This aircraft was built by Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1987

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNFD (CoR G-BNFD/R1) - February 07, 1987

Registered to Short Brothers PLC, Belfast

First flown from Belfast as G-BNFD - March 20, 1987

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - March 25, 1987

Re-registered to Short Brothers PLC as 'G-14-3720' - April 1987

Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-BTK - April 1987

Registered to GPA Propjet, Dublin, Ireland

Delivered to GPA Propjet as EI-BTK - 14 April 14, 1987

Leased to Philippine Airlines, Manila as 'EI-BTK' as the registered operator - April 18, 1987

Withdrawn from use by Philippine Airlines and stored at Manila - September 1992

Returned to GPA Propjet, March 1994

Sold to Linrise Ltd, Basington, Hampshire - April 19, 1994

Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - April 19, 1994

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNFD (CofR G-BNFD/R2) - April 19, 1994

Registered to Linrise Ltd, Basington, Hampshire

Leased to Gill Aviation Ltd, Newcastle Upon Tyne as the registered operator - September 28, 1994

Returned to Linrise Ltd at the end of the lease - January 13, 1995

Sold to Sunstate Airlines, Hamilton, Brisbane - March 21, 1995

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SUM - April 06, 1995

Registered to Sunstates Airlines, Hamilton, Brisbane

Withdrawn from use by Sunstate and placed in open storage at Brisbane - July 15, 2001

Sold to Air Cargo Carriers, Milwaukee, USA - ?

It departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Milwaukee via Norfolk Island - October 31, 2003

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 17, 2003

The aircraft remained stored at Milwaukee for 20 months

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N372AC - July 12, 2005

Registered to Air Cargo Carriers, Milwaukee

Severely damaged when hit by another Air Cargo Carriers aircraft during an inflight photo shoot - February 05, 2006

The other aircraft crashed and was destroyed but 'N372AC' made an emergency landing

with part of the wing missing

It was deemed to be uneconomical to repair and the airframe was scrapped

To read more about this accident please click 'HERE'

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - February 12, 2013

VH-SUM. Sunstate - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1996.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1040-098.)

VH-SUM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. Finlayson Copyright Image 1040-297.)