VH-EWG. Fokker F28-3137 Fellowship. c/n 11151.

Was also registered as: OY-BRN; V5-KEA; ZS-JAL.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Cimber Air A/S, Soenderborg, Denmark - ?

First flown as 'PH-EXU' - July 12, 1979

It was accepted by Cimber Air at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - August 14, 1979

Entered onto the Danish Aircraft Register as OY-BRN - ?

Leased to Touraine Air Transport (TAT) - August 19, 1979

Returned to Cimber Air at the end of the lease - August 31, 1979

Wet-leased to Saudia Arabian Airlines - June 26, 1980 to December 16, 1986

Prepared for sale to East-West Airlines - April 1987

Departed Soenderborg on the ferry flight to Australia - April 08, 1987

The sale to East-West Airlines was registered - April 11, 1987

It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the ferry flight - April 12, 1987

It arrived in the 'Saudia' livery and was overhauled and repainted at Tamworth before entering service

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWG - June 26, 1987

Registered to East west Airlines (Operations) Ltd, Tamworth

The aircraft was configured with 64 economy seats

Operated its first revenue service - June 1987

Leased to Ansett W.A. in the 'East-West' livery - May 01, 1988

Returned to East-West at end of lease - October 10, 1988

Ferried Perth - Tamworth - October 30, 1988

It was repainted into Ansett Express livery - December 1990

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne - October 09, 1991

Transferred to Ansett Australia when all Ansett Express services were absorbed - October 31, 1993

Operated its last revenue service Mackay - Brisbane as AN261 - March 16, 1996

Withdrawn from service at Brisbane - March 16, 1996

Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage - March 16, 1996

Returned to service - July 01, 1996

Operated its final revenue service Mackay - Brisbane (Captain R. Cooper) as AN265 - July 13, 1996

It was officially withdrawn from service at Brisbane - July 13, 1996

Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine for storage (Capt M. Collins) - July 17, 1996

Sold to Kalahari Express Airlines, Windhoek, Namibia - August 1997

Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth (Captain R. S. Hosking; F/O M. Lobert) as AN4892 September 01, 1997

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 27, 1998

Its overhaul was completed by Hawker Pacific, Perth - January 1999

Test flown at Perth - January 21, 1999

Test flown at Perth - October 20, 1999

Entered onto the Namibian Aircraft Register as V5-KEA - ?

Departed Perth on dthe ferry flight to South Africa - October 21, 1999

It arrived at Windhoek on completion of the ferry flight - October 24, 1999

Ferry route: Perth - Learmonth - Christmas Island - Medan - Colombo - Male - Mahe - Harare - Windhoek

Leased to Air Nmibia - April 2000

Transferred to Air Namibia when it merged with Kalahari Express - 2000

It was reportedly leased to Gambia International Airlines Ltd, Banjul, Gambia - 2001

It was observed stored at Johannesburg (Lanseria) in an 'all-white' livery - May 2003

Sold to AirQuarius Aviation Pty Ltd, Lanseria, South Africa - July 2003

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-JAL - October 31, 2003

Registered to AirQuarius Cobtracts Pty Ltd

It was observed at Lanseria in an 'all-white' livery as 'V5-KEA' being worked on - June 20, 2005

It was observed at Lanseria without engines, cockpit windows and registration - January 08, 2008

Written off and scrapped at Lanseria - January 2010

 

 

OY-BRN. Cimber - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-044.)

OY-BRN. Saudia Arabian Airlines - in the standard livery at Dinard Airport, August 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-239.)

OY-BRN. Cimber - in the basic 'Saudia' livery at Dinard Airport, March 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-031.)

VH-EWG. East-West - in a 'modified' livery at Karratha Airport, September 1987.

(G. Wilkes Copyright Image 1995-006.)

VH-EWG. East-West - in a 'modified' livery at Perth Airport, July 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-119.)

VH-EWG. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 19, 1991.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-045.)

VH-EWG. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-346.)

VH-EWG. Ansett Express - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-347.)

VH-EWG. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-118.)

VH-EWG. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 10, 1995.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-240.)

V5-KEA. Kalahari Express Airlines - in the 'all-white' livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, December 1999.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-241.)

V5-KEA. Kalahari Express Airlines - in the 'all-white' livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, January 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-008.)

V5-KEA. Air Namibia - in the 'all-white' livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, September 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-242.)

V5-KEA. Gambia International Airlines - in the 'all-white' livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, August 2001.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-007.)

V5-KEA. Gambia International Airlines - in the 'all-white' livery without titles at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, October 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-083.)