VH-IOB
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| Type: | L-188A Electra |
| MSN: | 1036 |
| Previous Identities: | N5524 XA-FAM N83MR C-FNWY G-FNWY N3209A |
| Subsequent Identities: | N351Q C-GZVM (Tanker 485) |
History:
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N5524
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| 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 |
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XA-FAM
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| 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 |
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N83MR
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| 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 |
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C-FNWY
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| 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 |
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G-FNWY
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| 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 |
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N3209A
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| 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 |
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VH-IOB
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| 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. |
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N351Q
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| 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. |
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C-GZVM
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| 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. |
| 27MAY10 | Michael Hogan, an Electra captain with Airspray, advises that C-GZVM is now marked as Tanker 485. Although originally marked as T-85, the proliferation of tankers made it necessary to carry the full three digit call-sign on the aircraft. The aircraft operates as "Airspray 485". |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 14 | 28DEC22 | |
| 13 | 05DEC22 |
Added
a slideshow.
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| 12 | 15DEC18 |
Added
an image thanks to Geoff Goodall.
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| 11 | 03APR16 |
Refreshed
page layout with no change to data.
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| 10 | 14DEC15 |
Added
an image of the aircraft as N351Q
with Renown Aviation. Thanks to Peter Gates.
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| 9 | 13DEC15 |
Added
6 images of the aircraft before it became VH-IOB. Thanks to
Peter Gates. All appear on the top row of the thumbnail table.
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| 8 | 28MAY10 |
Update
and a recent photo added thanks to Michael Hogan.
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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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