VH-TAO. Short 360-100. c/n SH3647.

 

This aircraft was built by Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1984

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BLIL (CofR G-BLIL/R1) - April 24, 1984

Registered to Short Brothers Limited, Belfast

First flown using the Test Registration 'G-14-3647' - May 24, 1984

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N635KC - July 04, 1984

Registered to Short Brothers Limited, Belfast

Leased to Wright Airlines Ltd, Cleveland, Ohio as the registered operator

Wright Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - September 1984

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 05, 1984

The aircraft was repossessed by Short Brothers - September 25, 1984

The aircraft remained in the United States and was stored

Leased to ASA Atlantic Southeast Airlines, U.S.A. as the registered operator - November 1984

Returned to Short Brothers at the end of the lease - June 1988

No records were found for this aircraft for the period June 1988 to January 1990

Sold to Air Tasmania, Australia - January 26, 1990

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAO - February 22, 1990

Registered to Air Tasmania, Evandale, Tasmania

Leased to Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane - December 15, 1991

Returned to Air Tasmania at the end of the lease - March 31, 1992

Withdrawn from service by Air Tasmania and stored

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 30, 1993

Sold to Shorts Air Delivery - August 1994

Delivered to the United States via Asia and Europe - October 1994

Converted to a C-23B aircraft with manufacturers serial number '3409' - September 1995

Leased to the United States Air Force as a Short C-23B

It was allocated the military registration '93-1933'

Entered service with the United States Air Force - October 1995

Withdrawn from service and repossessed by Shorts Air Delivery - December 2013

It was observed in open storage at Fort Sill, Oklahoma - February 2014

Current status - ?

 

 

VH-TAO. Airlines of Tasmania - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-139.)

VH-TAO. Airlines of Tasmania - in the standard livery at an unknown location, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-140.)