VH-MJU. Short 360-300. c/n SH3736.

 

This aircraft was built by Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1988

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BOEJ (CofR G-BOEJ/R1) - January 27, 1988

Registered to Short Brothers PLC, Belfast

First flown with the Test Registration 'G-14-3736' - February 23, 1988

Purchased by Hazelton Airlines, Australia - November 26, 1988

It was painted into the Hazelton livery and test flown at Belfast as G-BOEJ - ?

Arrived Cudal on completion of the delivery flight - December 07, 1988

Known flight crew: Captain Peter Hazelton; two unknown Short Bros ferry pilot

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 07, 1988

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MJU - December 09, 1988

Registered to Hazelton Airlines, Cudal, New South Wales

The aircraft was named 'Spirit of Cudal'

Entered service with Hazelton Airlines - December 19, 1988

The aircraft was used as a trade-in to Fairchild against an order for 3 Metro 23s, but was leased back on a monthly basis

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Bathhurst as ZL413 - July 13, 1995

Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney

It was sold to Fairchild Aircraft Inc. at a reported loss of $63,000 as part of the purchase for the 3 Metros - July 14, 1995

Leased to Flight West Airlines to cover crew training on their Embraer Brasilias - July 17 - 23, 1995

Withdrawn from use following the lease and maintained as an operational spare

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 04, 1997

Sold to BAC Express Airlines Limited, England - September 09, 1997

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-VBAC (CofR G-VBAC/R1) - September 15, 1997

Registered to BAC Leasing Limited, Southend-on-Sea, England

The aircraft was named ‘City of Norwich’

Leased to Jersey European Airways, St.Helier, Jersey as the registered operator - October 24, 1997

Returned to BAC Express Airlines at the end of the leaase - April 1998

Leased to Air Contractors Ltd as the registered operator - July 21, 2004

Returned to BAC Leasing Limited at the end of the lease - ?

Leased to Flykeen Airways Limited,  Blackpool as the registered operator - ?

Flykeen Airways became A2B Airways Limited - June 2005

Lease to A2B Airways as the registered operator

Returned to BAC Leasing Ltd at the end of the lease - ?

C ancelled from the British Aircraft Register - April 28, 2006

Sold to Air Cargo Carriers, Milwaukee, United States - May 01, 2006

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N376AC - May 01, 2006

Air Cargo Carriers changed its name to ACC Integrated Services - October 2010

Current with ACC Integrated Services

 

 

VH-MJU. Hazelton Airlines - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1989.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1040-308.)

VH-MJU. Hazelton Airlines - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown.

(R. Finlayson Copyright Image 1040-298.)