VH-TLC Charles Sturt

History:

TAA's DayGlo Livery
26FEB60	Ordered by TAA
08AUG60	A memorandum issued by the TAA Director of Operations states that VH-TLC will be delivered via the following routing: Los Angeles/Honolulu/Canton Island/Nadi/Melbourne. The planned crew is as follows: Captains R.R. Raye, L.W. Manning and M.B. Darby (navigator), First Officer D.L. Mackenzie and Flight Engineer L.T.G. Heard. (Source: Gordon Reid)
16AUG60	First flight
VH-TLC
23AUG60	Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission.
25AUG60	Delivered to Trans Australia Airlines as VH-TLC "Charles Sturt"
26AUG60	Departed U.S.A. on delivery.
29AUG60	Arrived Essendon on delivery to TAA
03SEP60	Entered service TN416 Melbourne to Sydney
22MAY61	Planned to depart Essendon for wing and engine mount mods in the USA. Planned routing: Melbourne/Nadi/Canton Island/Honolulu/Burbank. Crew: Captains L.E. Morey, I.O. Black and A.W. Hawksford, Captain R. Lauchland as navigator and Flight Engineer J.S. Mitchell.
24MAY61	Entered LEAP as LEAP #154 TAA-3
16JUN61	Completed LEAP. Departed Burbank for Australia with the same crew.
18JUN61	Planned arrival date at Essendon.
20JUL61	Record Melbourne/Perth 4 hrs 19 mins (Capt J. Hickey)
24APR64	Grounded owing to the discovery of a crack in the wing of VH-TLB
27JUL64	Returned to service
28FEB65	Ferried to Hong Kong for overhaul
15MAY65	Returned to Melbourne after overhaul
04JUL66	Departed Melbourne for maintenance in the USA
31OCT70	Operated last TAA service TN446 Hobart to Melbourne and stored. 28,831 hours 22,595 landings
02SEP71	Ferried from Essendon to Tullamarine with the gear locked down. Crewed by Capt Stuart Arnold (command), Capt Aart Hofman and Flight Engineer Bob Verity. Flight time: 45 mins. (Source: Stuart Arnold's log book).
21JAN72	Sold to Concare Aircraft Leasing of Tulsa
07JUN72	Struck off the Australian Register.
N188LC
10JUN72	Departed Melbourne for Port Moresby, Wake Island, Hilo, and Burbank on delivery to Concare Aircraft Leasing as N188LC
18JUL72	Reported under overhaul at Marana, Arizona and subsequently operated by Holiday Airlines
01DEC72	Leased to Transcontinental Air Transport
24JAN73	Visited Teterboro, Jersey transporting performer Neil Young
20DEC73	Returned to Concare. Also reported sold to California Airmotive Corp. on this date
MAY74	Sold to American Jet Industries
75	Converted to L-188AF freighter by American Jet Industries
04MAY76	Cancelled from US register
YS-06C
JUN76	Sold to TACA, El Salvador as YS-06C. The aircraft was not named in TACA service.
N188LC
OCT85	Registered N188LC to Galaxy Airlines Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
07MAR87	Seen at Tucson, Arizona in Galaxy colours being worked on
AUG87	Registered to Orion Aircraft Sales Inc, Van Nuys, California
27NOV87	Seen stored at Tucson in Galaxy colours
JAN88	Registered to Nevada Aircraft Sales, Las Vegas
APR88	Registered to Cardinal Corporation
OB-M-1328
16SEP88	Seen at Tucson with new registration OB-M-1328
10DEC88	Arrived Lima on delivery to Palmas del Espino SA
28DEC88	Entered service with Aero Transporte SA from Lima to Iquitos
20MAR89	Arrived Maputo on one year lease to Linhas Aereas de Mocambique of Mozambique
OB-1328
11NOV89	Seen at Lima with Aero Transporte titles and marked OB-1328
HK-3642X
AUG91	Re-registered HK-3642X to Lineas Aereas de la Amazonica, Columbia.
HK-3706X
FEB92	To Transapel S.A., Bogota, Columbia as HK-3706X
01JUN92	Seen at Bogota as HK-3706X with Apel Express titles
HK-3706
AUG94	Re-registered HK-3706
25OCT94	Seen at Bogota with Apel Express titles
07SEP97	Seen stored at Bogota
XA-AEG
JAN03	Noted at Mexico City as XA-AEG with Mex-Jet Cargo

Issue	Date	Remarks
19	28DEC22	L-188 slideshows combined
18	05DEC22	Added a slideshow.
17	06AUG22	Added an image of VH-TLC thanks to Eric Allen.
16	02DEC20	Added an image of VH-TLC thanks to Eric Allen.
15	19NOV19	Added a reference to the DayGlo livery.
14	28MAY19	Added an image of VH-TLC thanks to Eric Allen.
13	16AUG16	Added an image of the aircraft in the DayGlo scheme thanks to Peter Gates.
12	03APR16	Refreshed page layout with no change to data.
11	28DEC15	Added an image of the aircraft soon after being converted to a freighter. Thanks to Nigel Daw.
10	06AUG12	Added an image of YS-06C thanks to Peter Gates.
9	15MAY12	Added one image of VH-TLC and one image of N188LC thanks to Peter Gates.
8	06DEC06	Corrected the spelling of F/O D.L. Mackenzie on the delivery flight on 08AUG60. Thanks to his son Ian Mackenzie.
7	20DEC04	Added details of a ferry flight from Essendon to Tullamarine on 02SEP71. Information contributed by Stuart Arnold who was in command of the flight.
6	29AUG04	Added an image of VH-TLC with unusual titling under the kangaroo. Thanks to Peter Gates.
5	11FEB04	Added an image of XA-AEG thanks to Rurik Enriquez.
4	24JAN04	Added several TAA crew names and recent movements thanks to Gil White. Also added details of the delivery flight thanks to Gordon Reid.
3	21DEC02	Added advice from Gil White that although VH-TLB was named in TACA service, VH-TLC did not carry a name.

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