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 Withdrawn from service at Cudal and prepared for return to the Lessor - October 1990 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 31, 1990 Entered onto the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Zealand as the registered operator Arrived Nelson on completion of the ferry flight from Australia - November 25, 1990 Withdrawn from use by Air Nelson - May 1991 Departed Nelson on the ferry flight to Argentina via the United States - May 16, 1991 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft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 |