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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

A6-SD5

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Series 300

N8336 • VH-TGH • HB-LSV • F-OIJL • DU-SD5

A6-SD5

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

• N8336 de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date May-1970. First flight Jun-1970.

• N8336 Delivered to Air Capital International, Augusta, KS., 25-Jun-1970 for ferry flight to Australia.

• VH-TGH TAA - Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC. Delivered 13-Jul-1970.

• VH-TGH Transferred to TAA of New Guinea Goroka, PNG "Daru", Regd 24-Jul-1970.

Note: Last service 01-Oct-1973 Finschafen – Lae.

Flew Lae – Port Moresby – Cairns, QLD – Townsville, QLD – Rockhampton, QLD – Brisbane, QLD 03/04-Oct-1973.

• VH-TGH Returned to TAA - Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC. “Charles Grimes” Regd 03-Oct-1973.

Incident. Left runway at Shute Harbour, QLD 07-Nov-1985; repairable.

• VH-TGH Sold to BPA - Bush Pilot Airways, Cairns, QLD. Regd 30-Nov-1980.

• VH-TGH Name changed to Air Queensland, Cairns, QLD. Regd Nov-1981.

• VH-TGH Merged with Australian Regional Airlines. Regd 01-May-1988.

Operated with Air Queensland, and subsequently Australian Regional titles.

• VH-TGH Merged into Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane, QLD, Regd 01-Oct-1993.

• HB-LSV Topscore Management, Geneva, Switzerland. Regd 01-Dec-1998.

Departed Brisbane, QLD 01-Dec-1998, and arrived Malta 11-Dec-1998 for overhaul by NCA.

• HB-LSV Leased to Benavia Special Air Operations, Geneva, Switzerland. Regd 23-Feb-1999.

• HB-LSV Sub Leased to Tassili Airlines, Algiers Algeria based at Hassi Messaoud. Regd Feb-1999.

• HB-LSV Returned to Benavia, Special Air Operations, Geneva, Switzerland. Regd 30-Jun-2003.

• HB-LSV Returned to Topscore Management, Geneva, Switzerland. 30-Jun-2003.

• F-OIJL Leased to Air Guyane, Cayenne, French Guinea, 16-Jul-2003.

• F-OIJL Topscore Management, Cayenne, French Guinea. Regd 07-Oct-2010. Canx Sep-2012

Flew Cayenne, French Guyana – Sal, Cabo Verde – Arrecife, Spain – Altenrhein, Switzerland 07/09-Oct-2010.

Noted at Altenrhein 26-Dec-2010, and Berne 11-Apr-2011, 12-Nov-2011 & 27-Jan-2012.

• DU-SD5 Skydive Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Regd 28-Aug-2012.

Flew 29-Aug-2012 Tallard-Gap, France - Hurghada, Egypt. On delivery to Dubai.

Note Seen at Zimex Aviation, Altenrhein Saint Gallen. It appears to have the A6 national code instead of DU. This is possibly to facilitate the flight out of Dubai.

• A6-SD5 Re registered to Skydive Dubai , Dubai. Actual date unknown.

Flew Altenrhein/Saint Gallen – Heraklion – Cairo between 13 & 15 Sep- returning to Dubai.

• Current •

VH-TGH at Eagle Farm / Brisbane - YBBN, Queensland.

VH-TGH at Townsville - YBTL, Queensland.

Photo: David Tanner © 20 July 1976 - Aird Archives

VH-TGH in service with TAA.

Photo: Unknown photographer © October 1977 - Michael J. Ody Collection

VH-TGH gets a tug at MacKay - YBMK, Queensland.

Photo: Unknown photographer © February 1979 - Michael J. Ody Collection

VH-TGH with BPA at Rockhampton - YBRK, Queensland.

Photo: Unknown photographer © 16 January 1981 - John Mounce Colletion - Aird Archives

Photo: Unknown photographer © November 1981 - John Mounce Colletion - Aird Archives

VH-TGH of Bush Pilots.

Photo: Peter Keating © November 1982 - Michael J. Ody Collection

VH-TGH with AIR QUEENSLAND at sunny Cairns - YBCS, Queensland.

VH-TGH at Townsville - YBTL.

VH-TGH new titles for AIRQUEENSLAND - outside the new terminal at Cairns - YBCS.

VH-TGH on the ramp at Townsville - YBTL.

VH-TGH with change in titles, again at Cairns - YBCS.

VH-TGH AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL at Cairns - YBCS, Queensland.

HB-LSV at Luqa, Malta.

F-OIJL snow white.

F-OIJL at Bern / Belp - LSZB, Switzerland.