Construction of this aircraft was completed - 1980

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engines

First flown as PT-SBA - April 1980

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CTLN (CofR G-CTLN/R1) - April 18, 1980

Registered to Centreline Air, Biggin Hill, Kent

Reregistered as G-BKWS (CofR G-BKWS/R1) - September 15, 1983

Registered to Olsencrest Limited t/a Euroair Transport, Croydon, Surrey

Leased to Air Arran as the registered operator - December 1983

Returned to Euroair at the end of the lease - March 23, 1984

Sold to Coast Aero Centre, Norway - February 1985

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - February 12, 1985

Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-FAP - February 1985

Registered to Coast Aero Centre, Norway

Sold to Vestfly AS/S, Norway - October 1987

Sold to Sunstate Airlines, Australia - October 1987

Cancelled from the Norwegian Aircraft Register - October 1987

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BWC - November 27, 1987

Registered to Sunstate Airlines, Maryborough, Queensland

Leased to Air Vanuatu as the registered operator - April 30, 1993

Returned to Sunstate Airlines at the end of the lease - May 1995

Leased to Flightline, Cairns as the registered operator - August 05, 1995

Sub-leased to Port Douglas Air as the registered operator - September 1995

The aircraft was used on daily services between Port Douglas and Cairns

Sold to Executive Air Charter - October 24, 1995

Registered to Executive Air Charter, Darwin, Northern Territory

Leased to Trans Pacific Airlines t/a Uzu Air as the registered operator - August 20, 1996

Returned to Executive Air Charter at the end of the lease - ?

Leased to Aus-Air as the registered operator - January 21, 1997

Returned to Executive Air Charter at the end of the lease - ?

Leased to Aero Connection, Sydney as the registered operator - July 14, 1997

Registered to Overstate Pty Limited, Melbourne, Victoria - February 18, 1999

Registered to The Phoenix Aviation Group, Perth, Western Australia - July 18, 2000

Sold to International Air Part, Sydney - August 17, 2001

Leased to Aitex Aviation, Sydney as the registered operator - October 19, 2001

Returned to International Air Parts at the end of the lease - ?

Leased to Island Air Services, Adelaide, South Australia as the registered operator - October 01, 2003

Sub-leased to Air Ngukurr, Darwin, Northern Territory as the registered operator - May 13, 2004

Returned to Island Air Services at the end of the sub-lease - March 22, 2010

Departed Australia on the ferry flight to Curacao - March 29, 2010

Sold to Insel Air International, Curacao - ?

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 04, 2010

Entered onto the Netherlands Antilles Aircraft Register as ? - April 2010

It was observed at Curacao minus engines and other major parts - January 15, 2015

It was observed at Curacao being broken up - April 2017

VH-BWC. Trans Pacific Airlines - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, May 1998.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0185-045.)

VH-BWC. Air Ngukurr - in the standard livery at Darwin Airport, September 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0185-030.)