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VH-CYO. Lockheed 382G-38C Hercules. c/n 4763.
Construction completed at the Lockheed Marietta, Georgia plant - October 1977 Built as a civil freighter version of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules Powered by Allison 501-D22A turboprop engines of 3362 kW (4,500 eshp) Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N108AK - November 1977 Delivered to Alaskan International Air - November 16, 1977 Leased to Cargomasters Australia - August 1982 Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the ferry flight as N108AK - August 01, 1982 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CYO - August 04, 1982 The intended registration of 'VH-CAK' was not taken up Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Essendon) - August 05, 1982 Operated in Australia by Cargomasters Withdrawn from use at Melbourne (Essendon) Airport - May 1983 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 03, 1983 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N108AK - June 1983 Returned to Alaska International - June 1983 Alaska International Air was renamed MarkAir - February 1984 It was observed at Baltimore with MarkAir titles with Alaska International livery - March 1984 Sold to Southern Air Transport, Miami, Florida - June 1991 Reregistered as N909SJ - July 30, 1991 Leased to Schreiner Airways, Amsterdam, Holland - March 1993 Ferried Gander - Amsterdam (Schiphol) on delivery to Schreiner Airways - March 07, 1993 Operated ad-hoc cargo flights for K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines Aircraft was not entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register It was observed at Gutersloh, Germany whilst operating a charter flight for the R.A.F. - March 30, 1993 Sub-leased to Hunting Air Cargo Airlines - February 07, 1994 Chartered by Air Foyle from Southern Air Transport for Aer Lingus - February 07 - 29, 1994 Used to operate newspaper flight Returned to Southern Air Transport - 1994 Operated ad-hoc cargo flights for the U.S.A.F. - 1994 It was observed at Rotterdam in the standard Southern Air Transport livery - February 01, 1996 It was observed at Anchorage in the Southern Air Transport livery - June 1996 The aircraft was damaged when it slid off the runway at Mekoryuk, Alaska - January 1998 One propeller was torn off but the aircraft was repaired and returned to service Withdrawn from use and stored at Marana, Arizona - July 1998 Southern Air Transport ceased operations - September 25, 1998 It was observed stored at Marana in Southern Air Transport livery - October 16, 1998 Sold to Lynden Air Cargo - November 17, 1998 Reregistered as N404LC - November 19, 1998 Registered to Lynden Air Cargo LLC, Anchorage, Alaska Current with Lynden Air Cargo - 2011 |
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VH-CYO. Cargomasters - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 1982. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1804-052.) |
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VH-CYO. Cargomasters - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1982. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1804-051.) |
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N108AK. Markair - in the Alaska Air livery at an unknown airport, June 29, 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1804-057.) |
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N108AK. Markair - in the Alaska Air livery at an unknown airport, December 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1804-058.) |