What a nice bizjet that visited us at Quito. Someone from AirSprint contacted me the day before and asked me for pictures of this Embraer Praetor, here, leaving for Iquitos (SPQT) as ASP812.

This was the first Embraer added to the Airsprint fleet back in 2017. It was pre-owned so had a different livery to the ones that came later. Here it has now been repainted in the "new" standard livery and repositioning to Vancouver after earlier arriving from Boston-Logan (KBOS) as "Airsprint (ASP) 812". Also it now carries Praetor 500 titles instead of Legacy 450 before the re-paint.

Taking off on the first flight of the day.

Delivered as DHC-5D c/n 95 to the Oman Police in May 1979. Back to Canada in June 1994 and retrofitted to civil standards (-5A model). Was allocated revised c/n 95A. Then based in Mauritius, Kenya and the DR Congo until ferried back again, via Rotterdam among other stops, in Spring 2005. To Arctic Sunwest Charters after that, merging into Summit Air in May 2013 retaining the previous colours. Left for Africa again in August 2015, flying for the UN in Malawi.

Built in 1979 and delivered to the Oman Police Air Wing in May 1979 as A4O-CE. To Arctic Sunwest Charters in April 2005 as C-FASV. To Summit Air in September 2012. By December 2015 it was registered to the United Nations as 7Q-STB.