120 - DHC-6-200HG™ N718KW Warren Transportation LLC, Dallas, TX
09-Jul-2015
- Leesburg, FL (KLEE/LEE) - Hattiesburg, MS (KPIB/PIB)
- Hattiesburg, MS (KPIB/PIB) - Dallas-Addison, TX (KADS/ADS)
Exiting the Wipaire facility in Leesburg today, N718KW departed to Hattiesburg, MS, and is continuing on to the Dallas-Addison, TX airport. The aircraft had been flown over to Leesburg on 28-Jun-2015.
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| MSN 120 - DHC-6-200HG™ N718KW Warren Transportation LLC Leesburg, FL 09-Jul-2015 Wipaire Photo |
Maldivian Seaplane Request For Proposals
On 09-Jun-2015 Maldivian Seaplane (Island Aviation Services dba) issued a Request for Proposals for the acquisition of a further two DHC-6-300 aircraft to be operated under a dry-lease arrangement. The RFP closed on 18-Jun-2015; two additional Twin Otters will bring the company fleet to 8 aircraft.
MASWings Series 400 Sustains Minor Damage at Mukah, Sarawak
MASWings DHC-6-400 9M-SSD is seen below today at Mukah, Sarawak where it was hit by Challenger 601-3R N639TS. The latter aircraft was carrying Sarawak Governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud.
Although we have seen MSN 106 C-FGQH on these pages previously, this great shot from Phil Broad in the U.K. was just too nice to pass up. C-FGQH was a 1968 build for East African Airways which returned to Canada in 1973. In 2014 it was upgraded to a Series 200HG™ by Ikhana.
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| MSN 106 - DHC-6-200HG™ C-FGQH Westcoast Air Victoria Harbour, BC 27-Jun-2015 Phil Broad Photo |
Trans Maldivian's MSN 659 still carries the final Maldivian Air Taxi scheme, sans titles. It came to the Maldives in 2009 from Zimex Aviation in Switzerland.
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| MSN 659 - DHC-6-300 8Q-MBB Trans Maldivian Airways Male, Maldives 28-Nov-2014 Ramin Fischer Photo |
A great shot of Maldivian Seaplane's MSN 276, which is leased from Singapore based Aerostar Leasing. It was delivered back to the Maldives in Jun-2014; it had previously served two tours there between 1999-2009 when it was 8Q-MAK with Maldivian Air Taxi.
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| MSN 276 - DHC-6-300 8Q-IAJ Island Aviation Services (Maldivian Seaplane) Male, Maldives 28-Nov-2014 Ramin Fischer Photo |
MSN 467 is owned by Ashe Aircraft Enterprises has been operated under lease to Trans Maldivian since Oct-2009. It was originally delivered to Brockway Glass in Pennsylvania in 1976.
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| MSN 467 - DHC-6-300 8Q-TMU Ashe Aircraft Enterprises (Trans Maldivian Airways) Male, Maldives 28-Nov-2014 Ramin Fischer Photo |
MSN 454 is seen below back in 2009 after completing a two year lease to North Wright Air, and about a month prior to beginning a lease to Trans Maldivian Airways. Unfortunately it was damaged in July 2012 at Rangali Island, necessitating a return to Canada in a shipping container. It is currently nearing completion of repair, and has been advertised as available for lease.
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| MSN 454 - DHC-6-300 C-FNBI Ashe Aircraft Enterprises (North Wright Air) Springbank, AB 29-Jun-2009 Ramin Fischer Photo |
