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    Airframe Family: Short SC-7 Skyvan / SD3 / 330 / 360 / C-23 Sherpa
    Latest Model:C-23C Sherpa
    Last Military Serial:94-00310 US
    Construction Number:SH.3666
    Last Civil Registration:N403SA
    Compressed ID:Short C-23C sn 94-00310 US cn SH.36...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SD3-60-200.

    12 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo taken at Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona

    24 January 1985

    To Shorts/Bombardier with new c/r G-BLUD.

    11 February 1985

    Civil registration, G-BLUD, cancelled.
    Cancelled on export to USA.

    14 February 1985

    To Security Pacific Equipment Leasing Inc, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N191SB.

    August 1985

    Leased to Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Atlanta, GA.

    May 1989

    Leased to Simmons Airlines, Marquette County Airport, Negaunee, MI.

    23 May 1995

    To Labrador Airways, Goose Bay, Canada with new c/r C-GLAO.

    26 March 1997

    To Pacific Coast Airlines, Richmond, BC keeping c/r C-GLAO.

    29 May 1997

    Civil registration, C-GLAO, cancelled.
    Exported to USA.

    10 October 1997

    To Bombardier Services Corporation-West Virginia Air Center, Bridgeport, WV with new c/r N403SA.

    Converted to a C-23B+.
    New construction number, SH.3424/AK24, assigned to the airframe.
    Converted by Bombardiers West Virginia Air Center in Bridgeport, WV.

    August 1998

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 94-0310.

    August 1998

    Transferred to Company A, 249th Aviation Regiment, Detachment 2, ArNG, Gray Army Airfield, Tacoma, WA.

    25 August 1998

    Civil registration, N403SA, cancelled.

    New serial number assigned: 94-00310 US

    Circa 2003

    Converted to a C-23C.

    29 January 2010


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 40310 Shorts C-23B Sherpa - US Army WA-NG, named Valerie Grace - Taxying for take-off at Prestwick, Scotland

    February 2010

    Transferred to Alaska Army National Guard.

    December 2013

    Assigned to Henry Post AAF/Fort Sill, OK for storage.

    29 December 2014

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    Sold to Brazilian Army to be delivered ca. first quarter of calendar year 2021.
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