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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
8Q-TMO
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Series 300

N2711H (2) • N3H (1) • N279WW • N705PV • C FBXN

8Q-TMO

• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• N2711H (2) de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date 30-Apr-1969. First flight 05-May-1969.

• N2711H (2) Harrahs Club, Reno, NV, Delivered 15-May-1969.

• N3H (1) Re-regd to Harrahs Club, Reno, NV, Regd Feb-1972.

Note: Arrived Opa-locka, FL 02-Apr-1979 for maintenance & repainting

• N3H (1) Atlantis Airlines, Myrtle Beach, SC., 02-Apr-1979.

Note Departed Opa-locka, FL on delivery 19-Apr-1979

• N279WW Re-regd to Atlantis Airlines, Myrtle Beach, SC, Regd Apr-1980.

• N279WW Leased to USFS - US Forestry Service, Redding, CA. Regd Apr-1981.(Possibly contracted by Empire Airways, Coeur D’Alene, ID).

Noted at Seattle-Boeing Field, WA 23-Apr-1981 & Redding, CA 07-Sep-1981; Harrah’s c/s & Atlantis titles.

• N279WW Returned to Atlantis Airlines, Myrtle Beach, SC, Regd Sep-1981.

• N279WW Sold to Signal Capital Corporation, Hampton, NH., 04-Aug 1988. Regd 08-Sep-1988.

• N279WW Leased to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC. Regd 08-Sep-1988.

• N279WW Sold to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC [Signal Capital Corporation, Hampton, NH] Jan-1988

• N279WW Sold to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC.

• N279WW Aloha Islandair Inc., Honolulu, HI, Regd 16-Feb-1989.

Note: Painted at Kingston – CYGK, ON., by Flying Colours – completed by Jun-1989.

Service Difficulty Report 16-Sep-1990. Engine shut down on approach to Honolulu International Airport because of failure of engine driven fuel pump due to worn spline. Removed and replaced engine driven fuel pump. Replaced spline on engine side also.

Service Difficulty Report: 19-Sep-1994. Cockpit Voice Recorder did not test.

• N705PV Re-regd to Aloha Islandair, Honolulu, HI, Regd Mar-1989.

• N705PV Alberta Aircraft Leasing, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 12-Nov-1996.

Noted at Springbank, AB 07-Dec-1996 in ex-Aloha Islandair c/s

• N705PV Leased to Flanagan Enterprises (Nevada) Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV, Regd 12-Feb-1997.

• N705PV Returned to Alberta Aircraft Leasing, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 12-Nov-1996. Canx 25-Aug- 2004 on export to Canada

Service Difficulty Report 04- Oct-2003. Parachutist suffered fatal injuries after jumping from this aircraft.

Ferried Lodi, CA – Sisters, OR – Springbank, AB 03-Jul-2004

• C-FBZN Transferred to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, (Rocky Mountain Aircraft), Springbank, AB. Regd 02-Sep-2004.

Canx 08-Dec-2004.

• C-FBZN Leased to Trans Maldivian Airways Pvt., Ltd., Malé, Republic of Maldives. 13-Dec-2004.

Ferried Calgary, AB – Iqaluit, NU – Reykjavic, Iceland -Thisted, Denmark – Lanarca, Cyprus, Muscat, Oman – Male, Maldives 19/25-Nov-2004

• 8Q-TMO Operated byTrans Maldivian Airways Pvt., Ltd., Malé, Republic of Maldives. (Owned by Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, (Rocky Mountain Aircraft. Springbank, AB). Regd 15-Aug-2013.

• Current •

N2711H heads out for a test flight at Downsview - CYZD.
Photo: Unknown photographer © May 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N2711H at Reno, Nevada.
Photo: Unknown photographer © September 1970 - Jay Sherlock Collection
N3H (1) outside Field's Calgary hangar - CYYC.
Photo: Anthony J. Hickey © January 1979 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N3H (1) at Myrtle Beach - KMYR with tiny registration.
Photo: Unknown photographer © 14 June 1979 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N279WW awaiting repaint at Kingston - CYGK, Ontario.
Photo: Neil Aird © Spring 1989
N705PV after repaint by Flying Colours at Kingston - CYGK, Ontario.
Photo: Michael J. Ody © 30 June 1989
N705PV back from a test flight, at Kingston - CYGK, Ontario.
Photo: Neil Aird © June 1989
N705PV serving in Hawaii.
Photo: S. Pagiola © 24 October 1992 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N705PV second livery.
Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown - Erik Johannesson Collection
8Q-TMO of TRANS MALDIVIAN AIRWAYS at Male, Maldive Islands.
Photo: Trans Maldivian Airways © Date unknown
Photo: Thomas Jones © 27 May 2014 - Erik Johannesson Collection