What a registration ! Delivered new to Soc' Ital-Avio SRL on the Italian register as I-DEAF in Jun 1981. To the US as N28GA in May 1993. Back to Italy as I-JESO on 21 Sep 2003. To Germany as D-CIAO in Apr 2007. Still current in 2024.

Short Brothers company Sherpa demonstrator. First flight 23 Dec 1982. Converted to a C-23A Sherpa in Dec 1988. WFU and stored in Nov 1996. Registration cancelled on 14 Nov 1996. Scrapped with the Forward fuselage preserved at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

New to Air Belgium on 20 Mar 1981 as OO-RVM. To Eagle Air as TF-VLK on 21 Apr 1981 lsd to Britannia Airways. To Air Belgium as OO-RVM on 08 Nov 1981. To Orion Airways as G-BKMS 01 Mar 1983. To Wien Air Alaska 10 Oct 1983. To America West as N143AW 05 Dec 1984. To Amberair as G-BKMS 06 Apr 1988. Merged into Paramount Airways Oct 1988. To Dragonair 01 Nov 1988. Reregistered to VR-HYZ 1989. To Sultanair as TC-JUS 1990. To Lithuanian Airlines as HA-LEH 1991. To LY-GPA 1992. To Aerosweet as UR-BVZ 1999. To Air Kazakstan as UR-B3705 2000. To Metro Batavia as PK-YTG 2004. Noted WFU CGK 28 Oct 2007.

Registered new to Canadair as C-GBOQ in Feb 1982. Delivered to Taubman Air Inc as N80AT on 18 Mar 1982. To N88AT in Mar 1986. To N66MF in Aug 1986. To N900DP in Nov 1996. To N900LG on 01 Jun 2005. To N275JP on 08 Feb 2016. Still current in 2024. In the background is Monarch B737-200 G-DFUB.

Delivered new to Guernsey Airlines as G-BITX on 15 May 1981. To British Air Ferries in Sep 1987. To Fairflight Charters in Feb 1988. To Gill Air on 15 Feb 1989. To Muk Air as OY-MUB on 19 Apr 1990. WFU at Bournemouth on 14 Apr 2001. Scrapped in 2001 with the fuselage going to Pocklington for use by a parachute club. Noted there in Dec 2014. Britannia's new Boeing 767 hangar is under construction in the background.

Taken at sunrise

Delivered new to the US register as N50FM on 12 Jun 1980. To N63A in May 1981. To NL Industries as N253L in Oct 1982. To N519CW on 15 May 2000. To N519EM on 03 Nov 2006. Still current in 2024.

Registered PT-SAV with Embraer in Mar 1980. Delivered new to Jersey European Airways as G-BHJY on 23 Mar 1980. To Euroair Transport in 1982 and seen here still in JEA colours. To National Airways in Aug 1987. To Servisair on 05 Dec 1988. To Euroair in Jun 1989. Reregistered to G-BTAA in May 1990. To BAC Charter in May 1990. To G-OEAA with Euroair on 06 Jan 1994 and leased to Knight Air. Crashed at Dunkeswick shortly after take off from Leeds-Bradford on 24 May 1996. All 12 on board were killed.

Winglets in 1983 ! The Learjet 55 was one of the first aircraft to adopt winglets which had been pioneered by NASA. Its then unusual look gained it the nick name 'Longhorn'. Delivered new to Vulcan Materials Co on the US register as N5574 on 20 Dec 1982. To N74GL in Mar 1988. To N151PJ in Apr 1995. To N701DB on 01 Oct 1999. To N155LR on 02 Jan 2001. To N905RL on 04 Dec 2006. To N755CL on 28 Jan 2013. To Alliance Air Parts on 28 Oct 2016 as a spares source and PWFU. Registration still current in 2024. In the background is a Monarch BAC-111-500.

Delivered new to the US register as N617GD in Apr 2013. To the Government of Azerbaijan as 4K-AI88 in March 2015 and operated by SW Business Aviation.

Delivered new to Air Languedoc as F-BVPS in 1974. Later transferred to Uni Air who were operating it at the time of this picture. To SP-FOA on 15 Apr 1991. WFU at LBG by 1992. Just the fuselage noted on a trailer at LBG 29 Mar 2006. To F-GIRH in Mar 2006 and used for spares. Later scrapped.

Registered in Jan 2005 as N618GA. To Metrojet in Hong Kong as B-KHK on 29 Sep 2005. To Elit'Avia Malta as 9H-OAM in Jun 2020 and reregistered to 9H-AMO in Sep 2020.

Delivered new to the US register as N37BH in Apr 1974. To Geosource Aviation Inc as N124GS in Jul 1982. To N699SC in Sep 1985. To N818TP in May 1990. To XA-SWK on 18 Nov 1994. To N125NA on 27 Aug 1999. To N450TB on 10 Aug 2006. To XA-ATC on 15 May 2007. WFU at San Jose Cabo 20 Jul 2014 and later scrapped.

Delivered new to the Cayman register as VP-CIF in July 2010. Since June 2022 operated by Aviation Horizons.

Registered new as N572GD in Feb 2020. To Solairus Aviation as N78KN in May 2021.

Delivered new to the Norwegian register as LN-VIP in Mar 1980. To the USA as N4557W in Dec 1983. To N57MK in Dec 1984. To N57MF in Jul 1991. To N124CR in Mar 1992. To N109GA in Nov 1993. Still current in 2024.

Registered D-AVXQ in Mar 2021. Delivered to Wizz Air as HA-LVX on 19 Apr 2021. To Wizz Air Malta as 9H-WAG on 28 Oct 2022.

Delivered new to easyJet as G-UZHS on 26 October 2018.