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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200HG

P2-MCC

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218

Series 200

N604MA • HC-AVN • P2-MBC • VH-MBY • VH-IPD

P2-MCC

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

• N604MA de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 22-Feb-1969. First flight 06-Mar-1969.

• N604MA Sold to MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. (American National Bank of Jacksonville). Delivered 28-Mar-1969.

• N604MA American National Bank of Jacksonville. Regd Jul-1969.

• N604MA Leased to Trans Michigan Airlines, Flushing, MI. Regd Jul-1969.

• N604MA Returned to MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. (American National Bank of Jacksonville). Regd Apr-1970.

• N604MA Leased to National Equipment Rental, New Yok, NY. Regd Apr-1970.

• N604MA Sub leased to Air Illinois, Carbondale, IL. Regd Apr-1970.

• N604MA Returned to MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. (American National Bank of Jacksonville). 30-Jan-1971.

• HC-AVN Leased to ANDES Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador S.A., Guayaqul, Ecuador. 08-April-1971.

Note: In Trans Michigan colour scheme with red ANDES titles.

• N604MA Returned to MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. (American National Bank of Jacksonville). 23-Nov-1972.

• N604MA Sold to National Equipment Rental, New York, NY. 13- Mar-1973.

• N604MA Leased to Air Illinois, Carbondale, IL. 13-Mar-1973.

Noted at Carbondale, IL 04-Aug-1973 and St. Louis, MO 26-Sep-1973.

• N604MA Sold to Perry County Leasing Inc., Du Quoin, IL. Dec-1980. “Barbie Huffman”. Lease continued to Air Illinois.

Note: Aircraft named “Barbie Huffman” in 1984 in honour of flight attendant killed in the crash of HS-748 N748LL on 11-Nov-1983.

• N604MA Sold to B & B Partnership, Denver, NC. Regd 30-Jul-1986.

• N604MA Leased to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC. Regd Jul-1986.

• N604MA Sold to Signal Capital Corp, Denver, NC. 04 Aug-1988. Lease continued to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC.

• N604MA Sold to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC. 14-Aug-1989.

• N604MA Sold to Gordon Cragg Aircraft Sales, Sugarland, TX. 21-Aug-1989.

Flown to Mexia, TX for overhaul & repaint; completed by Apr-1990

• N604MA Solld to MBA Corporation, Portland, OR. 17-Apr-1990.

• P2-MBC Leased to MBA - Milne Bay Air, Port Moresby. PNG. Named “Kutubu Kwin." Regd 11-Jul-1990.

• VH-MBY Sold to Corporate Air Services, Cairns, QLD. Regd 25-Nov-1998.

Noted at Cairns, QLD Dec-2000, still in Milne Bay c/s and painted as P2-MBC.

• VH-IPD Re-regd to Corporate Air Services, Cairns QLD. Regd 05-Dec-2001.

Note: Aircraft was operating in full Inland Pacific Air c/s as early as May-2004.

• VH-IPD Regd to Inland Pacific Air, Cairns, QLD. Regd 20-Jul-2005. Canx 10-Aug-2006.

• P2-MCC Airlines of Papua-New Guinea (Airlines PNG), Port Moresby, PNG. Regd 10-Aug-2006.

Note: Upgraded with Ikhana RWMI DHC-6-200HG modifications Mar-2011.

Note: Seen stored at Port Moresby, PNG., 29-Aug-2014.

• Current •

Latest update

• Revised Format and updated data added 21-Aug-2020 •

N604MA unpainted on a crowded ramp at Downsview.

Photo: Unknown photographer © February 1969 - William Haines Collection - Michael J. Ody Collection

N604MA of TRANS-MICHIGAN AIRLINES at Toronto - CYYZ.

Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 16 December 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection

N604MA at Chicago / Meigs Field, Illinois.

N604MA of alr•lLLlnols at Memphis - KMEM, Tennessee.

N604MA of alr•lLLlnols outside Field Aviation at Calgary - CYYC.

N604MA at Carbondale / Sourthern Illinois - MDH.

N604MA at Mexia, Texas.

P2-MBC of MBA at LAE - Nadzab, PNG.

P2-MBC of MBA, at Port Moresby - AYPY, Papua New Guinea.

VH-IPD of inland pacific air at Townsville - YBTL, Queensland.

VH-IPD the following year.