ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
Army Twin Otter
| Aircraft.Rego | Aircraft.Type | Aircraft.c/n | Fate |
| VH-HPT | Twin Otter | 707 | In Service with Army 173 Sqn. 1980, Upale trading company (airline) - Sri Lanka. 09/02/84, Skywest Aviation - Kununurra/Kimberley diamond mine contract. 04/96, Storage - Perth, Australia. 23/12/96, Hawker Pacific (Banque Nationale de Paris). 01/02/97 to Australian Army under lease until 2002. Past Rego's: 4R-UAA, VH-SFJ (Not taken up), VH-USW, VH-HPT. Expected to Leave Army service in 2004. |
| VH-HPY | Twin Otter | 706 | Was in Service with Army. 1980, Air Melanesiae - Vanuatu. 09/89, Talair Goroka PNG. 2x repaired for takeoff/landing accidents PNG. 10/01/96, Hawker Pacific (Banque Nationale de Paris). 01/02/96, Australian Army lease. 09/11/97, Crashed at Bismark Range - 9km SW of Simba PNG. 28/11/97, Recovered to Oakey - stored and striped. Past Rego's: F-ODGB, YJ-RV1, P2-RDV, VH-FNZ, VH-HPY. Apparently the Body of VH-HPY is now located in a paddock in Richmond. |
| VH-OHP | Twin Otter | 527 | In Service with Army 173 Sqn. 1977, DHC factory test/experimental acft. 05/79, Atlantis Airline - Guam. 31/03/80, R/H wing damage during taxi. 12/88, Talair Goroka PNG. 12/89, Philippines contract (Talair). 04/91, Manila Airways International. 02/92, sold back to Talair. 25/05/93, Flight West. 07/07/93, Storage - Mareeba, Australia. 07/95, Flight West refurbishment (Aust C of A & wings changed). 11/08/95, Flight West Airlines. 15/01/97, Hawker Pacific (Banque Nationale de Paris). 01/07/98, to Australian Army under lease until 2002. Past Rego's: VH-FNY, P2-RDM, RP-C-1312, P2-RDM, N9SP, N379WW, C-GDHA. Expected to Leave Army service in 2004. Twin Otter VH-OHP arrived Costa Rica June 2005. It will fly for a regional airline called Nature Air, and will probably be registrated TI-AZV. |
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