VH-MMB. Fokker F.27-3026. c/n 10186.


First flown as PH-FDA - September 18, 1961

Delivered new to Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH - LTU - as D-BAKU - November 16, 1961

Sold to Fokker BV - becoming PH-FSG - December 1, 1966

Leased to Luxair - January 20, 1967 to September 30, 1967

Sold to L.T.U. - becoming D-BAKU - November 24, 1967

Leased to Sobelair - Sabena - April 17, 1968 to October 16, 1968

Leased to Interregional IFG - January 1, 1969

Leased to Sobelair - Sabena - March 1, 1969 to May 27, 1969

Sold to Fokker - becoming PH-FSG - May 27, 1969

Stored at Woensdrecht - May 1969 to August 1970

Sold to Ansett Transport Industries for M.M.A.

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MMB - August 4, 1970

Delivered to M.M.A. at Perth - August 10, 1970

Entered service with M.M.A. - August 18, 1970

Withdrawn from M.M.A. service - March 7, 1971

Sold to East West Airlines - via Fokker - March 16, 1971

Delivered to East West at Tamworth - March 15, 1971

Aircraft was named 'City of Taree'

Entered service with East West Airlines - April 1, 1971

Sold to Air Executive, Norway - becoming LN-LPH - July 13, 1978

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 4, 1978

Transferred to Busy Bee A/S - September 1, 1980

Leased to Gambia Air Shuttle - May 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987

Sold to Schreiner Airways BV - becoming PH-SFE - December 31, 1987

Leased to Gambia Air Shuttle - January 1, 1988 to May 31, 1988

Leased to Nationale Luchtvaart School (N.L.S.) for use as training aircraft - December 16, 1988

Sold to Air West, Sudan - becoming ST-AWA - January 10, 1993

Force landed 174 km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia due fuel exhaustion - March 23, 1993

No fatalities and aircraft subsequently scrapped


PH-FSG. MMA - in the 'delta' livery at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, August 1970.

(Image 1999-398. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, July 1977.

(Image 1999-622. E. D. Daw Collection)

VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, August 1977.

(Image 1999-039. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978.

(Image 1999-187. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-MMB. East West - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978.

(Image 1999-982. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-MMB. BusyBee - in the basic East West livery at Darwin Airport, July 1978.

(Image 1999-623. E. D. Daw Collection)

LN-NPH. BusyBee - in its full livery at unknown airport, April 1982.

(Image 1999-010. P. J. Gates Collection)

PH-SFE. Schreiner International Air Training - in its full livery at unknown airport, June 1989.

(Image 1999-187. R. N. Smith Collection)

PH-SFE. Nationale Luchtvaart School - in its full livery at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, June 1989.

(Image 1999-132. R. N. Smith Collection)

PH-SFE. Air West Express - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 1993.

(Image 1999-122. R. N. Smith Collection)

PH-SFE. Air West Express - in the full livery at unknown airport, January 1993.

(Image 1999-813. P. J. Gates Collection)