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on a monthly basis Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Bathhurst as ZL413 - July 13, 1995 Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney It was sold to Fairchild Aircraft Inc. at a reported loss of $63,000 as part of the purchase for the 3 Metros - July 14, 1995 Leased to Flight West Airlines to cover crew training on their Embraer Brasilias - July 17 - 23, 1995 Withdrawn from use following the lease and maintained as an operational spare Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 04, 1997 Sold to BAC Express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.) |