The Dutch government needed additional transport capability for their troops during their long-lasting deployment to Afghanistan. So they leased this specially modified Dash 7 from the Canadian company Voyageur Airways. The aircraft was modified with self protection measures (chaff, flare, radar warning receivers) so it could transport personnel and freight more safely between the Dutch deployment locations over the war-torn Afghanistan.

On approach to Runway 31 at Prestwick. Delivered new to Air Wisconsin in 1981 as N710ZW. Transferred to Henson Airlines in 1987 and re-registered N905HA in 1990. Moved on to Piedmont Airlines. Joined Voyageur Airways as C-GGUL in 2000. Carried out work for the Royal Netherlands Air Force in Afghanistan. Suffered damage in a taxiing incident at Eindhoven Airport in 2015. Withdrawn from use and engines removed. Sold by auction in 2019. Purchased for static restoration as a public attraction for a local business.

Seen on final approach to runway 33 and photographed from my canoe in the Potomac River. This Dash-7 was later operated by the US Army as N5382W and crashed in Columbia in 1999.

ex N905HA. Operated by Voyageur Airways on behalf on Netherlands AF for a few years in Afghanistan. Afterwards being stored for a long time in Eindhoven with dismantled engines and propellors. Finally ended up in Veen after an auction.

ex N905HA. Operated by Voyageur Airways on behalf on Netherlands AF for a few years in Afghanistan. Here awaiting her fate for a long time being stored for a long time in Eindhoven with dismantled engines and propellors. Picture taken on the auction visit day. Finally got dismantled and ended up in Veen (NL).

This ex Voyageur Airways DHC-7 with registration C-GGUL, operated in many UN missions. After a mission while on the the return journey to Canada, the aircraft encountered technical problems, and was stranded at Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands. Voyageur was unable to fix the problem, they removed the engines and left it at the airbase. In 2019 the airbase put it up for auction on a website and sold it to the highest bidder, who unexpectedly became the new owner of a DHC-7. He is the owner of a home-improvement center in the town of Veen, 50km north of the airport.

The Dutch government needed additional transport capability for their troops during their long-lasting deployment to Afghanistan. So they leased this specially modified Dash 7 from the Canadian company Voyageur Airways. The aircraft was modified with self protection measures (chaff, flare, radar warning receivers) so it could transport personnel and freight more safely between the Dutch deployment locations over the war-torn Afghanistan.