23/07/1997 Rolled out at the Downsview plant, Ontario, Canada,
Registered C-GEOA to de Havilland Canada,
??/07/1997 First flown as C-GEOA,
Delivered to Field Aviation Company Inc, Canada for fitout with LADS system,
29/10/1997 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register,
??/01/1998 Leased to Surveillance Australia Pty Ltd,
13/01/1998 Registered as VH-LCL, to Fugro LADS Coprporation Pty Ltd and operated by Surveillance Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of National Jet Systems),
15/04/2001 Observed at Fort Lauderdale, Florida undertaking survey work,
08/01/2002 Observed at Melbourne (Essendon) being repainted into new blue livery,
??/01/2001 Performed a three-month survey program in Norway,
??/03/2001 Spotted Budapest (Ferihegy), Hungary,
19/06/2002 Ferried Oslo - Dublin for airborne survey work,
15/10/2002 Ferried Tenerife - Shannon - Keflavik - Boca Taton, Florida for survey work,
20/10/2005 Spotted Berlin (Templehof), Germany,
15/03/2006 Registered to Tenix Lads Corporation Pty Ltd (later changed to FUGRO LADS Corporation Pty Ltd), and leased to Surveillance Australia Pty Ltd as the registered operator,
30/03/2006 Spotted Luqa, Malta,
??/04/2006 Spotted Lisboa (Lisbon) (Aeroporto da Portela Sacavem), Portugal,
26/04/2006 Spotted San Juan (Luis Munoz Marin International Airport), Puerto Rico,
14/04/2007 Spotted Rotterdam, Netherlands,
26/10/2007 Spotted Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
20/11/2008 Departed Doha on ferry flight to Australia,
26/11/2008 Arrived Melbourne (Essendon) at conclusion of ferry flight,
Stops on the ferry route included: Doha - Muscat - Male - Colombo - Kuala Lumpur - Denpasar - Broome - Adelaide - Melbourne,
2009 National Jet Systems was renamed Cobham Aviation Services,
24/05/2009 Spotted Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos International), Greece,
12/09/2009 Observed at Adelaide for the fitment of LADS equipment from VH-EWP,
Operated by Surveillance Australia Pty Ltd for Fugro LADS Corp Pty Ltd on a five-year lease to the Royal Australia Navy (R.A.N.) Hydrography Institute,
09/11/2009 Ferried Adelaide - Cairns following the installation of additional LADS equipment,
09/11/2009 Commenced flying for the R.A.N. Hydrography Institute,
on contract from Surveillance Australia, Adelaide.
Based with RAN LADS Flight, Cairns,
The 2016 Defence White Paper foreshadowed that hydrographic capabilities of Navy would be replaced by commercial hydrographic companies through the HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP).
06/11/2019 LADS Dash 8 VH-LCL retired from RAN service,
In total, the LADS Flight had flown more than 3,000 sorties, conducted 186 surveys and covered an area of more than 50,000 square kilometres.
28/12/2019 Ferried from Cairns to West Beach (Adelaide) for Storage for Fugro LADS Corporation.