Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Built 1969 as N4524W for Western, Aloha Airlines N73718 1976, Bahamasair C6-BEI 1980, Air Belgium OO-PLH 1982, leased to America West 1985, Britannia May 1986, Challenge Air N501AV December 1986. TAN-SAHSA HR-SHU 1990, Viscount Air Service N501AV 1991, Aero Continente OB-1536 1993, Magnicharters XA-STB 1994. Shuffled between the two latter carriers as OB-1670, XA-STB and OB-OB-1729 until 1999, then withdrawn Lima 2003 and subsequently scrapped. Retains Aloha Funbird colours overpainted in blue.

Seen about to land on runway 30 at MIA.

OO-PLH started its airline life with Western Air in 1969, and after more than a dozen different airline operators, it was wfu with Aero Continente at Lima, where it was last noted in 2004.

As mentioned by Alastair, this was a well traveled airliner. Another of its many identities was N501AV with Challenge Air. I flew on it, as Challenge, MIA-IAD-EWR in May 1987 and I can still remember the technical delay at MIA and then the very "tired" look inside. It did not inspire confidence, but I lived to tell the story and it continued to fly with various airlines for another 12 years.

This well-travelled 732 was in service with Air Belgium, but operating on this day for Britannia.