| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Swearingen SA-226 Metro |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-226/227 Merlin IV/Metro |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III |
| C/n (msn): | AC-513 |
| Operator Titles: | (Brindabella Airlines) |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 February 2009 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45938Submit Correction |
| View count: | 376 |
In 2008 Canberra-based Brindabella Airlines gave this Metro a new coat of vanilla paint and currently has it offered for sale. Evidently they are still using it in the meantime. The aircraft has an interesting history: built 1982 as Merlin IVC, cn AT-513. Re-delivered Dec 86 to Texas National Airlines as N3108H. Passed through several hands before moving to New Zealand in Feb 89 - became ZK-NSV with Air Nelson. Returned to US registry Jun 03 as N513FA. VH-TAO 1 Oct 2003.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAO |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III |
| C/n (msn): | AC-513 |
| Operator Titles: | (Brindabella Airlines) |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 February 2009 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Swearingen SA-226 Metro |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-226/227 Merlin IV/Metro |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III |
| C/n (msn): | AC-513 |
| Operator Titles: | (Brindabella Airlines) |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 February 2009 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 45938Submit Correction |
| View count: | 376 |
In 2008 Canberra-based Brindabella Airlines gave this Metro a new coat of vanilla paint and currently has it offered for sale. Evidently they are still using it in the meantime. The aircraft has an interesting history: built 1982 as Merlin IVC, cn AT-513. Re-delivered Dec 86 to Texas National Airlines as N3108H. Passed through several hands before moving to New Zealand in Feb 89 - became ZK-NSV with Air Nelson. Returned to US registry Jun 03 as N513FA. VH-TAO 1 Oct 2003.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-TAO |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III |
| C/n (msn): | AC-513 |
| Operator Titles: | (Brindabella Airlines) |
| City / Airport: | Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 16 February 2009 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |