VH-EWD. Fokker F.28-4174. c/n 11208.
Ordered by Skywest Holdings Pty Ltd on behalf of Skywest Airlines Order was placed via East West to facilitate licence & import approvals Was intended to be used on Perth-Port Headland-Karratha route along with a second Fellowship First flown as PH-EXT - January 6, 1984 Placed in storage at Woensdrecht Painted in full East West livery Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWD - November 13, 1984 Registered to East-West Airlines (Operations) Ltd Departed Schiphol on delivery flight - November 14, 1984 Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight - November 17, 1984 Operated first revenue service Tamworth-Sydney - November 23, 1984 Withdrawn from service and sold to Ansett Express - June 24, 1991 Ferried Sydney-Melbourne for refurbishment Operated first revenue service with Ansett Express on Sydney-Canberra route - July 10, 1991 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - October 9, 1991 Transferred to Ansett Australia when Ansett Express was merged - October 31, 1996 Final revenue service as AN267 Mackay-Brisbane - July 7, 1996 Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne for storage - July 10, 1996 Test flown at Melbourne - April 30, 1999 Ferried as AN4907 Melbourne-Perth - April 30, 1999 Returned to service as AN342 Perth-Port Headland - May 2, 1999 Withdrawn from use after operating AN377 Broome-Perth (Capts R. Hodge, M. Coletti) - December 6, 1999 Ferried Perth-Melbourne as AN4406 (Capt A. Wilson; F/O S. Allen) - December 7, 1999 Returned to service to operate charter flight AN4331 Melbourne-Portland - December 14, 1999 Withdrawn from use after AN4332 Portland-Melboure (Capt R. Hosking; F/O S. Allen) - December 15, 1999 Placed in open storage at Melbourne having flown 33,430 hours & 29,207 cycles Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register at Ansett's request - October 19, 2001 Sold to Universal Asset Management, Memphis, TN - October 2001 Sold to Air Futures, Los Angeles Stripped of parts at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport Fuselage trucked to a holding yard at East Keilor, Melbourne - December 9, 2001 Fuselage taken to small aviation museum near Mitiamo, Victoria - 2004 |
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