Registration PH-FRI reserved by Fokker but not used - May 28, 1970

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXB - April 1971

Registered to Fokker - VFW N.V.

First flown - April 21, 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TQT - April 28, 1971

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - April 29, 1971

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight - April 29, 1971

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - May 7, 1971

Flight crew: Capts G. Lushey, N.K. Pascoe; Engineer B. Jackson

Aircraft named 'Thomas Mitchell'

Operated its first revenue service - May 14, 1971

Was the first commercial airliner to land at Darwin Airport after Cyclone Tracy - December 26, 1974

Arriving as flight AN556 Alice Springs-Darwin it then evacuated 57 people to Brisbane

Flight crew: Capt R. Vuillermin; F/O T. Burgess; Hostesses D. Marker, M. Willis

Believed to be a record for the number of people in a single uplift by a Friendship

Transferred to Air Queensland - September 1986

Registered to Air Queensland Ltd - January 26, 1987

Returned to Trans Australia Airlines - April 1988

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission - April 30, 1988

Ownership was transferred to Australian Airlines - July 11, 1988

Leased to Air North - October 30, 1989 to December 11, 1989

Sub-leased to Spirit Airlines - November 1, 1989

Leased to Air North - December 12, 1989 to May 19, 1990

Leased to Australian Regional Airlines (QLD) Pty Ltd - May 19, 1990

Operated its final revenue service as TN1507 Thursday Island-Cairns - April 5, 1991

This was the final commercial service operated by a Friendship for T.A.A.

Ferried Cairns-Brisbane and placed in open storage

Ownership transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd - December 8, 1993

Sold to International Air Parts - February 13, 1995

Lease to Milne Bay Air did not take place - March 1996

Remained in storage at Brisbane Airport and advertised for sale at $1.4 million

Aircraft had flown 36,892 hours with 36,085 cycles

Operated a special Christmas mail flight for Australia Post - December 24, 1996

Ferried Brisbane-Sydney (Bankstown) for maintenance

Sold to Indonesian Air Transport - becoming PK-TSL - June 1997

Ferried Bankstown-Tamworth for painting - June 17, 1997

Ferried Tamworth-Brisbane for Indonesian Air Transport - August 21, 1997

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 22, 1997

Departed Brisbane on delivery flight - October 28, 1997

Delivery route: Brisbane-Charlieville-Mount Isa-Darwin-Jakarta

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

Sold to Asia Avia - becoming PK-YYC - March 2004

Aircraft named 'Rengal'

 

VH-TQT. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in its final 'blue-tail' livery at Canberra Airport, July 1978.

(Image 1999-447. E. D. Daw Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 1993-054. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 1993-021. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 1999-302. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, January 1985.

(Image 1999-963. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in the 'camel hump' livery & 'Americas Cup' at Canberra Airport, January 1985.

(Image 1993-095. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TQT. Air Queensland - in basic Trans Australia livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 1999-792. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Air Queensland - in basic Trans Australia livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1986.

(Image 1993-172. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Air Queensland - in basic Trans Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, October 1987.

(Image 1993-126. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in a modified 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 1999-862. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Trans Australia - in a modified 'camel hump' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 1999-791. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Australian - in its final livery at Cairns Airport, September 1988.

(Image 1993-092. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TQT. Spirit Air - in basic Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1989.

(Image 1999-333. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. Australian - in the basic livery without titles at Brisbane Airport, April 1993.

(Image 1993-093. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. International Aviation - in modified Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1995.

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

VH-TQT. MBA - in modified Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1996.

(Image 1999-340. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-TQT. MBA - in modified Australian livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1996.

(Image 1993-094. P. J. Gates Photograph)

PK-TSL. Indonesia Air Transport - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1998.

(Image 1993-160. R. N. Smith Collection)

PK-TSL. Indonesia Air Transport - in the full livery at Jakarta Airport, February 1998.

(Image 1999-860. P. J. Gates Collection)