VH-IOB
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Type: L-188A Electra
Msn: 1036
Previous Identities:
| 09FEB56 | Ordered by Eastern Airlines |
| 09FEB59 | First flight |
| 26FEB59 | Delivered to Eastern Airlines as N5524 |
| 10FEB61 | Entered LEAP as LEAP #81 EAL-10 |
| 09MAR61 | Completed LEAP |
| 71-72 | Stored |
| 18DEC72 | Sold to Aerocarga SA |
| 22DEC72 | Delivered to Aerocarga as XA-FAM. Operated by Aeroservicios de California |
| 22DEC78 | Seen at Van Nuys, California with Aeroservicios de California titles |
| 15APR79 | Seen at Van Nuys, California with Aeroservicios de California titles |
| 12DEC79 | Sold by Morgan Rourke Aircraft Sales to Cardinal Corporation of Las Vegas as N83MR |
| 29JAN80 | Registered to Cardinal Corporation |
| JUN81 | Cancelled from US register |
| JUL81 | Registered to Northwest Territorial Airways as C-FNWY |
| 12JAN91 | Arrived East Midlands Airport in NWT colours on delivery to Air Bridge Carriers and stored |
| 03APR91 | Registered to Air Bridge Carriers, UK as G-FNWY |
| 23MAY91 | Departed Castle Donington for Mojave, California for noise tests in relation UK certification of the Electra |
| 02JUN91 | Seen stored at Mojave in passenger configuration |
| 03DEC91 | Cancelled from UK register |
| DEC91 | Registered N3209A to JBQ Aviation Corporation |
| 20JAN92 | Seen at Opa Locka still with Air Bridge titles |
| 21JUN92 | Seen parked at Tucson in Air Bridge colours |
| 14AUG92 | Arrived Perth, Australia on delivery to Indian Ocean Airlines to operate pax services from Perth to Cocos Islands and Christmas Island |
| 09SEP92 | Registered VH-IOB to Indian Ocean Airlines, Belmont, Western Australia |
| 14DEC92 | Cancelled from Australian register having never entered service with IOA. Delays with certification forced IOA to charter other aircraft which eventually forced the company into bankruptcy. |
| 15DEC92 | Registered to JBQ Aviation Corporation as N351Q |
| 09JAN93 | Departed Perth on return to USA |
| 10JAN93 | Departed Cairns for USA |
| 17JAN93 | Seen at Opa Locka, Florida |
| 14MAY95 | Seen stored at Roswell, New Mexico in IOA titles |
| 09MAY98 | Seen at Phoenix, Arizona in service with Renown Aviation Inc |
| 19SEP98 | Renown Aviation were operating from NAS North Island, San Diego on a USN contract |
| 26-27JUL02 | Sold by Starman Brothers Auctions in Roswell, New Mexico. |
| 26MAR03 | Re-registered C-GZVM to Air Spray Ltd. |
| 31MAY05 | C-GZVM Tanker 85 is due to enter service with Air Spray Ltd after tanker conversion. The aircraft is marketed by Air Spray as a "Long Liner", a name derived from its ability to drop a long line of retardant. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 7 | 29MAY05 |
Advice
received from Air Spray that the aircraft has been test flown and
is due to enter service as a tanker on 31MAY05.
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| 6 | 23OCT04 |
Added
an image of the aircraft undergoing maintenance at Red Deer. Thanks
to Ralph Pettersen.
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| 5 | 25FEB04 |
The
reference to a ferry flight from Johannesburg on 20NOV02 has been
deleted as it was incorrect. Thanks to Sean Keating for pointing out
the error and for supplying the correct details of the change of ownership.
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| 4 | 26JAN04 |
Added
Canadian registration.
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| 3 | 19JUN03 |
Added
delivery to Air Spray.
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