| Aircraft | |
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| 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) |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Melbourne - EssendonMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMEN IATA: MEB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 16 February 2009 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 45938 |
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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. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 February 2018, and has since been viewed 301 times. |