This aircraft was built by Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1981

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BIYE (CofR G-BIYE/R1) - May 21, 1981

Registered to Short Brothers Limited, Belfast

First flown at Belfast using the Test Registration 'G-14-3073' - June 11, 1981

Sold to Jet Charter Airlines, Essendon Airport, Melbourne - August 19, 1981

Jet Charter Airlines changed its name to Wings Australia - November 1981

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-KNQ - June 04, 1982

Registered to Wings Australia, Essendon, Melbourne

Sold to Murray Valley Airlines, Mildura - January 1983

Leased to Sunstate Airlines, Maryborough, Queensland - November 01, 1984

Murray Valley Airlines merged with Sunstate Airlines - December 1986

Leased to National Jet Systems, Adelaide, South Australia - March 1993

Returned to Sunstate Airlines at the end of the lease - September 16, 1993

Withdrawn from use by Sunstate Airlines and stored at Townsville, Queensland - July 1995

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 24, 1995

It was broken up for spare parts at Townsville

VH-KNQ. Murray Valley Airlines - in the basic 'Wings Australia' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-304.)

VH-KNQ. Sunstate - 'City of Gladstone' in the original livery at an unknown airport, June 1987.

(J. Goldfinch Copyright Image 1040-415.)

VH-KNQ. Sunstate - in the 'Australian' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-145.)

VH-KNQ. Sunstate - in the 'Australian' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-317.)

VH-KNQ. Sunstate - in the 'Australian' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 05, 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-289.)

VH-KNQ. Sunstate - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-146.)

VH-KNQ. Sunstate - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-172.)