This aircraft was built by Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1987

First flown at Belfast using the Test Registration 'G-14-3728' - September 29, 1987

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNYF (CofR G-BNYF/R1) - October 12, 1987

Registered to Short Brothers PLC, Belfast

Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-BTP - December 1987

Delivered to GPA Propjet, Dublin as EI-BTP - December 09, 1987

Leased to Philippine Airlines, Manila as EI-BTP - December 09, 1987

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 12, 1987

Withdrawn from use by Philippine Airlines and placed in storage at Manila - September ?, 1992

Returned to GPA Propjet - April 30, 1994

The aircraft was ferried to the United Kingdom and placed in open storage at Exeter (South Devon)

Sold to Linrise Ltd, Basington, Hampshire - June 27, 1994

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G BNYF (CofR G-BNYF/R2) - June 27, 1994

Registered to Linrise Ltd, Basington, Hampshire

Sold to Sunstate Airlines - ?

Arrived Townsville on completion of the ferry flight from the United Kingdom - March 21, 1995

Ferry route: Guernsey - Rome - Heraklion - Luxor - Riyadh - Muscat - Armadabad - Calcutta - Bangkok -

Phuket - Jakarta - Denpasar - Darwin - Townsville

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SUR - March 22, 1995

Registered to Sunstate Airlines, Hamilton, Brisbane

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 04, 1995

Withdrawn from use by Sunstate and placed in open storage at Brisbane - September 21, 2001

Sold to Sunshine Express Airlines Pty Ltd, Maroochydore, Queensland - September 03, 2003

The aircraft was re-registered as VH-SEO - January 28, 2004

Registered to Sunshine Express Airlines

Withdrawn from use by Sunshine Express and placed in open storage at Maroochydore - June 30, 2005

The intended sale / lease to Ben Air as 'OY-PBV' was not taken up

Sold to an airline in West Africa - November 2005

Ferried Maroochydore - Brisbane (Archerfield) for pre-delivery maintenance - December 2005

It was observed at Brisbane (Archerfield) with the registration '3C-SEO' on the fuselage

Ferried Brisbane (Archerfield) - Maroochydore - December 09, 2005

Within a few days the registration markings on the aircraft had reverted to 'VH-SEO'

The aircraft was ferried Brisbane (Archerfield) - Sydney (Bankstown) - December 2005

Long range fuel tanks were fitted to the aircraft but it remained stored at Sydney (Bankstown)

Departed Sydney (Bankstown) on the ferry flight to Bata in Equatorial Guinea - January 13, 2006

The aircraft arrived Bata - January 17, 2006

Ferry route: Sydney - Alice Springs - Port Hedland - Cocos Islands - Male - Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International) - Bata

The aircraft was to be operated by an Italian construction company as '3C-SEO'

This registration was later changed to '3C-LGQ'

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 27, 2006

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N522LJ - June 7, 2010

Registered to MAS Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Delivered to MAS Inc, Fort Lauderdale - April 20, 2010

Details of the ferry flight to the United States and information on the use of the aircraft have not been found

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 31, 2017

The aircraft was permanently withdrawn from use

VH-SUR. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2001.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-282.)

VH-SEO. Sunshine Express - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, June 16, 2005.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-283.)