VH-OLH. SAAB 340A. c/n 069.

 

This aircraft was built by Saab Aircraft AB, Linkoping, Sweden - 1986

First flown with the test registration 'SE-E69' - September 10, 1986

The intended sale to Chicago Air as 'N340CL' was not taken up

Ownership transferred to Saab Aircraft Holdings, Inc, Linkoping, Sweden - October 03, 1986

Registered as 'SE-E69' to Saab Aircraft Holdings Inc - October 21, 1986

Leased to Swedair, Stockholm as the registered operator - November 11, 1986

Returned to Lessor at the end of the lease - December 11, 1986

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N69LP - March 1987

Registered to Saab Aircraft Holdings Inc

Leased to Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA) as the registered operator

Returned to Lessor at the end of the lease - 1989

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ?

Arrived Cudal, Australia as 'SE-E69' on completion of the ferry flight - May 23, 1990

Leased to Hazelton Air Services Pty Ltd, Cudal, N. S. W. - May 24, 1990

Cancelled from the Swedish Aircraft register - June 08, 1990

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OLH - June 08, 1990

Registered to Saab Aircraft Credit Inc, Linkoping, Sweden

Leased to Hazelton Air Services Pty Ltd, Cudal, N. S. W. as the registered operator

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Withdrawn from service at Cudal and prepared for return to the Lessor - October 1990

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 31, 1990

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-FXC - November 02, 1990

Registered to Saab Aircraft Leasing, Sweden

Leased to Air Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand as the registered operator

Arrived Nelson on completion of the ferry flight from Australia - November 25, 1990

Withdrawn from use by Air Nelson - May 1991

Departed Nelson on the ferry flight to Argentina via the United States - May 16, 1991

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - May 22, 1991

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N69LP - May 1991

Registered to Saab Aircraft Leasing, Sweden

Leased to Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA), Buenos Aires, Argentina as the registered operator

Returned to Lessor at the end of the lease and stored at Nashville, Tennessee - December 1996

Sold to Lambert Leasing Inc, U. S. A. - September 12, 1997

Leased to Lineas Aereos Kaiken SA, Argentina as the registered operator - September 12, 1997

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 12, 1997

Entered onto the Argentine Aircraft Register as LV-PMZ - September 26, 1997

Registered to Lambert Leasing Inc, U. S. A.

The aircraft was named 'El Yagen'

Departed Nashville on the ferry flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina - September 27, 1997

Reposessed by Lambert Leasing and ferried to Nashville for storage - February 2000

Cancelled from the Argentinean Aircraft Register - February 2000

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N69LP - February 25, 2000

Leased to Field Aviation, Calgary for use as test airframe for freighter conversion - December 08, 2001

Converted to a freight configuration by Field Aviation - 2002

Ferried Calgary - Bangor (Maine) for a demonstration tour - September 05, 2002

Reregistered as N340SL - October 28, 2002

Leased to Castle Aviation as the registered operator - October 28, 2002

It was observed parked at the IBC Airways ramp at Miami Airport, Florida - April 30, 2005

Returned to Saab Aircraft Leasing, Nashville, Tennessee - July 29, 2005

Sold to IBC Airways, Miami, Florida - September 07, 2005

Registered to IBC Airways, Miami, Florida - September 08, 2005

Reregistered as N641BC - November 17, 2005

Sold to JAH N641BC LLC, Miami, Florida - November 16, 2011

Leased to IBC Airways as the registered operator

Current with IBC Airways