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De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-MBD
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N8339 ► VH-TGI ► (N616BA) ► HB-LSY ► SX-BVP ► D-IBVP ► 8Q-MBD
Reg’n
N8339
N8339
N8339
VH-TGI
VH-TGI
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■
VH-TGI
VH-TGI
VH-TGI
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VH-TGI
N616BA
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■
HB-LSY
■
HB-LSY
HB-LSY
HB-LSY
SX-BVP
■
■
D-IBVP
8Q-MBD
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8Q-MBD
8Q-MBD
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Air Capital International, Augusta, KS
Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC
Trans Australia Airlines PNG “Bulolo”
Last service; Goroka-Port Moresby 03-Jul-1973
Flew Port Moresby - Cairns, QLD - Mackay, QLD – Rockhampton, QLD – Brisbane, QLD 07/09-Jul-1973
Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC “George Grey”
Bush Pilots Airways, Cairns, QLD
Australian Airlines, Melbourne, VIC
Operated with Australian Regional titles
Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane, QLD
Adam Schmid, Hamilton, VIC
Painted as N616BA at Brisbane 16-Oct-1998, but reverted back to VH-TGI by 20-Oct-1998
Departed Brisbane 20-Oct-1998 as VH-TGI and arrived Malta 28-Oct-1998 for overhaul by NCA
Topscore Management, Geneva
Test flown ex-Malta 09-Feb-1999 following overhaul and repaint into Benavia c/s and Air Algerie titles
Benavia Special Air Operations, Geneva
Topscore Management, Geneva
Air Sea Lines, Gouvia-Corfu [Pegasus Aviation]
Air Sea Lines, Gouvia-Corfu [Pegasus Aviation]
Ferried to Altenrhein Apr-2009 for maintenance; Air Sea Lines ceased operations 01-Jul-2009
Withdrawn from use at Altenrhein; noted there through mid-2010
Seaplane Holdings A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark
Maldivian Air Taxi, Male [Seaplane Holdings A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark]
Via Muscat 06-Sep-2010 on delivery to Maldives
Maldivian Air Taxi, Male
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Transfer
Transfer
Sold
Merged
Merged
Reg'd
Reg'd
Transfer
Transfer
Delivered
Reg'd
Reg'd
Transfer
Reg’d
Reg’d
Date
Jun-1970
Jul-1970
10-Jul-1970
05-Aug-1970
27-Aug-1970
20-Sep-1973
14-Nov-1980
30-Apr-1988
01-Oct-1993
16-Oct-1998
15-Dec-1998
Feb-1999
30-Jan-2002
Oct-2004
03-Feb-2005
26-Aug-2010
28-Sep-2010
07-Jul-2021
15-Aug-2013
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 TAA-Trans Australia Airlines Brisbane, QLD Sep-1970 Dave Sparks Photo © Jay Sherlock Collection
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 TAA-Trans Australia Airlines Mount Hagen 24-Feb-1973 AAD/Paul Daw Photo ©
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 TAA-Trans Australia Airlines Brampton Island, QLD 20-Nov-1976 Joe Vella Photo ©
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 Bush Pilots Airways Cairns, QLD Nov-1982 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 Bush Pilots Airways Cairns, QLD Date/Photographer Unknown
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 Air Queensland Cairns, QLD 01-Nov-1986 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 Australian Regional Cairns, QLD 25-Oct-1989 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-TGI DHC-6-300 Sunstate Airlines Location Unknown Sep-1995 Photographer Unknown
HB-LSY DHC-6-300 Airsea Lines Halkioupolous Lagoon Oct-2004 Photographer Unknown
SX-BVP DHC-6-300 Airsea Lines Gouvia Marina 18-Aug-2008 Frank Jaeger Photo ©
SX-BVP DHC-6-300 Airsea Lines Gouvia Marina Date/Photographer Unknown
SX-BVP DHC-6-300 Airsea Lines Altenrhein/Saint Gallen Date/Photographer Unknown
D-IBVP DHC-6-300 Seaplane Holdings AS Altenrhein/Saint Gallen Jul-2010 Erich Kunz Photo ©
D-IBVP DHC-6-300 Seaplane Holdings AS Altenrhein/Saint Gallen Aug-2010 Dave Haines Photo ©
8Q-MBD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Location/Date Unknown Ahmed Lufty Photo ©
8Q-MBD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Randheli Date Unknown Cheval Blanc Photo ©
8Q-MBD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Randheli Date Unknown Cheval Blanc Photo ©