ROBERT HODGSON MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 5232. Avions de Transport Régional ATR-42-320 (HB-AFF c/n 264) Farnair Europe
Photographed at Manchester, UK, July 9, 2005, by Robert Hodgson

Avions de Transport Régional ATR-42-320

03/31/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft made its first flight on November 22, 1991 registered F-WWLG and was delivered to the US airline Continental Airlines on November 25, 1992 registered N99839 and leased to their subsidiary Continental Express on the same date until October 1995. The plane was sold back to ATR and was reregistered F-WQCH in October 1996.

On November 1, 1995, it was sold to the French airline CNET Operations Aeriennes and reregistered F-SEBK. The airline became a subsidiary of France Telecom and the it was transferred to that company in August 2001 and reregistered F-GOBK. On January 14, 2002 it was leased to the Swiss company Farnair Switzerland and operated for the Swiss Federal Department of Defense. As of this date, it is still being operated by Farnair Switzerland."

Created April 19, 2006