
VH-TFD Fokker F.27
'William
Landsborough'
c/n 10114
First TAA service flown on 28 May 1959.
Greg Banfield saw it somewhat later (above) at
Mascot in
October 1964 by which time the livery had gone through a couple of
minor changes,
including "TAA -
The Nation's Jetline" titling on the under fuselage. It
flew with TAA until its
withdrawal from active duty in October
1980. It later was to see service with Pilgrim Airlines
of New London/Groton, Connecticut. My good friend, and
invaluable contributor to my US
Airline section, Bob
Garrard, took a shot of it on short finals into Ronald Reagan
(National) Air-
port,
Washington, D.C. in
June 1983 (below) in full Pilgrim livery. When Pilgrim was
bought
out
by Business
Express, it was absorbed into their fleet. It was later leased to
Taymi, SA in
Peru as
OB-1644 in 1996, and
ostensibly sold from there to Air Dabia in The Gambia. In the
event I
don't think that
company ever "got off the ground" and c/n 10114 was last listed as
being
stored at Banjul
Airport. .
