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Old 17th May 2015, 04:40
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EWN and EWO were both ex-Sterling (Denmark)

here is the EWO history - thanks RN Smith - Aussieairliners.com

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FPI - April 9, 1970
Registered to Fokker NV
First flown as PH-FPI - April 13, 1970
Delivered new to Sterling Airways - June 10, 1970
Entered onto Danish Aircraft Register as OY-STN - June 10, 1970
Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - June 10, 1970
Leased to the United Nations as OY-STN - January 18 to May 31, 1973
Sold to East West Airlines - September 12, 1973
Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight in full Sterling livery - November 14, 1973
Overhauled and repainted at Tamworth
Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWN - December 19, 1973
Registered to East West Airlines Ltd
Aircraft named 'The Sunshine Coast'
Operated first East West revenue service - Sydney-Port Macquarie - December 21, 1973
Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Ltd - March 9, 1977
Withdrawn from service and stored Tamworth - October 11, 1983.
Sold to Fokker
Departed Tamworth on delivery flight to Holland - October 17, 1983
Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - October 28, 1983
Placed in storage at Ypenburg
Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-EXF - May 10, 1984
Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - June 7, 1984
Sold to Aircraft Finance & Trading for lease to MVA - June 9, 1984
Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N271FA - June 9, 1984
Departed Amsterdam on delivery flight to U.S.A. - June 9, 1984
Leased to Air Wisconsin following merger with M.V.A. - May 17, 1985
Returned to Aircraft Finance & Trading - November 1985
Leased to Mesaba Airlines as N271FA - March 1986 to July 1993
Leased to Mahalo Air - August 6, 1993
Aircraft was reregistered as N981MA
Departed California on delivery flight to Honolulu - September 22, 1993
Sold to Mahalo Air - February 4, 1994
Reregistered N981MA - February 24, 1994
Aircraft was named ' The Honu'
Withdrawn from service and stored Honolulu Airport - May 1, 1994
Mahalo Air was declared bankrupt - May 31, 1994
Sold to Air 1st Aviation Co. Inc - October 29, 1996
Registered to Air 1st Aviation Co. Inc - December 5, 1996
Ferried to Mena, Arizona for storage - December 1996
Converted to freighter configuration by Reeb Air - January 1998
Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - March 27, 1998
Entered onto German Aircraft Register as D-ACCS
Sold to Sky Team GmbH - trading as ECCS Air Cargo Service - April 8, 1998
Entered service with SkyTeam on Frankfurt-Coventry route - April 20, 1998
Withdrawn from service and stored when SkyTeam ceased operations - June 2002
Stored at Karlsruhe-Baden Baden, Germany
Scrapping commenced - December 2004
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