Ben Air Shed in Belfast

[El Bunto]

Lovely to have a 360 back in NI, arrived at Aldergrove yesterday. Running a late night outbound with return around 02:30.

Anyone know the other end? Presumably a Royal Mail contract for the Christmas season.

Thanks!

[clarkieboy]

There was one in EDI tonight, around 01h00, if that helps? Took me back to our Loganair mailie days!Cheers!

[El Bunto]

That'll be the one! Cheers :)

[Newforest2]

Presumably OY-MUG?

Photos: Short 360-300 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Benair)/Short-360-300/1781804/M/)

[petesevenseven]

I Remember OY-MUG quite well I flew her on many dark and stormy occasions..

A good tidy old girl and Ben Air does take great care of her:ok:

[El Bunto]

Seems that the a/c is OY-PBW. Formerly operated in Australia before tromping up to Denmark. Apparently Ben Air still have three Sheds flying!

It's a UK crew for the Belfast operation; can't be many pilots still current.

[RTN11]

Indeed, it seems they've convinced some people to pay to get rated on them.

[El Bunto]

callum asked:

Does the 360 share a common type rating with the skyvan?

I'll probably mangle this ( I'm not a pilot ) but back in the 1990s a chap called Paul ran the training in Belfast. Whilst the Skyvan and SD3x0 were covered in the same ground-school I believe the pilots had to 'select' their type rating for the flying bit, which suggests that they weren't common.


Not sure what's happening with the Ben Air 360, it flew two returns to Edinburgh at the start of last week and has sat on its wheel ever since. Perhaps only a Mon / Tue contract; can they really make money with that.

[Parson]

Does anyone still do a TR on the 360?

[clarkieboy]

Two of them at EDI tonight, OY-MUG and OY-PBW, for you shed fans out there!Cheers!

[EDMJ]

Apparently Ben Air still have three Sheds flying!
Two of them at EDI tonight, OY-MUG and OY-PBW,

Third one = OY-PBV