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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
N140SA
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Series 300

N387EX • N140SA • TI-BDZ

N140SA

• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• N387EX de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 03-Oct-1969. First flight 15-Oct-1969.

• N387EX MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL Delivered 30-Oct-1969.

• N387EX GATX Armco Booth. Regd 30-Oct-1969.

• N387EX Leased to Executive Airlines, Boston, MA. Regd 30-Oct-1969.

Airworthiness date: 10-Nov-1969.

Note: Executive Airlines ceased operations Dec-1973 and N387EX was one of several Twin Otters that returned to Downsview in early 1974. It is unclear where this aircraft was from Apr-1974 till joining Anchorage Helicopters in Apr-1976.

• N387EX Returned to GATX-Armco-Booth, Dec-1973

Noted at Downsview, ON 30-Apr-1974.

• N387EX Cordon International Corporation. Regd 30-Apr-1976.

• N387EX Sold to Anchorage Helicopter Service. Regd 30-Apr-1976.

• N387EX Returned to Cordon International Corporation. Regd 1977.

• N387EX Leased to Air New England, Boston, MA. Regd 06-Feb-1977.

• N387EX Air New England, Boston, MA. Regd 31-Mar-1977.

Note: Last service; Boston, MA - Waterville, ME - Augusta, ME - Boston, MA 31-Oct-1981. Withdrawn from use & parked at Marana, AZ Nov-1981 & noted there by 05-Nov-1981.

• N387EX Sold to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 05-Nov-1982.

Noted at Carlsbad, CA 13-Jun-1983 for Vistaliner conversion.

• N140SA Re-regd to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. Regd Oct-1983.

• N140SA Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV], Regd Nov-1993.

• N140SA Scenic/Skywest Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. Regd Nov-1993.

• N140SA Change of name to Scenic / Eagle Canyon Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 1996.

• N140SA Scenic Airways, Las Vegas, NV. 02-Oct-1997.

• N140SA Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Eagle Canyon Airlines, Las Vegas, NV] 23-Dec-1998

• N140SA Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Canyon Leasing, Las Vegas, NV]. Jan-2002. Regd 05-Mar-2002.

• N140SA Leased to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. Eagle Canyon Leasing, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 07-Oct-2003.

• N140SA. Regd 29-Jan-2008.

• N140SA Lease continued to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. (Diamond Bar, Kirkland, WA.) 29-Jan-2008.

• N140SA Diamond Bar, Kirkland, WA. Canx 07-Dec-2010 to Costa Rica.

• TI-BDZ Leased to Nature Air, San Jose, Costa Rica. Dec-2010.

Airworthiness date 03-May-2015.

• N140SA Grand Canyon Airlines, Grand Canyon, AZ. (Diamond Bar LLC., Kirkland, WA). Regd 18-Mar-2016.

• C-GABU Sold to Unity Group Canada Ltd., Airdrie, AB. 10-Apr-2019. Regd 09-May-2019.

• Current •

N387EX brand new at Downsview - CYZD.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © October 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N387EX at Anchorage - PANC.
Photo: L. Hayes © 03 December 1975 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N387EX devoid of titles.
Photo: Unknown photographer © November 1976 - Erik Johannesson Collection
N387EX ex AirNewEngland "687" at Marana - KMZJ.
Photo: U. Vicenzi © September 1982 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N387EX devoid of titles, at Las Vegas - KLAS, Nevada.
Photo: Lewis Grant © 02 April 1983 - Aird Archives
N140SA after conversion for Scenic, at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Photo: C. Stewart © 04 February 1984 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N140SA with some additional titles on the engine.
Photo: D. Dunsmore © April 1984 - Michael J. Ody Collection
TI-BDZ of Nature Air at San José - MGSJ, Guatemala.
Photo: Udo Schaefer © 2012 - Erik Johannesson Collection