Delivered new to Swiss Air Ambulance as HB-VCY on 15 Jun 1974. To the USA as N46032 on 05 Dec 1977. To N78AE on 15 Jul 1978. To John von Neumann in Bermuda as VR-BHC in Sep 1981. Back to HB-VCY on 22 Jun 1983. To N95DA in Sep 1984. To VR-BMN in Jul 1992. To N267MP in Jan 1994. To South Africa as ZS-OEA on 26Nov 1997. Stored at Wonderboom. Seen there WFU on 09 Mar 2021.

Registered as HB-VCY in 1974, N46032 in 1977, N78AE in 1978, N124GA, VR-BHC in 1981, HB-VCY in 1983, N95DA in 1984, VR-BMN in 1992, N267MP in 1994 and ZS-OEA in 1997. Withdrawn from use at Wonderboom by 2019. Still there in 2023.

The aircraft returned in the Swiss register between June 1983 an September 1984. Photo via G. Bouma

slide scan from the NK collection. - The Swiss Air Ambulance started into the jet age with this Learjet 24D, which was operated from 1973 until 1977. The small jet, today nearly fifty years old, is registered as ZS-OEA and was noted in storage in quite good condition at Wonderboom in 2021.

An early example of a bizjet used as an air ambulance.

The colourful VR-BHC was already converted into a -24XR version, when seen at Munich in July 1981. - 40 years later, the Learjet is still existant and preserved at Wonderboom as ZS-OEA.