(Top) Gone but not forgotten: one of three former RAAF VIP Challenger 600s in former livery. The then A37-001 is now registered as VH-OFA. (Middle) Beech Bonanza VH-CGQ was one of three aircraft involved in accidents in Queensland. (Bottom) Revolution Mini-500 VH-YEO has been withdrawn from the register.

It’s been quite a journey

Serving the west via Canada, Taipei, NZ and PNG


A large cross-section of types makes up the new allocations this month with, at the top of the listing, an interesting 29-year-old DHC-8 Dash 8.

The aircraft was built during 1990 and had its first flight on February 28 that year using the Canadian test markings C-GEOA. It was delivered to Great China Airlines at Taipei, Taiwan the following month marked as B-15205 and became only the second Dash 8 in their fleet – although they did have a further eight on order as well as two Boeing 737s.

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