ATR 42 · 42-500 MSN 492

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Airbus A310-324, serial number 492, first flight 25 Nov 1988. Delivered to Austrian Airlines on 27 Jan 1989, registered OE-LAB. Operated by Air Plus Comet on 30 Jul 1999 as EC-HFQ. Roll(ed) out Orly full colours EC-AXN (applied in error) rev. to OE- 27 Jul 1999 for testflight re-registered to EC-HFQ seen in service 3 Sep 1999, seen 4 Apr 2000 Madrid added Hapag-Lloyd titles, seen at Hamburg, Germany 15 Apr 2000, wet-leased, returned 15 May 2000 Madr, seen full colour scheme with webadress Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 6 May 2001. Returned to AIFS on 27 Jan 2002 as F-WIHS. Seen at Zürich Airport, Zurich white colour scheme 3 Dec 2001, ferried to XLW and stored 9 Feb 2002. Re-registered with AIFS in Aug 2003 as F-WQTA. Modified (*ET). Seen at Dresden Airport Jul 2004. Operated by Federal Express on 26 Aug 2004 as N807FD. Modified (*ETF). Converted to freighter and arrived at Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Memphis 12 Apr 2005, ferried Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Memphis to Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 23 Jun 2019 for part-out. Current status: stored.

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Airbus A340-541, serial number 492, first flight 11 Nov 2003. Delivered to Singapore Airlines on 31 Dec 2003, registered 9V-SGA. Arrived at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées stored 28 Oct 2013. Operated by Airbus Financial Svc on 10 Jan 2014. F-rrgd Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées seen 18 Feb 2015, seen 20 Mar 2017 white, scrapped Jul 2020. Current status: scrapped.

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Airbus A350-1041, serial number 492, first flight 31 Aug 2021. Delivered to Virgin Atlantic Airways on 2 Dec 2021, registered G-VEVE. One source: G-VBOB, see msn 605. Current status: in service.

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Airbus A320-231, serial number 492, first flight 2 Sep 1994. Delivered to Indian Airlines on 22 Nov 1994, registered VT-ESK. Seen at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang "50 years of flying" titles 25 Aug 2003. Renamed Indian on 7 Dec 2005. Operated by Air India on 24 Aug 2007. Withdrawn from use and confirmed broken up by 2018. Current status: scrapped.

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De Havilland Canada Dash 8-202, serial number 492. Delivered to LADS Australia (registered 13 Jan 1998), registered VH-LCL. Toronto 4 Aug 1997 primer, for works/Field r29.10.97/r Surveillance Australia/arr Adel. 3 Feb 1998, seen at Ft Lauderdale International 15 Apr 2001, seen at Melbourne Essendon 8 Jan 2002 being repainted, to be based Norway 3.02-6.02, Dublin 19 Jun 2002 for doing business as week of laser survey work, ferried via Keflavik 15 Oct 2002, temporary based Boca Raton FL, seen at Boeing Field 19 Jun 2003 white/dark blue tail, seen in service Malta 30 Mar 2006, returned from Europe to Adelaide 14 Sep 2009, mission equipment to be swapped with F-27 VH-EWP Nov 2009, then contracted to Royal Australian Navy for 10 years, ferried Adelaide-Cairns 2 Nov 2009, owner transferred to Fugro LADS Pty, operated by Surveillance Australia. Current status: in service.