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VH-SUL. Short 360-300. c/n SH3752. Was also registered as: G-BPKV; D-CASS; N136LR; 9Q-CPS; 9S-GPS. |
This aircraft was built by Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1989 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BPKV (CofR G-BPKV/R1) - January 18, 1989 Registered to Short Brothers PLC, Belfast First flown at Belfast as G-BPKV - February 09, 1989 Leased to Rheinland Air Service GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany - April 23, 1989 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 07, 1990 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-CASS - December 1990 Registered to Rheinland Air Service, Dusseldorf Rheinland Air Service changed its name to RAS Fluggesellschaft - March 01, 1996 Sold to Sunstate Airlines, Australia - July 1996 It arrived at Townsville on completion of the delivery flight from Germany - July 11, 1996 Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - July 1996 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SUL - July 29, 1996 Registered to Sunstate Airlines, Hamilton, Brisbane Withdrawn from use by Sunstate and placed in open storage at Brisbane - November 24, 2001 It was advertised for immediate sale but the aircraft remained stored at Brisbane Sold to Air Cargo Carriers, Milwaukee, U. S. A. - October 24, 2003 Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Milwaukee, U. S. A. via Norfolk Island - October 31, 2003 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 17, 2003 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N136LR - December 10, 2003 Registered to Air Cargo Carriers, Milwaukee It was observed on a number of occasions in all white livery with red rudder and without titles operating for Air Cargo Carriers - 2004 - 2005 The aircraft underwent a major refurbishment and was modified for the United States Army 'Constant Hawk' Program - 2006 - 2007 Ferried Milwaukee to Aqaba, Iraq - July 09 - 14, 2008 It was operated by Air Cargo Carriers on behalf of the United States Army in Iraq Air Cargo Carriers changed its name to ACC Integrated Services, U. S. A. - November 18, 2009 It arrived back at Milwaukee from the Middle East - September 15, 2011 It was placed in open storage at Milwaukee Entered onto the Zaire Aircraft Register as 9Q-CPS - September 06, 2013 Ferried Milwaukee - Algiers - September 06 - 10, 2013 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 28, 2013 This aircraft may be the unidentified '9Q-CPS' observed at Wilson Airport, Nairobi - August 09, 2014 Reregistered on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Aircraft Register as 9S-GPS - 2018 Registered to Malu Aviation The aircraft was written off 14.8 km NW of Shabunda, Dmocratic Republic of the Congo - December 23, 2021 It was operating the service from Goma to Shabunda The 2 crew members and 3 passengers were killed |
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VH-SUL. Sunstate - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-141.) |
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VH-SUL. QantasLink - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-313.) |