December 2017 / January 2018 - New Deliveries / First Flights
 

Please post any information/questions about new deliveries, first flights etc in our region in this thread.

ZNB made its ff on 30/11 for 2:14

From Puget Sound

Thursday, 30 November 2017
VH-ZNB B787-9 Qantas First Flight
L/N 641 C/N 39039 B787-9 VH-ZNB QANTAS
Dep PAE 10:20 PST Arr PAE 13:20 PST via MWH
Call Sign BOE270 Hex Code 7C8065

Bae146 VH-SAZ added to reg on 22/11

Wednesday, 6 December 2017
N862DS (A47-007) B737-800A Royal Australian Air Force First Flight
L/N 6623 C/N 63187 B737-800A N862DS (A47-007) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
Dep RNT 12:02 PST Arr BFI 13:59 PST
Call Sign: BOE187 Hex Code: ABD6A1
Aircraft painted at Renton

VH-ZNB will arrive in Melbourne direct from Paine Field on Monday morning at 0425am as QF6026

Due tonight at 2235. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHZNB

ZNC B789 added to register on 20/12
VIF F100 added to register on 19/12

YWE B788 added to register on 03/01

Wishful thinking ;)

ZNC is expected to make it's ff later today (11/1 Us Time)

ZNC made its ff on 12/1/18.

It is to be named "Quokka"

From Puget Sound

Friday, 12 January 2018
A47-006 B737-800A Royal Australian Air Force Delivered
L/N 6468 C/N 63182 B737-800A A47-006 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
Dep RNT 12:05 PST Arr HNL 16:23 HST
Call Sign: VVRC006 Hex Code: 7CF9D0
Aircraft painted at Renton

VH-ZNC B787-9 Qantas First Flight
L/N 655 C/N 39040 B787-9 VH-ZNC QANTAS
Dep PAE 09:07 PST Arr PAE 11:53 PST via MWH
Call Sign: BOE271 Hex Code: 7C8066

From Skyliners

BAe 146 -200 2148 VH-SAZ Pionair Australia air-test at BBU 11jan18 prior delivery ex G-ZAPK
BAe Avro RJ100 3384 VH-NJE Cobham / National Jet delivery 14jan18 EGTC-ZRH, G-reg, basic Swiss cs ex G-CFAH

Fokker 100 11446 VH-FGB Alliance Airlines delivery 14jan8 NWI-TZX, special “90th anniversary first ever Transpacific flight” cs ex OE-LVC

VH-FGB has departed Norwich as SXI1801 and is currently overhead Hungary.

Skyliners is reporting NJE arrival in ADL

BAe Avro RJ100 3384 VH-NJE Cobham / National Jet delivery 14-18jan18 EGTC-ZRH-HER-AZI-MAA-KNO-DPS-DRW-ADL, G-reg, basic Swiss cs ex G-CFAH

Yes it arrived yesterday, January 18 2018.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4657/...61fd0544_b.jpgRJ100-G-CFAH-4 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

Two interesting additions to the Aussie Register.

HARS has acquired 2xF27 from NZ

ZK-PAX 1980 cn 10596 RR Dart 528 F-27-500 41 seats has become VH-EWH
ZK-POH 1984 cn 10680 RR Dart 532 F-27-500 freighter has become VH-TQN

I assume it's no coincidence that the new VH regos were originally allocated to F27s in the 1960s (although not these two frames)

Kent,

I expect that the regos will lead to potential liveries.

Both are currently "ALL WHITE".

Maybe classic EAST-WEST and TAA liveries are on the cards.

:( I'd like to see Airlines of NSW. My first commercial flight was a "mystery flight", SYD-WGA-SYD on an F27.

The good old F27 Friendship days at Sydney Airport.

VH-EWP 28/09/1985
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...850928-001.jpg

VH-EWR March 1981
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...810300-001.jpg

VH-EWK March 1981
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...810300-001.jpg

VH-FCC March 1981
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...810300-001.jpg

VH-EWQ 04/03/1984
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...840304-001.jpg

VH-FNA 04/04/1995
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...950404-001.jpg

VH-FNQ 28/12/1983 at Tullamarine
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...831228-001.jpg

VH-JCC 30/07/1988 AirCursing Australia
http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...880730-001.jpg

From Puget Sound

Sunday, 21 January 2018

VH-YWE B737-800 Virgin Australia First Flight
L/N 6775 C/N 41015 B737-800 VH-YWE VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
Dep RNT 09:24 PST Arr BFI 11:39 PST via MWH
Call Sign: BOE827 Hex Code: 7C7C9C
Aircraft painted at Renton

From Puget Sound

Wednesday, 24 January 2018
VH-ZNC B787-9 Qantas Delivered
L/N 655 C/N 39040 B787-9 VH-ZNC QANTAS
Dep PAE 12:46 PST Arr MEL 01:08 AEDT
Call Sign: QFA6026 Hex Code: 7C8066

AirCursing Grahame?
Did you have a bad flight experience?
:p

The Pilots were cursing every time they had to kick start the little Fokker on cold mornings :D

And yet another BAe146

BAe 146 -200QT 2056 VH- Pionair Australia delivery 24-25jan18 EGNO-GVA-HER-JED, G-reg ex G-OTIF

NJE was added to register on 24/01/18

From Puget Sound

Monday 29 January 2018

VH-YWE B737-800 Virgin Australia Delivered
L/N 6775 C/N 41015 B737-800 VH-YWE VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
Dep BFI 11:29 PST Arr KOA 15:24 HST
Call Sign: VQZ9940 Hex Code: 7C7C9C
Aircraft painted at Renton

North American Rockwell Shrike Commander 500S arrived in Australia as N9116N in early December. Reg on 25 January as VH-XAS to Kennedy Aviation

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4616/...d955eba3_b.jpg