slide from E. H. Greenman. - One of the Friendships which survived! In 2024, it was restored as "VH-TQN" in TAA colours (which it never really was) and displayed by the Australian Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at Shellharbour in immaculate condition. In its active life in the US, the turboprop flew for Midstate, Chicago Air, and for Suburban in Allegheny Commuter and USAir Express colours, before being sold to India and finally to New Zealand.

Painted to represent the original VH-TQN which flew with TAA from 1968 to 1985, this is actually a 1985-build F27 first owned by Midstate Airlines as N244MA, later sold via Fokker to NEPC as VT-NEH. Bought by Airwork NZ in 1998 to fly for New Zealand Post as ZK-POH and acquired by HARS in 2018. Seen here part way through painting in period TAA colours, completed in early 2024

This aircraft is not what it seems! It is an impostor, painted to resemble the original VH-TQN. This one was manufactured in 1985 and registered, in turn, PH-EXW (a trade plate), N244MA, PH-RFG, VT-NEH then ZK-POH. It was one of two Friendships acquired by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society from New Zealand in 2017 and intended to be maintained in flying condition. Registered VH-TQN(3) on 18 January 2018.

This Fokker Friendship of HARS will receive a Trans Australia Airlines-livery.

Became PH-RFG in November 1994

Ex NEPC VT-NEH, registered 25th July 1998 and withdrawn from use NZAA (Auckland) Feb 2017. Ferried to NZAR (Ardmore NZ) 23rd Sep 2018 and after a period of storage/restoration it was flown to YWOL (Wollongong) 26th June 2019 for preservation with HARS (Historic Aircraft Restoration Society)

Still wearing her basic NEPC Airlines livery, the aircraft is shown at the far eastern end of the Brisbane General Aviation area. Scanned from my K64 slide.