270
De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-TMR
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
(N9399S) ► N93995 ► VH-TGF ► VH-UQR ► N270CM ► 8Q-TMR
Reg’n
N9399S
N93995
N93995
N93995
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VH-TGF
VH-TGF
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VH-TGF
VH-TGF
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VH-TGF
VH-TGF
VH-TGF
VH-TGF
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VH-TGF
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VH-UQR
VH-UQR
N270CM
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N270CM
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8Q-TMR
8Q-TMR
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Air Capital International, Augusta, KS
Ferry contractor appointed for delivery flight to Trans Australia Airlines
Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC
Trans Australia Airlines of PNG “Samarai”
Damaged as a result of a hard landing at Mount Hagen, PNG 26-Jul-1971; repairable
Last service Mount Hagen-Lae 24-Sep-1973
Ferried Lae-Thursday Island-Cairns-Mackay-Brisbane 27-Sep/01-Oct-1973 for overhaul at Dalby, QLD
Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC “John Gould”
Northern Territories Aerial Medical Service, Darwin, NT
Remained in full Trans Australia Airlines c/s during lease
Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC “John Gould”
Bush Pilots Airways, Cairns, QLD
Air Queensland, Cairns, QLD
Australian Airlines, Melbourne, VIC
Operated with Australian Regional titles
Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane, QLD
Last service; Lizard Island-Cairns 20-Oct-1998
Transtate Airlines, Archerfield, QLD
Macair Airlines, Archerfield, QLD
Kevin McCole, Hookset, NH
VH- reg'n cxd 27-Sep-2001 but restored to Macair 25-Oct-2001, remained in Cairns, QLD as VH-UQR
Departed Cairns, QLD 10-Apr-2002 on delivery to U.S.A.
Orion Aviation, Hookset, NH [Kevin McCole, Hookset, NH dba]
Flew Louisburg, NC - Sanford, ME - St.John's, NL - Santa Maria - Almeria - Heraklion 04/07-May-2006
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male [Hummingbird Island Airlines, Grand Cayman dba]
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male [Seaplane Holdings Cayman]
Damaged in water collision with vessel on landing at Sun Siyam Iru Fushi 22-Oct-2020; repairable
Change
Roll Out
Re-reg'd
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Transfer
Repainted
Leased
Returned
Delivered
Renamed
Merged
Merged
Re-reg'd
Re-reg'd
Sold
Transfer
Reg'd
Reg'd
Date
27-Nov-1969
Nov-1969
1969
23-Dec-1969
02-Feb-1970
18-Feb-1970
03-Nov-1973
30-Apr-1975
Oct-1980
20-Nov-1980
01-Dec-1981
30-Apr-1988
01-Oct-1993
07-Jul-1999
13-Dec-2000
27-Sep-2001
18-Jun-2002
30-May-2006
03-Sep-2014
(N93995) DHC-6-300 Trans Australia Airlines Air-to-Air Dec-1969 DHC Photo ©
N93995 DHC-6-300 TAA-Trans Australia Airlines Oakland, CA Jan-1970 Jay Sherlock Photo ©
VH-TGF DHC-6-200 Trans Australia Airlines Hooker Creek, NT Apr-1977 W. Bigsworth Photo ©
VH-TGF DHC-6-300 Bush Pilots Airways Location Unknown Nov-1982 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-TGF DHC-6-300 Air Queensland Townsville, QLD Sep-1983 Robert R. Smith Photo ©
VH-TGF DHC-6-300 Sunstate Airlines Cairns, QLD Date/Photographer Unknown
VH-TGF DHC-6-300 Sunstate Airlines Cairns, QLD Oct-1998 Photographer Unknown
VH-TGF DHC-6-300 Sunstate Airlines Brisbane, QLD 04-Feb-1999 Leslie Snelleman Photo ©
VH-UQR DHC-6-300 Transtate Airlines Cairns, QLD Dec-1999 B. Luttjohan Photo ©
VH-UQR DHC-6-300 Macair Cairns, QLD Date/Photographer Unknown
N270CM DHC-6-300 Orion Aviation Air-to-Air Jun-2003 Photographer Unknown
8Q-TMR DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Male 04-Apr-2013 Jeremy Denton Photo ©
8Q-TMR DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Kuredu 11-Aug-2010 Stephen Rendle Photo ©
8Q-TMR DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Kuredu 28-Dec-2018 Stephen Rendle Photo ©