Short Brothers demonstrator. To RAF of Oman 28 March 1974 as 911.

When the wind turbines were being built on Fire Island this aircraft sometimes made multiple trips a day out and back.

w/o Ravenna 01/2001

At the last few airshows, the Skyhawks have been using a Nomad Air SC-7 Skyvan. This one was a unexpected but very welcome surprise in place of Nomad Air. This aircraft does raise some eyebrows though with its C of R being cancelled two days ago, yet here it is on the other side of the country doing a Government contract...

ex G-14-73, G-AZRY, LN-NPA, SE-GEX, 9M-AXT, N8117V, OY-JRK

K25 slide scan. Delivered 1973 as PK-PSF to Pelita. Pink Aviation OE-FDL 1986. Damaged beyond repair in an aborted take off accident at Hohenems 7 June 1995.

Undated Shorts official photo 7/385-20, no caption. Built 1966 as Skyvan 2 with Astazou engines, converted to -3 1968. Displayed Farnborough 1970 in Northeast colours. Converted to Skyliner and displayed Farnborough 1971 in same scheme but with pink top and Interstol titles. Painted into BEA Scottish colours 1973, becoming British Airways 1974. Leased to McAlpines and later Marconi from 1986 to 1999, sold to Africa becoming 9U-BHJ, ZS-ORN, 3D-AER, 9Q-CSD and 9Q-CLD. Win Win Aviation N198WW 2019. The location is identified by the small harbour and disused airfield as Portavogie, Co Down.

Undated Shorts official photo, no reference. Original caption reads: "Skyvan 3M The military Skyvan, a tactical transport derived directly from the civil aircraft, can operate from unprepared strips while carrying 22 fully armed troops or 16 paratroopers or miltary equipment and vehicles. It can be rapidly converted to other roles such as casualty evacuation with 12 stretcher cases and attendants. The large rear cargo door can be opened in flight to allow rapid deployment of paratroopers or heavy supply loads. " Built 1970, retired 2006 and put on display at Oman Armed Forces Museum, Muscat.

SHORTS official photo CN70430-12,15 & 17. Original caption reads: "Short Skyvan Shorts' Skyvan 3 light STOL transport in the livery of the Greek national Airline, Olympic Airways. Olympics two Skyvans operate a network of shorthaul STOL air services betwen the Aegean islands of Rhodes, Kos and Karphatos, and between Athens airport and Porto Heli and Sparta on the Corinth peninsula. Services to the Ionian islands are planned shortly to begin". Delivered 1970. Air Forum 1993, operations not started. Gothenburg Parachute Club SE-LDK 1994, Malu Aviation 9Q-CLD 2006.

This Skyvan was retired in 2007 and placed on display at this very interesting museum.

Long distance contract work!

The second production Skyvan on demonstration to South West Aviation, but no sale followed. Withdrawn from use at Sydenham on 27 January 1969, and broken up there in November 1976.

Registered to Alaska Air Charter LLC.

Photographer: Neil Aird.

Marketed as the 'Skyliner'. Registration cancelled on 16 March 1999 on sale to Burundi as 9U-BHJ. Became ZS-ORN in 2003, then 3D-AER, 9Q-CSD, and finally N198WW in November 2019.

ex G-BGFR, Botswana Defence Force OC-2, 9M-FAT

ex G-BGFR, Botswana Defence Force OC-2, 9M-FAT