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| 26FEB60 | Ordered by TAA |
| 08AUG60 | A memorandum issued by the TAA Director of Operations states that VH-TLC will be delivered via the following routing: Los Angeles/Honolulu/Canton Island/Nadi/Melbourne. The planned crew is as follows: Captains R.R. Raye, L.W. Manning and M.B. Darby (navigator), First Officer D.L. Mackenzie and Flight Engineer L.T.G. Heard. (Source: Gordon Reid) |
| 16AUG60 | First flight |
| 25AUG60 | Delivered to Trans Australia Airlines as VH-TLC "Charles Sturt" |
| 26AUG60 | Departed U.S.A. on delivery. |
| 29AUG60 | Arrived Essendon on delivery to TAA |
| 03SEP60 | Entered service TN416 Melbourne to Sydney |
| 22MAY61 | Planned to depart Essendon for wing and engine mount mods in the USA. Planned routing: Melbourne/Nadi/Canton Island/Honolulu/Burbank. Crew: Captains L.E. Morey, I.O. Black and A.W. Hawksford, Captain R. Lauchland as navigator and Flight Engineer J.S. Mitchell. |
| 24MAY61 | Entered LEAP as LEAP #154 TAA-3 |
| 16JUN61 | Completed LEAP. Departed Burbank for Australia with the same crew. |
| 18JUN61 | Planned arrival date at Essendon. |
| 20JUL61 | Record Melbourne/Perth 4 hrs 19 mins (Capt J. Hickey) |
| 24APR64 | Grounded owing to the discovery of a crack in the wing of VH-TLB |
| 27JUL64 | Returned to service |
| 28FEB65 | Ferried to Hong Kong for overhaul |
| 15MAY65 | Returned to Melbourne after overhaul |
| 04JUL66 | Departed Melbourne for maintenance in the USA |
| 31OCT70 | Operated last TAA service TN446 Hobart to Melbourne and stored. 28,831 hours 22,595 landings |
| 02SEP71 | Ferried from Essendon to Tullamarine with the gear locked down. Crewed by Capt Stuart Arnold (command), Capt Aart Hofman and Flight Engineer Bob Verity. Flight time: 45 mins. (Source: Stuart Arnold's log book). |
| 21JAN72 | Sold to Concare Aircraft Leasing of Tulsa |
| 07JUN72 | Struck off the Australian Register. |
| 10JUN72 | Departed Melbourne for Port Moresby, Wake Island, Hilo, and Burbank on delivery to Concare Aircraft Leasing as N188LC |
| 18JUL72 | Reported under overhaul at Marana, Arizona and subsequently operated by Holiday Airlines |
| 01DEC72 | Leased to Transcontinental Air Transport |
| 24JAN73 | Visited Teterboro, Jersey transporting performer Neil Young |
| 20DEC73 | Returned to Concare. Also reported sold to California Airmotive Corp. on this date |
| MAY74 | Sold to American Jet Industries |
| 75 | Converted to L-188AF freighter by American Jet Industries |
| 04MAY76 | Cancelled from US register |
| JUN76 | Sold to TACA, El Salvador as YS-06C. The aircraft was not named in TACA service. |
| OCT85 | Registered N188LC to Galaxy Airlines Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 07MAR87 | Seen at Tucson, Arizona in Galaxy colours being worked on |
| AUG87 | Registered to Orion Aircraft Sales Inc, Van Nuys, California |
| 27NOV87 | Seen stored at Tucson in Galaxy colours |
| JAN88 | Registered to Nevada Aircraft Sales, Las Vegas |
| APR88 | Registered to Cardinal Corporation |
| 16SEP88 | Seen at Tucson with new registration OB-M-1328 |
| 10DEC88 | Arrived Lima on delivery to Palmas del Espino SA |
| 28DEC88 | Entered service with Aero Transporte SA from Lima to Iquitos |
| 20MAR89 | Arrived Maputo on one year lease to Linhas Aereas de Mocambique of Mozambique |
| 11NOV89 | Seen at Lima with Aero Transporte titles and marked OB-1328 |
| AUG91 | Re-registered HK-3642X to Lineas Aereas de la Amazonica, Columbia. |
| FEB92 | To Transapel S.A., Bogota, Columbia as HK-3706X |
| 01JUN92 | Seen at Bogota as HK-3706X with Apel Express titles |
| AUG94 | Re-registered HK-3706 |
| 25OCT94 | Seen at Bogota with Apel Express titles |
| 07SEP97 | Seen stored at Bogota |
| JAN03 | Noted at Mexico City as XA-AEG with Mex-Jet Cargo |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 8 | 06DEC06 |
Corrected
the spelling of F/O D.L. Mackenzie on the delivery flight on 08AUG60.
Thanks to his son Ian Mackenzie.
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| 7 | 20DEC04 |
Added
details of a ferry flight from Essendon to Tullamarine on 02SEP71.
Information contributed by Stuart Arnold who was in command of the
flight.
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| 6 | 29AUG04 |
Added
an image of VH-TLC with unusual titling under the kangaroo. Thanks
to Peter Gates.
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| 5 | 11FEB04 |
Added
an image of XA-AEG thanks to Rurik Enriquez.
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| 4 | 24JAN04 |
Added
several TAA crew names and recent movements thanks to Gil White. Also
added details of the delivery flight thanks to Gordon Reid.
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| 3 | 21DEC02 |
Added
advice from Gil White that although VH-TLB was named in TACA service,
VH-TLC did not carry a name.
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