N986HA deHavilland Canada Dash 8-202 US Air Express (Piedmont Airlines) MIA 27JAN99
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 15-Jun-16.
Operated by Piedmont Airlines on behalf of US Air.
Some people may wonder why there is an Iberia DC-9 in the background if this is Miami. Iberia based DC-9's and later MD-87's at Miami to provide Caribbean connections from their Madrid / Miami B747 services.
Fleet No: "HHA"
First flown in Dec-95 with the deHavilland Canada test registration C-GFYI, this aircraft had been ordered by Horizon Air but the order was cancelled and it was stored. It was leased to Piedmont Airlines as N986HA in Apr-96 and operated for US Air Express.
US Air Express was renamed US Airways Express in Feb-97. The aircraft continued in service until it was stored at Calgary, Alberta, Canada in Mar-04 when US Airways filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
It was returned to the lessor in Sep-04 and remained in storage until it was leased to Air Niugini as P2-ANZ in Jun-05. The aircraft operated for Air Niugini for 9 years, it was returned to the lessor in Sep-14 and was stored again at Calgary.
It was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest in Jul-15 becoming N986HA again. The aircraft was ferried to Denver-Centennial Airport, Colorado, USA in Oct-15 and stored.
In Nov-16 the aircraft was sold to the Sierra Nevada Corporation and converted for airborne reconnaissance. It operates in all white livery of behalf of the US Air Force 645 Aeronautical Systems Group. Current, updated 01-Sep-24.
N986HA deHavilland Canada Dash 8-202 US Air Express (Piedmont Airlines) MIA 27JAN99
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 15-Jun-16.
Operated by Piedmont Airlines on behalf of US Air.
Some people may wonder why there is an Iberia DC-9 in the background if this is Miami. Iberia based DC-9's and later MD-87's at Miami to provide Caribbean connections from their Madrid / Miami B747 services.
Fleet No: "HHA"
First flown in Dec-95 with the deHavilland Canada test registration C-GFYI, this aircraft had been ordered by Horizon Air but the order was cancelled and it was stored. It was leased to Piedmont Airlines as N986HA in Apr-96 and operated for US Air Express.
US Air Express was renamed US Airways Express in Feb-97. The aircraft continued in service until it was stored at Calgary, Alberta, Canada in Mar-04 when US Airways filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
It was returned to the lessor in Sep-04 and remained in storage until it was leased to Air Niugini as P2-ANZ in Jun-05. The aircraft operated for Air Niugini for 9 years, it was returned to the lessor in Sep-14 and was stored again at Calgary.
It was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest in Jul-15 becoming N986HA again. The aircraft was ferried to Denver-Centennial Airport, Colorado, USA in Oct-15 and stored.
In Nov-16 the aircraft was sold to the Sierra Nevada Corporation and converted for airborne reconnaissance. It operates in all white livery of behalf of the US Air Force 645 Aeronautical Systems Group. Current, updated 01-Sep-24.