Schiphol as EW8797 on delivery flight to Australia - August 30, 1983

Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight - September 5, 1983

Flight crew: Capts B. Gillespie, C. Holt; F/O Thompson; F/E Mackie

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - September 7, 1983

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWV - September 7, 1983

Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Ltd

Operated its first revenue service - September 16, 1983

Aircraft was named 'City of Tamworth' at Tamworth - September 17, 1983

Withdrawn from service and stored Tamworth - August 23, 1989

Leased to Spirit Air (subsidiary of Air Cruising Australia) - October 3 to October 21, 1989

Leased to then sold to Jersey European - December 10, 1990

Departed Tamworth on delivery flight to England - December 10, 1990

Arrived Exeter at conclusion of delivery flight - December 16, 1990

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 27, 1990

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-JEAE - January 2, 1991

Leased to Channel Express (Air Services) Ltd - January 31 to May 1994

Sold to BAC Express Leasing and leased to BAC Express - October 1999

Entered service with BAC Express - November 1999

Converted to freighter configuration - 2000

Leased to Channel Express Air Services Ltd for 2 years

Operated final Channel Express service Bournemouth-Channel Is-Bournemouth - October 10, 2002

Withdrawn from Channel Express service - October 10, 2002

Delivered to Edinburgh in BAC Express colors - October 22, 2002

Sold to Air Contractors Ireland - July 2004

Entered onto Irish Aircraft Register as EI-SMF - July 19, 2004

Registered to Air Contractors (Ireland) Ltd

Damaged on aborted take-off from Stansted Airport - September 8, 2004

Reportedly leased to Kenyan operator - March 2006

Entered onto Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-BTX - April 18, 2006

Registered to Knight Aviation Ltd

Current

VH-EWV. East West - in the final livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, March 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-697.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the final livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, May 1985.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-275.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the final livery at Coolangatta Airport, January 1986.

(G. Wilkes Photograph. 1999-712.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1987.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-698.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the final livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1987.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-274.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the final livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1988.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-145.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the basic livery with 'Spirit Air' titles at unknown airport, October 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-699.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the basic livery with 'Spirit Air' titles at Sydney Airport, October 1989.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-746.)

VH-EWV. East West - in the basic livery without titles at Tamworth Airport, September 1990.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-715.)

G-JEAE. Channel Express - in the full livery at unknown airport, August 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-700.)

G-JEAE. BAC Express - in the full livery at unknown airport, July 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-814.)

EI-SMF. BAC Express - in the full livery at Hamburg Airport, May 2006.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1993-128.)