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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
C-GHKL
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Series 300

N5217 • VH-PGS • CF-JJF • N928MA • C-GKBO • HP-1283AP • C-GKBO • HP-1283AP

C-GHKL

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

• N5217 de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out Dec-1969. First flight 12-Dec-1969.

Accepted by Ansett Airlines of PNG 22-Dec-1969 & handed over to ferry contractor for delivery

• N5217 Ferried by Floair Inc., to Australia. Regd 22-Dec-1969.

• VH-PGS Ansett Airlines of Papua & New Guinea. Purchased 22-Dec 1969 Delivered to Sydney 08-Jan-1970. Regd 02-Feb-1970.

• VH-PGS Ferried Sydney to Lae Feb-1970. Withdrawn from service at Lae – Oct 1973

• CF-JJF Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON. Regd 21-Nov-1973.

Ferried 22 to 24 November 1973 Brisbane - Noumea – Nadi – Honolulu – San Francisco

• N928MA Southwest Bancshares Leasing Company. Regd May-1974.

• N928MA Leased to Metro Airlines, Houston, TX. Regd 14-May-1974.

• N928MA Metro Airlines, Houston, TX. Regd Dec-1983.

• N928MA Royale Airlines, Shreveport, LA. Regd 30-Sep-1985.

• N928MA Pal Air International Inc., Dubuque, IO. Regd Apr-1986.

• N928MA Metroflight, Irving, TX. Regd Sep-1986.

• N928MA Leased to Sunaire, St. Croix, USVI. Regd Sep-1986.

• N928MA Name changed to Aviation Associates (Eastern Metro Express). Regd Aug-1987.

• N928MA Metro Leasing Inc., Irving, TX. Regd Mar-1989.

• N928MA Leased to Aviation Associates (Eastern Metro Express). Regd Mar-1989.

• N928MA MCC Aviation Leasing Inc., Regd 27-Nov-1989. Regd 31-Jan-1990.

• N928MA Leased to Aviation Associates (Eastern Metro Express). Regd 27-Nov-1989.

• N928MA Name changed to Sunaire Express. Dec-1990.

• N928MA Returned to MCC Aviation Leasing Inc. Regd Nov-1994. Canx 13-Dec-1994

• C-GKBO (2) Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB. Regd 14-Dec-1994. Canx 18-May-1995.

• HP-1283AP Aeroperlas, Panama City. Regd 18-May-1995.

• C-GKBO Returned to Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB. Regd Apr-1996.

• C-GKBO Leased to Air Tindi, May 1996.

• C-GKBO Returned to Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB. Regd Oct-1996.

• C-GKBO Leased to Harbour Air, Jun-1997.

• C-GKBO Returned to Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB. Regd Oct-1997.

• HP-1283AP Leased to Aeroperlas, Panama City. Panama. Regd Nov-1997.

• C-GHKL Ashe Aircraft Enterprises (Rock Mountain Air), Springbank, AB. Regd 23-Jul-2010.

Flew Panama City-Aalbrook – Tegucigalpa, Honduras – Tapachula, Mexico – Tampico, Mexico – Brownsville, TX - Brownfield, TX – Dumas, TX – Torrington, WY – Billings, MT – Calgary, AB – Springbank, AB 04/06-Jun-2010 Withdrawn from use at Springbank, AB, the Canadian registration is not visible on the aircraft

Stored

VH-PGS at Bankstown - YSBK, New South Wales.
Photo: Peter Keating © 19 October 1975 - Michael J. Ody Collection
CF-JJF ex ANSETT at Toronto - CYYZ.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 01 December 1973 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N928MA yet another change of marks.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 26 May 1974 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N928MA for METRO AIRLINES at Calgary - CYYC.
Photo: D. Dunsmore © May 1978 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N928MA of EASTERN METRO EXPRESS at Saint Croix - TISX.
Photo: R. Trader © 14 June 1987 - Michael J. Ody Collection
HP-1283APP when operating with AEROPERLAS.
Photo: Unknown photographer © October 2006 - Michael J. Ody Collection
HP-1283APP in departure mode.
Photo: Unknown photographer © November 2009 - Michael J. Ody Collection
HP-1283APP with Aeroperlas REGIONAL titles.
Photo: Unknown photographer © March 2010 - Michael J. Ody Collection
HP-128APP at Torrington Municipal - TOR, Wyoming - en route CYBW.
Photo: Michael Denton © June 2010
HP-128APP at Calgary / Springbank - CYBW.
Photo: Kenneth I. Swartz © 29 September 2014 - Aird Archives