410

C-GFMX

DHC-8-311


Operational

Aircraft Status

C-GEOA (37) ■ (VT- . . . ) ■ OE-LRZ ■ N285BC ■ V2-LFF ■ C-GFMX

Registration History



Aircraft History Chronology

Reg'n

C-GEOA

VT-

OE-LRZ

OE-LRZ

N285BC

V2-LFF

V2-LFF

V2-LFF

C-GFMX

 

Operator / [Owner}

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON [Bombardier Inc.]

U P Air, Lucknow [NCM-Ng Chye Mong]

Used as demonstrator from Sep-1995 to Mar-1996; flew to Calgary, AB 12-Mar-1996

Rheintalflug, Vienna "St. Gallen"

Flew via Gander - Narsarssuaq - Keflavík - Newcastle - Altenrhein 18/19-Mar-1996 on delivery

Bombardier Inc., Downsview, ON

Withdrawn from use & parked at Maastricht from 26-Feb-1999 to 29-Jun-2000

Bombardier Capital Corp., Colchester, VT

Flew Maastricht - Newcastle - Keflavík 29-Jun-2000 on delivery to Abbotsford, BC

Caribbean Star Airlines, Antigua

Caribbean Star Airlines, Antigua [ Aerocentury Corp.]

LIAT - Leeward Islands Air Transport, Antigua [Aerocentury Corp.]

Withdrawn from use & parked at Antigua 31-Mar-2016

Flew Antigua - Charlotte, NC - Bangor, ME - St. John's, NL 14/15-Jun-2016

PAL Aerospace Ltd., St. John's, NL

See Additional Historical Information below

Activity

Roll Out

Not Del

 

Delivered

 

Returned

 

Reg'd

 

Leased

Sold

Merged

 

 

Reg'd

 

 

 

 

Date

08-Aug-1995

Aug-1995

 

15-Mar-1996

 

27-Jan-1999

 

26-Jun-2000

 

28-Jul-2000

Oct-2005

02-Feb-2007

 

 

01-Dec-2016

Additional Historical Information

 

MSN 410 has received specialized modifications by PAL Aerospace for use in their Force Multiplier™ program. It has been retrofitted with following:

  • Radar Multimode AESA Thales Searchmaster with air to sea, air to air, ISAR, SAR, GMTI modes

  • EO/IR Wescam MX-15 HDI

  • AIS Saab R4A mk2 – Interrogator for vessel AIS transponders

  • SAR DF Rockwell Collins DF500 – Airborne Direction Finding capability

  • Cockpit NVIS compatible for NVG operations

  • Extended Range Fuel Extends aircraft endurance to 10+ hours

  • Payload Delivery System Hatch/chute for deployment of stores (life rafts, smoke markers, illumination flares)

  • Mission Management System Thales Amascos / CarteNav AIMS ISR integrated in real time to a stand-alone laptop or a web-based data distribution system

  • SATCOM BLOS connectivity. Inmarsat Swift Broadband. Able to transmit voice, radar, real time video, data, contacts

  • Tactical Data Link Silvus Technologies – Streamcaster. High bandwidth LOS connectivity. AES encryption. High quality real-time video, data

  • Communications V/UHF Multiband radios w/ P25 capability

  • Video Distribution/Recording System Robust video handling and mission console recording system for post-mission analysis

  • On-board Data Network High-bandwidth open architecture network capable to integrate customer-provided sensors / equipment


A. Heumann Photo © Samedan Feb-1997

A. Heumann Photo © Samedan Feb-1997