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Series 300

HK-1980X • HK-1980 • V2-LFL

J8-GAL
• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• HK-1980X de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date 05-Nov-1976. First flight 05-Nov-1976.

• HK-1980X Delivered to Aces Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia, 26-Nov-1976.

• HK-1980 Re registered as ACES Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia, Dates unknown.

• V2-LFL Sold to Carib Aviation, Antigua. Mar-2001. Ceased operations 30-Sep-2008.

• J8-GAL SVG Air, Saint Vincent.

Withdrawn from use at National Aerotech facility in Hampton, GA., by Aug-2012. By 15-Apr-2013 the aircraft had been mostly disassembled, with the cockpit/nose section used in the rebuild of MSN 139. The balance of the airframe remained at Hampton, presumably moving to Thomaston, GA when National Aerotech transferred their operations there.

• Parted out •

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Latest update

• Revised Format and updated data and three images added 09-Feb-2020 •
HK-1980 X of aces COLOMBIA.
Photo: Unknown photographer © February 1977 - Michael J. Ody Collection
HK-1980 at Bogota - SKBO, Colombia.
Photo: Unknown photographer © December 1977 - Erik Johannesson Collection
HK-1980 minus "X".
Photo: Unknown photographer © April 1984 - Michael J. Ody Collection
V2-LFL of carib aviation at Bridgetown - TBPO, Barbados.
Photos: Michael J. Ody © 01 May 2001 - Aird Archives
V2-LFL arriving at Saint Maartin - TNCM.
Photo: Aldo Bidini © 13 January 2007 - Erik Johannesson Collection
J8-GAL at Hampton - 4A7, Georgia.
Photo: Roger Botting © Date unknown
J8-GAL being picked clean at Hampton.
Photo: Nigel Prevett © 15 April 2013