Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXL with export registration E-595 - April 6, 1977

Registered to Fokker VFW BV, Schiphol Oost

Originally intended for ARAMCO but not taken up

First flown as PH-EXL - August 9, 1977

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - August 26, 1977

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FCF - August 29, 1977

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett Airlines of New South Wales at Schiphol - August 30, 1977

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight to Australia - August 30, 1977

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - September 5, 1977

Ferry route: Amsterdam-Belgrade-Ankara-Teheran-Dubai-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-

Singapore (Seletar)-Denpasar-Darwin-Alice Springs-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts I. Brown, I. Strother; F/O S.R. Harrison-Williams; Navigator B.S. McEwan;

LAME D. Findlay; Fokker Rep P. Payne

Operated first its first revenue service (Capt I. Strother; F/O M. Kelly) - September 19, 1977

Operated in two versions of 'Sunshine' livery until 1981

Transferred to Ansett but continued to operate Air N.S.W. services - March 13, 1988

Flew final Air N.S.W. service on Brisbane-Coolangatta-Newcastle-Sydney sector - March 18, 1988

Flew its final Ansett service on Wagga-Sydney sector - July 26, 1988

Ferried Sydney-Melbourne (Capt I. Deed) and placed in storage - July 30, 1988

Aircraft had flown 27,416 hours with 26,309 landings

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 15, 1988

Inspected by Mesaba Airlines technical staff at Melbourne to identify what would be needed to bring

the aircraft to U.S. F.A.A. & Mesaba standards - December 1988

Aircraft was fitted with special long-range fuel tanks at Melbourne - December 1988

Issued with temporary registration marks N284MA - December 1988

Sold to Northwest Aircraft Inc - December 22, 1988

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight as N284MA with non Ansett flight crew - December 22, 1988

Arrived Harrisburg, PA at conclusion of delivery flight - December 29, 1988

Underwent complete 'D' check at Harrisburg

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N284MA - July 1989

Ferried Harrisburg-Minneapolis-St Paul to undergo further inspection by Mesaba - July 11, 1989

Leased to Mesaba Airlines but operated in Northwest Airlink livery

Operated first revenue service with Mesaba - August 1, 1989

Withdrawn from use and returned to Dutch Asset Leasing Company - September 1994

Placed in storage at Kingman, Arizona

Sold to Eagle Canyon Airlines - December 5, 1996

Leased to Eagle Jet Charter trading as Scenic Airlines

Leased to Turismo Aereo, Panama - May 2005

Entered onto Panamanian Aircraft Register as HP-1542PS

Turismo Aereo purchased operating licence of the defunct Air Panama - September 2005

Reregistered HP-1542PST - October 2005

Registered to Air Panama

Operated by Air Costa Rica in full Air Panama livery - March 2006

Advertised for sale as of mid-2007

Current

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery prior to delivery, August 1977.

(R. N. Smith Collection via Ansett. 1999-855.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery prior to delivery, August 1977.

(R. N. Smith Collection via Ansett. 1999-773.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-279.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-280.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-281.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-462.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1979.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-282.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original 'Sunshine' livery at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-551.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original 'Sunshine' livery at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-552.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original 'Sunshine' livery at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-553.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified 'Sunshine' livery at Hervey Bay Airport, April 1980.

(G. Wilkes Photograph. 1999-361.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified 'Sunshine' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-554.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified 'Sunshine' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-257.)

VH-FCF. Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified 'Sunshine' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-463.)

VH-FCF. Air New South Wales - in the 'canary' livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-044.)

VH-FCF. Air New South Wales - in the 'canary' livery at Sydney Airport, September 1981.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-555.)

VH-FCF. Air New South Wales - in the 'canary' livery at Canberra Airport, November 1981.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-604.)

VH-FCF. Air New South Wales - in the 'canary' livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1981.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-283.)

VH-FCF. Air New South Wales - in the 'canary' livery at Sydney Airport, April 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-594.)

VH-FCF. Air N.S.W. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, December 1986.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-836.)

VH-FCF. Air N.S.W. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1987.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-556.)

VH-FCF. Air N.S.W. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, February 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-837.)

VH-FCF. Air N.S.W. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, June 1988.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-280.)

VH-FCF. Air N.S.W. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, August 1988.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-922.)

VH-FCF. Air N.S.W. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-281.)

N284MA. Mesaba - in basic Ansett 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1988.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-244.)

N284MA. Mesaba - in basic Ansett 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1988.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-243.)

N284MA. Mesaba - in basic Ansett 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1988.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-242.)

N284MA. Mesaba - in basic Ansett 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1988.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-245.)

N284MA. Northwest Airlink - in the full livery at unknown airport, April 1990.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-021.)

N284MA. Eagle - in the full livery at unknown airport, March 1999.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-557.)