VH-ATG. Fokker F28-1082. c/n 11084.
Export Registration E-413 / PH-EXP applied for - May 31, 1974 Export Registration E-413 / PH-EXP applied to the aircraft - July 17, 1974 First flown as PH-EXP - September 11, 1974 Powered by Rolls Royce RB183-2 Spey Mk555-15 engines Placed in storage at Woensdrecht - September 1974 Sold to the Department of Civil Aviation - December 13, 1976 Export Registration E-413 / PH-EXP cancelled - February 25, 1977 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ATG - February 25, 1977 Registered to Department of Transport, Air Transport Group Accepted by Department of Civil Aviation at Schiphol - February 25, 1977 Aircraft was purchased for the calibration and testing of navigational aids around Australia Departed Amsterdam on delivery flight to Australia - February 28, 1977 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - March 6, 1977 Department of Civil Aviation restructured and called Airservices Australia - July 14, 1995 Registered to Airservices Australia Aircraft was advertised for sale - November 1997 Operated final flight Sydney-Melbourne (Essendon) - December 19, 1997 Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne's Essendon Airport - December 19, 1997 Observed stored at Essendon Airport in basic Airservices livery - February 1998 Sold to Time Air Inc, Canada - March 1998 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 26, 1998 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FTAY - April 2, 1998 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Canada - April 2, 1998 Arrived Calgary in basic Airservices Australia livery at conclusion of delivery flight - April 6, 1998 Delivery route: Melbourne-Cairns-Guam-Okinawa-Aduk-Sapparo-Petropavlovski Kamchatskiy- Anchorage-Calgary Aircraft was named 'Spirit of Calgary' Transferred to Canadian Regional Airlines when Time Air & Ontario Express merged - March 1, 1993' Canadian Regional Airlines merged with Air Canada Regional - January 1, 2001 Leased to Air NorTerra Inc t/a Canadian North - July 1, 2001 Withdrawn from use and stored in basic Canadian Regional livery at Calgary - April 24, 2005 Observed stored at Calgary in basic Canadian Regional livery - May 26, 2009 Current status - ? |
VH-ATG. Department of Transport - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, May 1981. |
VH-ATG. Department of Aviation - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, September 1984. |
VH-ATG. Department of Aviation - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, January 1990. |
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