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    Airframe Family: Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Company (NAMC) YS-11
    Latest Model:YS-11A-500
    Construction Number:2051
    Last Civil Registration:9Q-CYS
    Compressed ID:Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Compa...
    Latest Owner or Location:Trans Air Cargo Service

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    Dates

    Event

    1967

    Constructed as a YS-11A-500.

    1 December 1967

    To NAMC with new c/r JA8687.
    Operated with markings: Sakura

    12 June 1978

    To Piedmont Airlines with new c/r N158P.

    March 1979

    Leased to Pinehurst Airlines.

    13 April 1979

    To Airborne Express keeping c/r N158P.

    September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: A new propliner type introduced to USA during the late 1970s was the NAMC YS-11, purchased from Japanese airlines. Pinehurst Airways flew them as freighters on contract to Airborne Charter Express. N158P at Wilmington, Ohio September 1979

    November 1981

    To Airborne Express with new c/r N911AX.

    March 1989

    To ABX Air keeping c/r N911AX.

    1997

    Withdrawn from use.

    2003

    To Gabon Express with new c/r 3C-QRM.

    To Gabon Express with new c/r 3D-CYS.

    2004

    To Trans Air Cargo Service with new c/r 9Q-CYS.

    18 September 2014


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: 2014 photo at Rand-Geriston Airport, Gauteng, South Africa
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