Registration PH-EXB requested by Fokker-VFW with export registration E-004 - May 28, 1970

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXB - July 31, 1970

Registered to Fokker-VFWN.V, Schiphol-Oost

First flown as PH-EXB - July 31, 1970

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - August 12, 1970

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQS - August 12, 1970

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Delivered to Trans Australia Airlines at Melbourne - August 1970

Aircraft was named 'Hamilton Hume'

Operated its first T.A.A. revenue service - August 29, 1970

Rolled out in new 'camel hump' livery at Melbourne - May 13, 1984

Aircraft was renamed 'Edmund Kennedy' at Brisbane - May 22, 1984

Trans Australia Airlines was renamed Australian Airlines - August 4, 1986

Flew its last revenue service as TN247 Charleville-Roma-Brisbane - October 24, 1986

Leased to Air Queensland - October 25, 1986

Returned to Australian Airlines in Melbourne - December 13, 1986

Ownership was transferred to Australian Airlines - July 11, 1988

Leased to Air North - October 30, 1989 to May 1990

Leased to Australian Regional Airlines - May 19, 1990 to January 25, 1991

Withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Cairns

Damaged at Cairns when undercarriage was retracted on ramp during maintenance - January 29, 1991

Ferried Cairns-Brisbane for rectification of damage - February 2, 1991

Repaired and stored at Brisbane Airport

Aircraft had flown 37,829.54 hours with 38, 613 cycles as of February 2, 1991

Ownership transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd - December 8, 1993

Sold to International Air Parts - November 18, 1994

Offered for sale by I.A.P. for $US 1.4 million - 1996

Ferried Brisbane-Tamworth for painting in I.A.T. livery - May 1997

Sold to Indonesian Air Transport - June 1997

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - June 24, 1997

Entered onto Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-TSK - June 25, 1997

Departed Brisbane on delivery flight to Indonesia

Ferry route: Brisbane-Longreach-Mt Isa-Darwin-Sumba-Surakarta-Jakarta

Arrived Jakarta at conclusion of delivery flight - June 28, 1997

Damaged when overshot runway on landing at Matak Island Airport - December 1, 1999

Aircraft had flown 40,209 hours with 39,562 cycles

Repaired by Fokker Services and returned to service

Withdrawn from I.A.T. service and stored at Halim - 2003

Sold to Asia Avia - becoming PK-YYD - January 18, 2004

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1979.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-312.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-083.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1980.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-311.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1983.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-088.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1983.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-446.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Cairns Airport, August 1983.

(B. Dannecker Photograph. 1999-258.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the blue livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1983.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-140.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, May 1984.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-313.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, May 1984.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-314.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, May 1984.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-314.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1984.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-020.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1984.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-178.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1985.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-078.)

VH-TQS. TAA Trans Australia - in 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1986.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-177.)

VH-TQS. Air Queensland - in basic TAA 'camel hump' livery at Cairns Airport, October 1986.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-316.)

VH-TQS. Air Queensland - in basic TAA 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1986.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-179.)

VH-TQS. Air Queensland - in basic TAA 'camel hump' livery at Melbourne Airport, February 1987.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-317.)

VH-TQS. Air Queensland - in basic TAA 'camel hump' livery at Melbourne Airport, February 1987.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-080.)

VH-TQS. Australian - in the full livery at Townsville Airport, May 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1993-089.)

VH-TQS. Australian - in the full livery at Cairns Airport, October 1989.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-081.)

VH-TQS. Air North - in basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1989.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-304.)

VH-TQS. Air North - in basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1990.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1993-176.)

VH-TQS. Australian Regional - in the Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1990.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-303.)

VH-TQS. International Air Parts - in basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1993.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-318.)

VH-TQS. International Air Parts - in basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1993.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-090.)

VH-TQS. Indonesian Air Transport - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1997.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-790.)

VH-TQS. Indonesia Air Transport - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1997.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1993-091.)

VH-TQS. Indonesia Air Transport - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1997.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-823.)

PK-TSK. Indonesia Air Transport - in the full livery at Jakarta Airport, July 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-859.)