The aircraft departed Ardmore for Kerikeri, Norfolk Island, Noumea and Magenta 07 October marked as YJ-ASH and continued onto Port Vila the following day.
The aircraft has been sold to Brian Johnstone of Airwork Engineering in Vanuatu. Brian leases aircraft to Air Taxi Vanuatu. It was leased to Air Fiordland for a number of years before being sold to Brian Grant of Outram in 2006. In the five years based at Taieri UBU flew about 400 hours of the 12400 total hours on the airframe.
A friend of mine, a pilot in Vanuatu said something about this bird hoping over there soon... He wasn't 100% though...
ReplyDeletePresumably to replace the golf course one, the ex-Fiordland Air one.
This one was also operated by Air Fiordland.
ReplyDeleteThe aircraft has been sold to Brian Johnstone of Airwork Engineering in Vanuatu. Brian leases aircraft to Air Taxi Vanuatu.
ReplyDeleteIt was leased to Air Fiordland for a number of years before being sold to Brian Grant of Outram in 2006.
In the five years based at Taieri UBU flew about 400 hours of the 12400 total hours on the airframe.