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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
HB-LQV
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Series 300

5A-DCY • TT-EAI • F-GFAJ • HB-LQV • 5Y-LQV

HB-LQV

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

• 5A-DCY de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date Oct-1979. First flight 11-Oct-1979.

• 5A-DCY Delivered to Libyan Ministry of Agriculture - Council for Land Reclamation & Development, 29-Nov-1979.

Note: Via Reykjavik, Iceland – Shoreham, UK - Luqa, Malta  21/25-Feb-1980 on delivery to Libya.

• 5A-DCY Seized by Forces Armée Nationale du Tchad, N'djamena 31-Jul-1983.

Note: Seized by Tchad on 31-Jul-1983 after re-taking control of Faya-Largeau from Libya

TT-EAI Forces Armée Nationale du Tchad, N'djamena, Tchad.

• TT-EAI Transferred to Air Tchad, N’ Ojamara, Tchad. Jul-1986.

• TT-EAI Sold to Transport Aerien Transregional, Tours , France. Jul-1986

Noted at Cork, Ireland 13-Jul-1986, Tours, France 10-Aug-1986 with CIPRA tail logo & Le Figaro titles

• F-GFAJ Sold to Transport Aérien Transrégional, Tours (Transport Aérien Transrégional Export, Tours) 28-Jan-1987. Canx 21-Mar-1989.

• HB-LQV Sold to Zimex Aviation Ltd., Altenrein, Switzerland, 21-Mar-1989.

Apr-1989 – Seen wearing United Nations Transition Assistance markings, Apr-1969 – Mar-1990.For use in Namibia.

• 5Y-LQV Transferred to Zimex Aviation Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya. 26-May-1995.

• HB-LQV Leased to Iranian Air Transport- NAFT operated for the National Iranian Oil Company, by-Jan-2002.

• HB-LQV Returned to Zimex Aviation Ltd., Altenrein, Switzerland, 23-Dec-1997.

• HB-LQV Returned to Zimex Aviation Ltd., Altenrein, Switzerland 17-Oct-2001.

• HB-LQV Leased to Iranian Air Transport - NAFT, operated for the National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran Ca Nov 2007.

• HB-LQV Zimex Business Aviation AG. Operated by Zimex Aviation Ltd., Altenrein, Switzerland. Canx 24-Feb-2012.

Flew 13-Jun-2013 Hassi Messaoud, Algeria - Mahon, Menorca, Baleares. 14-Jun-2013 Mahon, Menorca, Baleares - Basel, Switzerland.

Flew 20-Jan/04-Feb-2021 Altenrhein – Friedrichshafen – Dubrovnik - Sharm-el-Sheikh – Muscat – Colombo – Subang – Bandar Seri Begawan – Darwin – Mount Isa – Brisbane – unknown transit stop – Nadi – Niue – Papeete – Ua Pau.

• HB-LQV Leased to Air Tahiti, Papeete, Tahiti. 04-Feb-2021, In service by 18-Feb-2021.

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F-GFAJ of TAT, at Paris.
Photo: Unknown photographer © February 1988 - Erik Johannesson Collection
HB-LQV of UNTAG, engine runs at Zurich - LSZH, Switzerland.
Photo: Peter Frei © 16 April 1989 - John Mounce Collection - Aird Archives
HB-LQV at Zurich - LSZH, Switzerland.
Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown - Erik Johannesson Collection
HB-LQV in Red Cross titles.
Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown - Erik Johannesson Collection