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    Airframe Family: Short SC-7 Skyvan / SD3 / 330 / 360 / C-23 Sherpa
    Latest Model:C-23C Sherpa
    Last Military Serial:93-01319 US
    Construction Number:SH.3629
    Last Civil Registration:N913SB
    Compressed ID:Short C-23C sn 93-01319 US cn SH.36...
    Latest Owner or Location:Henry Post Army Air Field, Fort Sill, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    1983

    Constructed as a SD3-60.

    1983

    First flight.
    Test flown by Short Brothers as G-14-3629.

    12 October 1983

    To Short Brothers, Belfast, Northern Ireland with new c/r G-BKZS.

    6 December 1983

    Civil registration, G-BKZS, cancelled.
    Exported to USA.

    17 December 1983

    To Sunbelt Airlines, Camden, AR with new c/r N913SB.

    June 1985

    Leased to Simmons Airlines, Marquette County Airport, Negaunee, MI.

    28 February 1986

    To Citicorp Nevada keeping c/r N913SB.

    April 1990

    Leased to Allegheny Commuter Airlines, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, VA.

    4 April 1996

    To Shorts Aircraft Delivery, Inc keeping c/r N913SB.

    Converted to a C-23B+.
    New construction number, SH.3403/AK003, assigned to the airframe.
    Converted by Bombardiers West Virginia Air Center in Bridgeport, WV.

    12 August 1996

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 93-01319.

    Circa August 1996

    Transferred to Company F, 192nd Aviation Regiment, Detachment 2, ARNG, Quonset State Airport, RI.

    After October 1998

    Transferred to Alaska Army National Guard.

    2003

    Converted to a C-23C.

    7 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    7 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    19 May 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    19 May 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    19 May 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    November 2013

    Assigned to Henry Post Army Air Field, Fort Sill, OK for storage.
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    An preliminary review of the submitted data is pending.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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