VH-TFM. Fokker F.27-6121. c/n 10329.
First flown as PH-FKZ - May 26, 1967
Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TFM - June 13, 1967
Delivered new to Trans Australia Airlines at Melbourne - June 13, 1967
Aircraft was named 'John Oxley' & later 'John Wickham'
Entered service with T.A.A. - July 9, 1967
Transferred to New Guinea operations in 1970 but moved back to the mainland in 1973
Flew its last service with T.A.A. - July 17, 1982
Placed in storage in Brisbane
Sold by Australian Aircraft Sales to Scandinavian Airlines System - May 25, 1984
Departed Brisbane on delivery flight to SAS - June 20, 1984
Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 4, 1984
Registered as SE-IRF to Scandinavian Airlines System
Aircraft was named 'Vinge Viking'
Sold to Aircraft trading & Finance - becoming PH-FKZ - November 8, 1989
Sold to Federal Express Europe - becoming HB-ISJ - March 1990
Aircraft was named ' Anouchka'
Reregistered N740FE - June 9, 1995
Withdrawn from service and stored at Spokane, Washington - October 2, 2004
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VH-TFM. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the final livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1978. (Image 1999-052. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-TFM. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the final livery at Canberra Airport, August 1978. (Image 1999-440. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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VH-TFM. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in its final livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1980. (Image 1999-995. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-TFM. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in its final livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1983. (Image 1999-441. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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SE-IRF. Scandinavian Eurolink - in the full livery at Stockholm Airport, February 1985. (Image 1993-004. R. N. Smith Collection) |
HB-ISJ. Fedex Europe - in the original livery at unknown airport, April 1990. (Image 1993-001. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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N740FE. Fedex Feeder - in the revised livery, location and date unknown. (Image 1999-110. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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