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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-6/UV-18/CC-138 Twin Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-6 Twin Otter
    Construction Number:124
    Last Civil Registration:VH-MBX
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6 cn 124 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Corporate Air Services, Cairns, Quuensland

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    Dates

    Event

    To unknown owner with c/r N7255 (DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, 124).

    1968

    Constructed as a DHC-6-200.

    1968

    Constructed as a DHC-6.
    De Havilland Canada DHC6 124

    15 April 1968

    To de Havilland, Downsview, Canada with new c/r N7255.

    21 June 1968

    To Air Capital International keeping c/r N7255.
    Contractor for ferry flight to Australia.

    23 July 1968

    To Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) with new c/r VH-TGY.

    27 April 1975

    To Islandair Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, Queensland keeping c/r VH-TGY.

    26 July 1976


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia

    14 September 1976

    To unknown owner with c/r N7255 (DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, 124).

    25 August 1977

    To Aeropelican Intercity Commuter Services, Belmont, NSW keeping c/r VH-TGY.

    20 July 1981

    To Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea with new c/r P2-RDH.

    From February 1987 to November 1990

    Leased to Aerolift Philippines, Manila.

    18 October 1990

    To unknown owner with c/r N7255.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Augusta, KS.

    21 April 1994

    To Milne Bay Air, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea with new c/r P2-MBS.

    September 2000

    To Corporate Air Services, Cairns, Quuensland with new c/r VH-MBX.

    2007

    Scrapped.
    Noted at Cairns - cut in two pieces - marked as P2-MBS.

    9 July 2012

    Civil registration, N7255, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Augusta, KS.
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Twin Otter Archive by Neil C. Aird
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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