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De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-RAI
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1977
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GQTM ► 9U-BHA ► 5N-MPU ► C-GPIW ► 8Q-RAI
Reg’n
C-GQTM
C-GQTM
9U-BHA
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5N-MPU
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5N-MPU
C-GPIW
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C-GPIW
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8Q-RAI
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Air Burundi, Bujumbura
Via Shoreham, UK 08/11-Oct-1977 on delivery to Burundi
Aircraft op. for Virunga Air Charter, Goma (Zaïre) as needed from 1991 (noted at Goma 04-Jan-1992)
Mobil Producing Nigeria Ltd., Lagos
Noted at Altenrhein, Switzerland 15-Nov-2008 for maintenance, in full Mobil c/s
Gravitas Aviation Ltd., West Vancouver, BC
Rocky Mountain Aircraft [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises Ltd.]
Flew Lagos - Tamanrasset - Palma - Cardiff - Keflavík 26-Feb/05-Mar-2020 on delivery
Rocky Mountain Aircraft [491549 Alberta Ltd.]
Flew Springbank, AB - Chilliwack, BC 19-May-2021 for painting by Upper Valley Aviation
Flew Chillwack, BC - Springbank, AB after painting for Manta Air
Flew Springbank - Olds - Thompson - Iqaluit - Keflavík - Belgrade - Hurghada - Fujairah - Male -
Kudahuvadhoo 26/30-Aug-2021 on delivery
Canadian registration cancelled 31-Aug-2021 on export to Maldives
Manta Air, Male
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Sold
Reg’d
Reg’d
Reg’d
Date
Jun-1977
11-Jul-1977
23-Sep-1977
By 2001
06-Dec-2019
13-Feb-2020
23-Oct-2020
31-Aug-2021
Historical Photo Gallery
9U-BHA DHC-6-300 Air Burundi Shoreham 11-Oct-1977 Photographer Unknown
5N-MPU DHC-6-300 Mobil Producing Nigeria Altenrhein/Saint Gallen Date Unknown Tino Dietsche Photo ©
C-GPIW DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Lagos 24-Feb-2020 Worldwide Ferry Photo ©
C-GPIW DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Lagos 24-Feb-2020 Worldwide Ferry Photo ©
C-GPIW DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Cardiff 03-Mar-2020 Matthew Blunt Photo ©
C-GPIW DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Chilliwack, BC 04-Jun-2021 Vernon Harvey Photo ©
C-GPIW DHC-6-300 Manta Air Springbank, AB 23-Aug-2021 Photographer Unknown
C-GPIW DHC-6-300 Manta Air Springbank, AB 23-Aug-2021 Photographer Unknown
8Q-RAI DHC-6-300 Manta Air Male Aug-2022 Charlotte Davies Photo ©
8Q-RAI DHC-6-300 Manta Air Location Unknown Oct-2022 Satoshi Oishi Photo ©