VH-ECD Pacific Enterprise
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| Type: | L-188C Electra |
| MSN: | 2008 |
| Previous Identities: | Nil |
| Subsequent Identities: | ZK-TED N836E PK-RLG |
History:
| 01APR58 | Ordered by Qantas |
| 10AUG59 | Application for CofR and CofA by Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. |
| 25NOV59 | First flight |
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VH-ECD
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| 03DEC59 | CofR 3279 and CofA 3279 issued to Qantas as VH-ECD |
| 06DEC59 | Arrived Sydney on delivery to Qantas as "Pacific Enterprise" (Capt C.G. Fox) (Source: Qantas News July 1984) |
| 31DEC59 | CofA validity extended to 09JAN60 to allow completion of crew training program at Avalon (Source: 1) |
| 11FEB60 | CofA renewed (Source: 1) |
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TAA's
DayGlo Livery
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| 02MAR60 | Leased to TAA for six months |
| 08MAR60 | Entered service with TAA as "Charles Sturt" TN402 Melbourne to Sydney. The aircraft was painted in a variation of TAA's DayGlo livery. (Apparently it was originally intended to be "John Batman" as recorded in some references but there is photographic proof of "Charles Sturt") |
| 09SEP60 | Last TAA service TN402 Melbourne to Sydney. Returned to Qantas as "Pacific Enterprise" |
| 10NOV60 | T.T. 1895.07 hours (Source: 1) |
| 16FEB61 | Entered LEAP as LEAP #85 QEA-4 |
| 14MAR61 | Completed LEAP |
| 30OCT61 | T.T. 4005.38 hours (Source: 1) |
| 17OCT62 | T.T. 5439.30 hours (Source: 1) |
| 27APR63 | Operated the first Qantas Electra service to Johannesburg replacing Super Constellations |
| 09OCT63 | T.T. 6939.43 hours (Source: 1) |
| 21NOV68 | Became bogged beside the taxyway at Essendon |
| 29JUL69 | T.T. 22633 hours (Source: 1) |
| 27MAR70 | Operated the last Qantas flight into Essendon Airport (Melbourne) |
| 29MAR70 | Operated the last Qantas Electra service as QF322 to Wellington and returning to Sydney as QF327. (Source: Qantas News July 1984) |
| 01APR70 | Leased to Air New Zealand as ZK-TED and painted in Air New Zealand colours with green Qantas titles on rear fuselage for pooled services to Wellington. Aircraft rolled out of paint shop carrying both registrations VH-ECD and ZK-TED |
| 30APR70 | Cancelled from Australian register. (Source: 1) |
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ZK-TED
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| 30APR70 | Departed Sydney on delivery to Air New Zealand as ZK-TED. (Source: Qantas News July 1984) |
| 30AUG70 | Departed Brisbane for Wellington after which the aircraft positioned to Auckland for storage. (Source: Qantas News July 1984) |
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N836E
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| 21APR71 | Sold to Nomads Inc., Detroit as N836E |
| 23APR71 | Departed Auckland on delivery to Nomads Inc |
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PK-RLG
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| 24OCT81 | Departed Detroit in full Nomads livery on delivery to Mandala Airlines, Indonesia as PK-RLG. |
| Named "Jaya Perkasa" in Mandala service. | |
| 30NOV85 | Right wheels fell off over Padang, Indonesia and aircraft diverted to Medan where it crash landed in flames, shedding all four propellers. Crew and 45 passengers escaped injury but aircraft written off |
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SOURCES
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File C3905/2 VH/ECA Pts 1 & 2 (21) N.A.A., Chester Hill |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 16 | 01JAN23 | |
| 15 | 28DEC22 | |
| 14 | 05DEC22 |
Added
a slideshow.
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| 13 | 04AUG22 | |
| 12 | 01AUG20 |
Added
a new image of VH-ECD thanks to Phil
Vabre of the CAHS.
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| 11 | 19NOV19 |
Added
a reference to TAA's DayGlo livery.
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| 10 | 20SEP19 |
Added
a new image of VH-ECD thanks to Peter
Gates.
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| 9 | 02AUG19 |
Added
a new image of N836E thanks to Peter
Gates.
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| 8 | 28MAY19 |
Added
a new image of VH-ECD thanks to Eric
Allen.
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| 7 | 25JUN16 |
Added
an image from the Qantas Heritage
Collection.
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| 6 | 03APR16 |
Refreshed
page layout with no change to data.
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| 5 | 12DEC15 |
Added
an image of the aircraft as delivered
to Mandala Airlines as PK-RLG. Thanks to Peter Gates for this
very rare image.
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| 4 | 06JAN04 |
Added
several new references extracted from file C3905/2 VH/ECD (22)
N.A.A., Chester Hill by Chris O'Neill.
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| 3 | 06JUN03 |
Added
three new colour images thanks to Peter Gates.
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