- Pegasus Aviation Finance Company
Pegasus Aviation Finance Company is a US based
aircraft lessor formed in1988 and based inSan Francisco . It is one of the world's largest commercial aircraft lessors, with a fleet of over 200 aircraft.It has owned Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, c.n. 4582, N2189M, now N2731G, that has been associated with
rendition .*N2189M - Lockheed L-100-30 c.n. 4582 (registration no longer valid) [ [http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=2189M FAA registration database] ]
Lars Olausson 's entry for c.n. 4582 in the 25th edition of the "Lockheed Hercules Production List - 1954-2008" (self-published, Såtenäs, Sweden), reads: L-100-30 (Model 382-G-30C), delivered April1975 - Gabon Air Force TRK-KA, April1975 , same April1980 . Registered TR-KKA by August1981 , same, February1989 . Sold toPegasus Aviation , registered N2189M,1989 , registered toAlaska World Trade Corporation ,Anchorage, Alaska , January1990 , same, March1990 . Registered toFlight Cargo Leasing ,Dover, Delaware , April1990 , same, September1990 . Leased toTepper Aviation [fromRapid Air Trans (?), June1990 (?)] . As of January1992 , marked in overall white w/ a blue line, no markings, blister on top of fwd. fuselage. Flights toRiga andKiev , February1992 . AsRapid Air Trans , November1993 , same January1994 . ToPegasus Aviation , February1995 , same, May1997 . CarryingTepper Aviation titles, June1998 . AtBasra , May2004 , no titles as of October2005 . N2189M registration passed toJJS&D, LLC , 824 Market Street, Suite 1000,Wilmington, Delaware , 19899-1680, registration date07 Dec 2006 ; reregistered N2731G to JSS&D, January2007 . N2731G was previously assigned to a York, Pennsylvania-registered Cessna 182B, c.n. 52031, registered June 28, 1996, and delisted as destroyed.
*N8183J - Lockheed L-100-30 c.n. 4796 -Lars Olausson 's entry for c.n. 4796 in the 25th edition of the "Lockheed Hercules Production List - 1954-2008" (self-published, Såtenäs, Sweden), reads: L-100-30 (Model 382G-39C), delivered November1978 and sold toSafair , November1978 . Leased toSCIBE ,Zaire , registered 9Q-CBJ, November1978 . Stored atBrussels by October1988 , same January1989 . Registered toPegasus Aviation as N123GA, January1989 . Registered toRapid Air Trans as N8183J, February1989 , operated byAero International . Leased toTepper Aviation , December1989 ?, same, March1990 . As of April1993 , white overall, no titles. Operation for U.S. government, October1993 , same, November2004 . Registration N8183J transferred toQ2P, L.L.C. ,Wilmington, Delaware , October2006 . Registration changed to N2679C, November2006 , TA on tail, November2006 . Operation by Tepper, March2007 . (Lars Olausson , Production List, April2008 , 26th Ed., page 95).ee also
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Aero Contractors (US)
*Air America
*Rendition aircraft
*Tepper Aviation References
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Lars Olausson , "Lockheed Hercules Production List - 1954-2008" - 25th ed., Såtenäs, Sweden, April 2007. Self-published. NoISBN , pages 84, 95.External links
* [http://www.pegasusaviation.com/ Official site]
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