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

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register with temporary registration E-801 / PH-EXT - January 5, 1984

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as PH-EXT - January 6, 1984

Placed in storage at Woensdrecht

Painted in full East West livery

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - October 30, 1984

Accepted by East West at Schiphol - November 13, 1984

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWD - November 13, 1984

Registered to East-West Airlines (Operations) Ltd

Aircraft was configured for 72 passengers in economy class seating

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight to Australia - 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Withdrawn from service and sold to Ansett Express - June 24, 1991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 Sydney-Canberra - 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

Operated final revenue service Mackay-Brisbane as AN267 - July 7, 1996

Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne for storage - July 10, 1996

Test flown at Melbourne - April 30, 1999

Ferried Melbourne-Perth as AN4907 - 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Withdrawn from use after operating AN377 Broome-Perth (Capts R. Hodge, M. Coletti) - December 6, 1999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Withdrawn from use Portland-Melboure as AN4332 (Capt R. Hosking; F/O S. Allen) - December 15, 1999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

Museum moved to Simpsons Crrek Road, Arnold, Victoria - 2006

Currently open for inspection on weekends

PH-EXT. East West - in the full livery at Amsterdam Airport, October 1984.

VH-EWD. East West - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1984.

VH-EWD. East West - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1986.

VH-EWD. East West - with the partial Ansett 'Union Jack' tail at Melbourne Airport, June 1991.

VH-EWD. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Canberra Airport, November 1994.

VH-EWD. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at an unknown airport, January 1995.