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So no one knows why Ansett leased FCB to Setair in the early 1980's?
Setair were trying to get in to Turbine acft and had been exploring the BAe748-2B for some time. The two Airline policy was still in vogue and despite operating 3 DC3's, the management apparently decided that a leg in could be obtained by leasing an F27 from Ansett in early 1983. It was based at Essendon for a short time and although it was a passenger acft it was only ever used as a freighter by Setair and was probably seat loaded. It was crewed by Ansett and no Setair pilots were ever endorsed on the type. I don't remember if it was used on routes other than Essendon - Launceston.
Blackburn