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    Airframe Family: Short SC-7 Skyvan / SD3 / 330 / 360 / C-23 Sherpa
    Latest Model:C-23B+ Sherpa
    Last Military Serial:93-1320 USAF
    Construction Number:SH.3628
    Last Civil Registration:N863DZ
    Compressed ID:Short C-23B+ sn 93-1320 USAF cn SH....
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Heritage Inc, Beaver Falls, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 360-100.

    12 February 1983

    First flight.

    12 October 1983

    To Genair with new c/r G-BKZR.

    From 16 December 1983 to 11 October 1984

    Operated by Genair.

    23 October 1984

    Civil registration, G-BKZR, cancelled.
    Exported to Denmark.

    October 1984

    To Air Business with new c/r OY-MMC.

    10 October 1985

    To Loganair with new c/r G-SALU.

    March 1988

    To Manx Airlines keeping c/r G-SALU.

    9 March 1989

    To Air Europe Express with new c/r G-OAEX.

    23 August 1991

    To Cityflyer Express with new c/r G-BKZR.

    September 1992

    To Streamline Aviation keeping c/r G-BKZR.

    June 1994

    To Gill Airways keeping c/r G-BKZR.

    4 October 1994

    Civil registration, G-BKZR, cancelled.
    Exported to the United States.

    Converted to a C-23B+.
    New construction number, SH.3404, assigned to the airframe.
    Converted for the US Army by the Bombardier West Virginia Air Center in Bridgeport, WV. This included removing the 360 tail and installing a 330 based tail unit and cargo ramp. Conversion also saw the removal of the 360s 3ft fuselage plug, therefore shortening it to the 330s length.

    27 February 1996

    To Shorts Aircraft Delivery Inc with new c/r N424SA.

    March 1997

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 93-1320.

    March 1997

    Transferred to US Army Air National Guard.

    18 April 1997

    Civil registration, N424SA, cancelled.

    21 November 2014

    To Air Heritage Inc, Beaver Falls, PA with new c/r N863DZ.
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