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VH-FNW. Fokker F.27-2061 Friendship. c/n 10254.
Was also registered as: JA-8632; AP-BDF; AR-NYA; 10254.
This aircraft was ordered new by All Nippon Airways - July 03, 1963 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FFV - June 17, 1964 Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofA 1018) First flown as PH-FFV - June 18, 1964 Accepted by All Nippon Airways at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - July 01, 1964 Entered onto the Japanese Aircraft Register as JA-8632 - ? Withdrawn from service and prepared for sale - ? Sold to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 10, 1971 Cancelled from the Japanese Aircraft Register - November 1971 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNW - November 11, 1971 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Departed Osaka on the ferry flight to Australia in the basic ANA livery - November 10, 1971 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight - November 15, 1971 Ferry route: Osaka - Kagoshima - Taipei - Manila - Kota Kinabalu - Bali - Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains J. Burns, W. Booth, G. Thomas; Navigator W. C. Kennedy; LAMEs E.Cruickshank, L. Cooper Overhauled and repainted into Ansett 'delta' livery with seating for 40 passengers Entered service with Ansett Airlines of South Australia - November 1971 Leased to M.M.A. - June 11 - 16, 1973 Returned to Ansett Airlines of Australia - August 1975 Operated its final Ansett Airlines of Australia revenue service Wynyard - Melbourne as AN856 - January 01, 1982 Leased to Bush Pilots Airways - January 03, 1982 Registered to Bush Pilots Airways Pty Ltd - January 03, 1982 Entered Air Queensland service on Brisbane - Maryborough - Bundabery - Gladstone route Registered to Air Queensland - September 23, 1983 Sold to Air Queensland - October 10, 1985 Withdrawn from service and placed in open storage at Brisbane - August 1986 Returned to service replacing the ATR-42 aircraft - March 23, 1987 Withdrawn from service and stored Brisbane - April 1988 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 22, 1988 Sold to Pakistan International Airlines - April 29, 1988 Entered onto the Pakistan Aircraft Register as AP-BDF - April 1988 Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Pakistan - April 29, 1988 Ferry route: Brisbane - Mt Isa - Darwin - Kupang - Bali - Jakarta - Singapore - Dhaka - Lahore - Karachi Flight crew: Captains S. S. Zubair, M. Saeed; F/O F. Ahmad; Snr Purser J. A. Khan Transferred to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency as AR-NYA - June 07, 1988 Transferred to the Pakistan Army as 10254 - August 1992 Transferred to the Pakistan Air Force as 10254 - August 02, 1994 It was destroyed with it crashed into the mountains 70 km west of Khorat in foggy conditions - February 20, 2003 The aircraft was on a flight from Chakala Air Base, Rawapindi to Kohat Air Base The Pakistani Air Force crew of 8 and 9 passengers were killed Killed in the crash was Chief of Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir To read more on this accident please click 'HERE' The aircraft had flown approximately 52,000 hours with approximately 53,000 cycles |
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JA-8632. All Nippon Airways - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1968. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-070.) |
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VH-FNW. Ansett - in the basic 'All Nippon' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1971. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-958.) |
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VH-FNW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-180.) |
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VH-FNW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at an unknown airport, December 1979. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-420.) |
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VH-FNW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 1981. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-421.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-589.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Cairns Airport, July 21, 1983. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-621.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1984. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-181.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Cairns Airport, December 1985. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-422.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-667.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, October 1986. (G, Bennett Copyright Image 1993-423.) |
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VH-FNW. Air Queensland - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1987. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-424.) |
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AR-NYA. Pakistan Maritime Security Agency - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-055.) |
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10254. Pakistan Air Force - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-159.) |