Dash 8-100 · DHC-8-100 MSN 53

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Airbus A300B4-2C, serial number 53, first flight 16 Aug 1977. Delivered to Lufthansa on 29 Sep 1977, registered D-AIBA. Leased to Air Algerie on 16 Mar 1981. Returned 1 Jan 1985. Leased to Viasa on 21 Sep 1987 as YV160C. Modified (*203). Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, converted to B4-203 Aug 1987, returned Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group Dec 1994 seen white 5 Feb 1995 Caracas parked, Mobile Airlines 13 Jun 1995 white. Leased to Pan Am in Nov 1996 as N6254X. Registered in the USA First Security Bank of Utah Mar 1996, seen at Mobile 17 Aug 1996 white, N863PA not taken up, SC returned Jun 1997, seen Opa-L 14 Feb 1998, seen 22 Apr 1998 full Pan Am colours parked, ferried Gander-Manch 27 Jun 1998 full Pan Am colours, Filton 29 Jun 1998 white, seen Oct 1998 not (yet) freighter conversion, seen with reg's N6254X and C-CICD 14 Dec 1999, lease to Andrés Miguel Salazar Marcano Airport, Isla de Coche not taken up. Operated by Tradewinds International on 1 Apr 2000. Converted to freighter. Converted to F at Filton, first flight 17 Dec 1999, seen 19 Feb 2000 white, airtest 29 Mar 2000 Filton full colours, ferried to Portsmouth 30 Mar 2000, First Security Bank owned by, due returned Apr 2002. Leased to Tradewinds International on 7 Sep 2000 as N501TR. Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International 26 Nov 2001, arrived Filton for maintenance 28 Dec 2001, seen parked after maintenance 8 Jan 2002, back in service 1 Feb 2002, registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 31 Jul 2002, owned by Tradewinds 29 Apr 2005, owned by Solwesi Airport 23 Sep 2008, seen at Miami International Airport Transcarga Int'l Airways colour scheme 17 Oct 2009, returned Tradewinds Jul 2010. Operated by Mastertop Lineas Aereas on 30 Jul 2010. Leased to Transcarga on 16 Nov 2010. Operated by Skylease Cargo on 9 May 2012. Seen at Orlando Sanford International Airport inside broken up area 14 Feb 2013, owned by Intrepid Aviation Group 29 Dec 2012, cancelled 13 May 2015 withdrawn from use, Niagara Falls International Airport Ventures 1 Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 22 Jul 2015, seen withdrawn from use 26 May 2016, gone by Mar 2023. Current status: scrapped.

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Airbus A380-863F, serial number 53. Delivered to NOT BUILT. FedEx not taken up.

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Airbus A350-941, serial number 53, first flight 28 Oct 2016. Delivered to Cathay Pacific on 2 Dec 2016, registered B-LRG. Roll(ed) out as F-WZFP Jun 2016, F-WZFB by Oct 2016 at first flight. Current status: in service.

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ATR 42-300, serial number 53, first flight 27 Aug 1987. Delivered to RFG on 16 Sep 1987, registered F-ODSH. Operated by RFG on 22 Mar 1988 as D-BCRN. Owned by A Knauf, owned by Rooke Field, Refugio Feb 1992. Merged into Eurowings on 1 Jan 1993. Sold to Fr 22 Dec 1997. Operated by Israir as 4X-ATN. Aripuanã Airport F-rgd 22 Dec 1997, seen at Montpell 12 Jan 1998 full EW colours (mix 080), seen in service Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo-Sde-Dov, Israel 8 Apr 2012, seen stored Tel Aviv-Yafo-Sde-Dov, Israel 29 Aug 2012, returned in service by Jan 2013, fd SDV--Blytheville Arkansas International Airport, Blytheville 13-17 Mar 2013 to be withdrawn from use for parts, not seen May 2016 presum broken up. Current status: scrapped.

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Airbus A320-231, serial number 53, first flight 25 Apr 1989. Delivered to GPA/Braniff Airways on 6 Sep 1989, registered N902BN. PanAm ntu/ret Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group 29 Dec 1989, stored LVG, Guasopa Airport, Woodlark (Muyua) Island. Operated by GPA/America West on 28 Sep 1990 as N621AW. Re-registered 27 Feb 1991. Transferred to US Airways on 20 May 2007. Operated by American Airlines on 10 Dec 2013. Merged, withdrawn from use and arrived at Phoenix Goodyear Airport 26 Sep 2014, ferried to Tucson International Airport 5 Nov 2014, seen stored 25 Jul 2015. Operated by Global Airways on 29 Jul 2016 as ZS-GAR. Global bought 10 Sep 2015 ex Wilmington Trust Company, Global Aircraft Support Group 14 Sep 2015 filed 26 Feb 2016, 5 Apr 2016, ferried Tucson International Airport to Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 11-15 Jul 2016, cancelled 25 Jul 2016 to ZS-, Sunrise Airways leased 6 Jun 2017, returned to Global Airways Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 11 Jul 2018, ferried Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa to Antalya International Airport 10 Jun 2019 leased to Corendon Airlines, returned Antalya International Airport to Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 01-2 Nov 2019. Wet-leased to Lift Airlines on 8 Dec 2020. Leased to Uganda Airlines on 10 May 2024. Returned due to expected regulatory issues 30 Oct 2024. Leased to Lift on 30 Oct 2024. Operated by Global Avtn. Current status: in service.