Second of four aircraft ordered new by TAA - June 13, 1967

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FNI - December 6, 1968

Registered to KNV Fokker N.V.

First flown as PH-FNI - December 9, 1968

Accepted by Trans Australia Airlines at Schiphol - December 17, 1968

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQO - December 17, 1968

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - December 17, 1968

Departed Amsterdam on delivery flight - December 18, 1968

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - December 26, 1968

Aircraft was named 'Augustus Gregory'

Operated its first revenue service with T.A.A. - January 1, 1969

Withdrawn from use and placed in storage at Melbourne - 1983

Sold via Australian Aircraft Sales to Scandinavian Airlines System SAS - May 25, 1984

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - June 20, 1984

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - July 2, 1984

Registered to Scandinavian Airlines System as LN-RNZ - November 28, 1984

Aircraft was named 'Vemund Viking'

Leased to Busy Bee, Norway - April 1, 1988 to June 13, 1988

Leased to Busy Bee, Norway - June 25, 1988 to October 7, 1988

Sold to Aircraft Finance & Trading - October 19, 1989

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FNI - February 1, 1990

Registered to Aircraft Finance & Trading

Aircraft had flown 41,817 hours and 43,875 cycles to date

Sold to Federal Express Corporation, USA

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - February 15, 1990

Entered onto Italian Aircraft Register as I-FEAB - February 15, 1990

Registered to Federal Express Corporation

Delivered to Federal Express - February 15, 1990

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N730FE - August 9, 1993

Operated by Corporate Air for Federal Express

Current

VH-TQO. TAA - in the last 'white-tail' livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1969.

(B. Colledge Photograph. 1993-060.)

VH-TQO. TAA - in the last 'white-tail' livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1969.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-012.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Melbourne Airport, October 1981.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-310.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1982.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-309.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Melbourne Airport.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-307.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'blue tail' livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1982.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-011.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in its final livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1983.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-822.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in its final livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1983.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-332.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the basic livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1984.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1999-442.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the basic livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1984.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-306.)

VH-TQO. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the basic livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1984.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-308.)

LN-RNZ. Scandinavian EuroLink - in the full livery at Stockholm Airport, April 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-999.)