First day of a great trip to the Sri Lanka Air Force that started at Ratmalana AFB, Colombo. This Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Srs2A/272 (SCM-3102 / 1746) was stored at the otherside of the airbase.

Delivered new to South African Airways in 1971 and here with Air Creebec but still in the basic livery of its previous operator, Air Ontario. Withdrawn from use in 2007 while with First Air and scrapped. Ended up in a paintball yard, south of Gatineau airport

ex SAA

Seen at Woodford before delivery to South African. Later this HS.748 was sold to Canada as C-CCNZ serving with Austin Airways, Air Ontario, Air Creebec, and First Air.

Withdrawn from use and remained at Carp for some years. The fuselage was reported to have been transported by road to the Taktic Paintball action center just south of Gatineau Airport (42 Km NE of Carp) circa 2010. A check in July 2021 revealed the center to be permanently closed and no aircraft fuselage could be seen there on Google Earth.

Delivered to South African Airways February 17, 1971, this HS-748 flew it's last service with that airline on May 30 1983. Sold to Austin Airways in August, the aicraft was painted in Johannesburg and delivered to Austin in November 1983. Austin Airways was bought by Air Ontario and merged in April 1987 and this aircraft was sold to Air Creebec in April 1989. Last with Bradley Air Services / First Air from June 1999, it was stored in Carp, ON in 2005. The registration was cancelled in October 2007.

This HS-748 was former South African Airways ZS-SBV, delivered February 17, 1971. Bought by Austin Airways in November 1983, the aircraft would fly with Air Ontario in 1987 and Air Creebec in 1989. On November 29, 1991, an engine exploded on take-off at Rivière-au-Saumon, Quebec and C-GGOO was destroyed by the subsequent fire after an abort. There were no fatalities and the cause was traced to contaminated fluid in the water/methanol system from a mis-labled drum.