Ireland Airways was founded in 1991, and ceased operations 12 Feb 1998. This aircraft operated for them since Jul 1995, moving on to Westair Cargo, also from Ireland, after the airline's demise in Feb 1998. But it soon ended up in storage here at Dinard, and judging from the fact that it still has its Ireland Airways titles in this 1999 photo it may never actually have operated for Westair. Its final fate is unclear, but it was almost certainly scrapped here in 2001 or 2002.

Pictured parked up at EDI. Taken at dusk and scanned from an old high iso neg, sorry about the poor quality.

Originally served Mohawk Airlines, the launch customer for the FH-227 in 1966, operating in the north eastern US, then Paraense in Brazil and Nordair in Canada. Seen here in storage, the rudder gives away the previous operator, Malmo Aviation. A couple of months later became EI-CLF for Ireland Airways but operation did not begin. Seized at Cork then wfu at Dinard from 1999 and later broken up

Nordair bought this FH-227 from Fairchild in 1971. Previously with Mohawk (N7802M) and Paraense Transportes Aereos (PP-BUK), it was sold shortly after Nordair merged with Canadian Airlines.