VH-KDO. Fairchild SA-227DC Metro 23. c/n DC-837B.


First flown as N3021U - July 1993

Powered by Garrett Turbine TPE331-12U engines

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N3021U - July 1993

Registered to Fairchild Aircraft Inc

Sold to Kendell Airlines - July 1993

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-KDO - August 17, 1993

Registered to Kendell Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd

Arrived Wagga Wagga on delivery to Kendell Airlines as N3021U - August 19, 1993

Aircraft was named 'Spirit of Coober Pedy' - November 30, 1993

Kendell Airlines had became an Ansett subsidiary when Bodas Pty Ltd gained 100% ownership - June 1990

Bodas Pty Ltd was the holding company for TNT / News Ltd

Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Operated last revenue service Melbourne-Mildura as AN6208 - September 13, 2001

Ferried Mildura-Melbourne as AN6201 - September 13, 2001

Returned to service Melbourne-King Island as AN8549 - October 3, 2001

Kendell Airlines sold by the Ansett Administrators to Australiawide Airlines - August 1, 2002

Australiawide Airlines renamed Regional Express Airlines (REX) - August 6, 2002

Registered to Australiawide Airlines Ltd - September 19, 2002

Registered to Regional Express Holdings Ltd - June 9, 2005

Observed parked at West Beach, Adelaide in basic REX livery without titles - August 19, 2006

Leased to Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd as registered operator - December 22, 2006

Current with Pel-Air - December 2010


VH-KDO. Pel-Air - in the basic REX livery at Brisbane Airport, November 2009.

VH-KDO. Pel-Air - in the basic REX livery at Brisbane Airport, May 2011.