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De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-RAP
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1976
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
G-BTWT ► PH-STI ► P2-RDK ► VH-FNX ► 5W-FAH ► P2-MCS ► PK-BRK ► PK-HVU ► VH-FIW ► 8Q-RAP
Reg’n
G-BTWT
G-BTWT
G-BTWT
■
G-BTWT
■
G-BTWT
G-BTWT
■
G-BTWT
G-BTWT
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PH-STI
■
■
P2-RDK
■
VH-FNX
■
5W-PAH
■
P2-MCS
PK-BRK
PK-HVU
PK-HVU
PK-HVU
■
VH-FIW
VH-FIW
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■
■
8Q-RAP
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Taylor Woodrow - Towell Company Ltd., Ruwi, Oman
Via London-Gatwick - Biggin Hill 25/28-Dec-1976 on delivery to Muscat, Oman
Loganair, Glasgow
Arrived Aberdeen, UK on delivery 01-Dec-1978
Taylor Woodrow - Towell Company Ltd., Ruwi, Oman
Tulip Holdings Ltd., Gibraltar
Arrived London-Stansted 31-May-1985 for temporary storage; ferried to Glasgow 24-Aug-1985 for lease
Loganair, Glasgow
Tulip Holdings Ltd., Gibraltar
Arrived Norwich 08-Sep-1995 for repaint, and departed to London-Stansted 12-Sep-1985 in ICRC c/s
Schreiner Airways, Maastricht
Via Rome 19-Sep-1985 to Ethiopia on contract to ICRC; returned to Maastricht 06-Jan-1987
Via Athens 25-Feb-1987 on delivery to Papua New Guinea
Talair, Goroka
Withdrawn from use at Goroka 25-May-1993; ferried to Mareeba, QLD 14-Jul-1993 for continued storage
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Departed Brisbane, QLD 16-Dec-1995, and arrived Apia, Samoa 18-Dec-1995 for lease to Polynesian
Polynesian Airlines, Apia "Puamemia"
Last service with Polynesian Airlines 31-Oct-2004, for Airlines PNG
Airlines PNG, Boroko
PT Aviastar Mandiri, Jakarta
PT Dimonim Air, Jakarta
Indonesian Coast Guard, Jakarta
PT Dimonim Air, Jakarta
Withdrawn from use & parked at Cairns, QLD 06-Feb-2021
Air Fleet Management Australia Pty Ltd., Edge Hill, QLD [ITC Aeroleasing Inc.]
Branaire Global Pte Ltd., Singapore
For Soneva Resorts Maldives, operated by Manta Air
Flew Cairns, QLD - Darwin, NT - Denpasar - Colombo for painting 28/29-Nov-2022
Australian registration cancelled 08-Dec-2023 to Maldives
Manta Air Pvt Ltd., Malé [Branaire Global Pte Ltd.]
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Returned
Reg'd
Leased
Returned
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg’d
Leased
Returned
Reg’d
Reg’d
Reg’d
Date
24-Nov-1976
Nov-1976
19-Dec-1976
01-Dec-1978
1980
27-Jan-1981
24-Aug-1985
Sep-1985
16-Sep-1985
16-Mar-1987
May-1995
18-Dec-1995
10-Feb-2005
Mar-2015
Jan-2020
19-Aug-2021
02-Aug-2022
14-Dec-2023
G-BTWT DHC-6-300 Taylor Woodrow Towell PLC Fairoaks 20-Jan-1978 Photographer Unknown
G-BTWT DHC-6-300 Taylor Woodrow Towell PLC Maastricht Date/Photographer Unknown
PH-STI DHC-6-300 Schreiner Airways Lae Date Unknown Richard Currie Photo ©
P2-RDK DHC-6-300 Talair Mareeba, QLD Oct-1993 Peter Keating Photo ©
5W-PAH DHC-6-300 Polynesian Airlines Pago Pago 27-Sep-1997 Aeromoe Photo ©
P2-MCS DHC-6-300 Airlines PNG Cairns, QLD 12-Feb-2012 FNQ Skies Photo ©
P2-MCS DHC-6-300 Airlines PNG Location/Date/Photographer Unknown
P2-MCS DHC-6-300 Airlines PNG Port Moresby 07-Feb-2015 U-Tank Photo ©
PK-HVU DHC-6-300 Dimonim Air Location/Date Unknown Yogiyudha Photo ©
PK-HVU DHC-6-300 Dimonim Air/Indonesian Coast Guard Location Unknown Apr-2020 Adhe Bhisma Chendika Photo ©
PK-HVU DHC-6-300 Dimonim Air/Indonesian Coast Guard Location Unknown Sep-2020 Photographer Unknown
VH-FIW DHC-6-300 Aircraft Management Australia Cairns, QLD May-2022 Photographer Unknown
VH-FIW DHC-6-300 Aircraft Management Australia Darwin, NT 29-Nov-2022 Ruben Morison Photo ©
VH-FIW DHC-6-300 Aircraft Management Australia Denpasar 28-Nov-2022 Nixon DMR Photo ©
8Q-RAP DHC-6-300 Manta Air Male Dec-2023 Bassam Ahmed Photo