Aircraft Photo of VH-EWQ | Fokker F27-500F Friendship | East-West Airlines

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-EWQ
Aircraft Original Type:	Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:	Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:	Fokker F27-500F Friendship
C/n (msn):	10539
Operator Titles:	East-West Airlines

Location
City / Airport:	Norfolk IslandMap
Region / Country:	Norfolk Island, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YSNF IATA: NLK Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	October 1977
Photo from:	David Carter Collection
Photo ID:	46753

Photo Comment
VH-EWQ was fitted with long-range tanks for the service from Sydney to Norfolk Island, replacing the DC-4s that had previously operated the route. The F27s flew under a dispensation to allow them to operate outside the normal rules for overwater flights by twins. In 1983 F28s, which could operate within the rules, took over. Peter Ricketts photo This photo was added on 2 March 2018, and has since been viewed 495 times.

Photo Comment

VH-EWQ was fitted with long-range tanks for the service from Sydney to Norfolk Island, replacing the DC-4s that had previously operated the route. The F27s flew under a dispensation to allow them to operate outside the normal rules for overwater flights by twins. In 1983 F28s, which could operate within the rules, took over. Peter Ricketts photo

This photo was added on 2 March 2018, and has since been viewed 495 times.

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