Suburban Airlines   Shorts 360   N360SA                                 (c/n  3601)

                              

                                  This was the first production Shorts 360, a somewhat sleeker derivative of the boxy SD3-30, and
                                  Suburban were the launch customer, although I believe they only ever owned one other.   The air-
                                  craft was placed into service in November of 1982.   About this time the airline was facing stiff
                                  competition from People Express in Newark, and pulled out of that station, adding, however,
                                  Boston and Pittsburgh to the network.   Bob Garrard's shot (above) caught N360SA departing
                                  Ronald Reagan National Airport in March 1985.