McDonnell Douglas MD-82 MSN 49668

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N14845 Cont ntu

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-82, serial number 49668, line number 1467. Delivered to GPA on 16 May 1988, registered EI-BWC. N14845 Cont not taken up. Leased to Oasis Airlines on 16 May 1988 as EC-163. Modified (*83). Conv bef delivered. Re-registered with Oasis on 16 Jun 1988 as EC-EIK. Returned to GPA on 6 Jun 1992 as EI-CGA. To Manchester, seen hangar 23 Jul 1992 for Jet alsace? F-GMMP NTU?!/to Mobile Alabama 3 Dec 1992. Leased to Key International on 16 Dec 1992. SMIA/ret 4 Mar 1993. Leased to Private Jet Expeditions on 4 Mar 1993. Returned 14 Mar 1995 Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, arrived Shann 7 Mar 1995 /XA-SEL TAESA not conf/NTU Aug 1994, cancelled 6 May 1995. Leased to Centennial Airlines on 7 May 1995 as EC-898. Seen in service 19 May 1995, still registration seen 29 Jul 1995. Re-registered with Centennial Airlines as EC-GBV. Seen 1 Nov 1995 'Air Europa' additional titles added/ret Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, Shannon 14 Nov 1996, seen 31 Dec 1996. Operated by GECC (registered Feb 1997) as N63050. To Gander 6.03.97/canc 8 Apr 1997. Operated by Air Liberté (registered 11 Apr 1997) as F-GJHQ. Leased 6.3, registration reserved 12 Mar 1997, new colours seen 8 Nov 1998 Orly, PegA 29 Dec 1998, seen 20 Feb 1999 white tail, seen at Toulouse, France 17 Oct 1999 white, Compaq, Non Stop titles, small Air Liberté sticker, interim colours seen 27 Feb 2000 Orly, seen 9 Jun 2000 full L'Esprit new colours, due returned Mar 2002. Renamed AirLib in Oct 2001. Seen in service Orly 25 Nov 2001 still Air Liberté col, Airlines ceased 6 Feb 2003, seen at Orly 15 Jun 2003, seen at Tucson 17 Oct 2003 still F-rgd. Operated by Pegasus Avtn (registered 7 Oct 2003) as N978PG. Seen at Tucson 26 Dec 2003, seen 8 Mar 2004 Air Liberté colours, old registration, seen Goodrich Everett 9 Jun 2004 registered in the USA, ferried PAE-KEDW-TUS 28-30 Mar 2005 "Aviation Fleet Solutions" titles, seen 15 Sep 2005 full colours, seen 4 Oct 2006 basic colours, ferried TUS-San José CR 11.02.07. still registered in the USA Pegasus Avtn I seen 24 Jun 2007 full EuroAir colours. Operated by EuroAir on 23 Jul 2007 as SX-BEV. Ferried Juan Santamaría International Airport to Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Spata-Artemida 23-25 Jul 2007, US registration cancelled 4 Sep 2007, stored Malmö Sturup Airport since Oct 2008, ferried Malmö Sturup Airport to Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Spata-Artemida 13 Apr 2009, to be N668SH with Pegasus Aviation. Operated by Pegasus Avtn in Apr 2009 as N668SH. Ferried Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Spata-Artemida to Tucson International Airport 18 Apr 2009 for storage. Operated by SBA AL-Santa Barbara Airlines on 25 Feb 2011 as YV485T. Ferried Tucson International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport 9 Oct 2009 registered in the USA, seen 11 Nov 2009 full colours, delivered Juan Santamaría International Airport to Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport 3 Dec 2009, but also repossessed Juan Santamaría International Airport to Miami International Airport 11 Dec 2009, seen at Miami International Airport 9 Jan 2010 full colours, still stored Miami International Airport 8 Apr 2010 full colours, delivered full colours Miami International Airport to Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport 25 Feb 2011, US registration cancelled 14 Mar 2011, YV-reg seen at Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport 14 Jun 2011, seen at Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport 1 Nov 2013 stored. Current status: stored.