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VH-FNP. Fokker F.27-2103. c/n 10305.
First flown as PH-FIZ - August 17, 1966 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNP - August 23, 1966 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Departed Schiphol on delivery flight - August 24, 1966 Delivery route: Amsterdam-Rome-Athens-Damascus-Bahrain-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok- Singapore-Jakarta-Denpasar-Darwin-Alice Springs Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight in full Airlines of N.S.W. livery - September 1, 1966 Flight crew: Capts J. Still, D. Gillespie, W. Taylor; Navigator W. Taylor, A. Crabbe (from Singapore); Hostesses J. Moore, R. White Repainted into Airlines of South Australia colors and delivered to them - September 1966 Aircraft named 'City of Whyalla' Withdrawn from Airlines of South Australia service and ferried to Melbourne - May 1968 Utilised by Ansett-ANA in full Airlines of South Australia livery - May / June 1968 Repainted into Airlines of N.S.W. colors - entering service with them - July 15, 1968 Repainted into Ansett Airlines of New South Wales 'delta' livery and rolled out - August 1, 1969 Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - July 23, 1977 Repainted into Airlines of South Australia 'Piping Shrike' livery and rolled out - February 19, 1982 Aircraft named ' Sir Thomas Playford' at ceremony at West Beach Airport - March 14, 1982 Operated final Airlines of South Australia service as GJ440/1 Adelaide-Port Lincoln-Adelaide - June 27, 1986 Returned to Melbourne and re-entered Ansett service in A.S.A. colors - June 29, 1986 Operated final Ansett service Wynyard-Melbourne (Capt N. Caldwell) - September 19, 1986 Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne - November 5, 1986 Sold to Air UK - departing Melbourne as AN27 on delivery flight - January 23, 1987 Delivery route: Melbourne-Alice Springs-Broome-Denpasar-Singapore-Bangkok-Calcutta-Delhi- Karachi-Bahrain-Jeddah-Cairo-Athens-Milano-Norwich Arrived Norwich at conclusion of delivery flight - January 30, 1987 Flight crew: Capts K. R. L. Duncan, C. Harrold, G. G. Harris; LAME C. Brotherton Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 31, 1987 Sold to Pakistan International - becoming AP-BCZ - September 2, 1987 Damaged on training flight at Karachi when undercarriage retracted whilst on ground - September 21, 1991 Repaired and returned to service - December 30, 1991 Current as of 2002 Is believed that it may have been registered in the Cayman Islands in 2003 to comply with U.S. Export-Import Bank's requirement related to P.I.A.'s purchase of Boeing 777 aircraft Reportedly w.f.s. and stored - mid 2004 |
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VH-FNP. Airlines of South Australia - in its original livery, September 1967. (Image 1999-410. E. D. Daw Collection) |
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VH-FNP. Airlines of N.S.W. - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, December 1968. (Image 1999-824. R. Waller Collection) |
VH-FNP. Airlines of N.S.W. - in its final livery at Casino Airport, date unknown. (Image 1999-411. E. D. Daw Collection) |
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VH-FNP. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, April 1970. (Image 1993-166. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-FNP. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, December 1970. (Image 1999-383. G. Wilkes Photograph) |
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VH-FNP. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, June 1976. (Image 1999-526. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-FNP. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, December 1976. (Image 1999-610. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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VH-FNP. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Adelaide Airport, March 1979. (Image 1999-493. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
VH-FNP. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, October 1980. (Image 1999-527. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FNP. Airlines of South Australia - in the 'piping shrike' livery at Adelaide Airport, March 1985. (Image 1999-528. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-FNP. Airlines of South Australia - in the 'piping shrike' livery at Sydney Airport, August 1985. (Image 1999-529. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FNP. Airlines of South Australia - with rare 'Farewell S.A.' titles at Canberra Airport, July 1986. (Image 1999-863. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
VH-FNP. Airlines of South Australia - in the 'piping shrike' livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1986. (Image 1999-046. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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AP-BCZ. Pakistan - in the new livery, location and date unknown. (Image 1999-459. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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