VH-CZV. Boeing 737-33A. c/n 23831-1471.
Ordered new by Nordress Ltd - December 1986 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - October 1987 Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-OBMA - October 23, 1987 Registered to Nordress Ltd First flown as G-OBMA - November 3, 1987 Accepted by Nordress Ltd at Seattle - November 18, 1987 Leased to British Midland Airways - November 18, 1987 Departed Seattle on delivery flight to U.K. - November 18, 1987 Operated first revenue service with British Midland - November 1987 Returned to Nordress Ltd at end of lease and stored at East Midlands Airport - November 17, 1992 Leased to British Midland Airways - February 15, 1993 Returned to Nordress Ltd - October 1993 Leased to Ansett Australia - November 16, 1993 Finance provided by Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp Cancelled from U.K. Aircraft Register - November 16, 1993 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZV - November 16, 1993 Departed Heathrow on delivery flight to Dothan, Al for conversion to Ansett specs - November 16, 1993 Departed Dothan on delivery flight to Australia as AN5981 - December 12, 1993 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - December 16, 1993 Delivery route: Dothan-San Diego-Hilo (overnight)-Apia-Nadi-Melbourne Flight crew: Capts J. Snowball, B. Weiler; F/O C. Bird; Support crew: D. Jarvis, J. Stribling, M. Antoniou Operated first Ansett revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane - December 18, 1993 When cracks were discovered in forward bulkhead it was decided repairs to be done at Brisbane Ferried Melbourne-Brisbane unpressurised - December 12, 2000 Test flown at Brisbane after completion of repairs and returned to service same day - May 31, 2001 Operated final revenue Ansett service Melbourne-Sydney as AN110 - September 13, 2001 Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Stored at Sydney Airport Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as AN4041 - May 24, 2002 Aircraft had flown 37,490 hours with 31,169 cycles - June 27, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 7, 2003 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N190FH - March 11, 2003 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Departed Melbourne as SXA149 on ferry flight to U.S.A. for storage - March 13, 2003 Ferry route: Melbourne-Pago Pago-Honolulu-Mojave Sold to Ansett Australia Ltd - June 16, 2003 Sold to Dart Group Plc - June 16, 2003 Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - June 17, 2003 Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-CELC - July 4, 2003 Departed Mojave on ferry flight to England as SXA167 - July 23, 2003 Arrived Bournemouth at conclusion of ferry flight in full Ansett livery - July 24, 2003 Ferry route: Mojave-Columbus-Gander-Bournemouth Ferried Bournemouth-Lasham as EXS912E for C-Check - August 29, 2003 Ferried Lasham-Southend as EXS915E for painting in full Jet 2 livery - October 1, 2003 Ferried Southend-Lasham as EXS922E in Jet 2 livery - October 9, 2003 Aircraft was named 'Prague' Ferried Lasham-Leeds as EXS937P in preparation to entering service - October 13, 2003 Operated first Jet 2 revenue service Leeds-Alicante - October 15, 2003 Aircraft renamed 'Joe Whiley' and seen as such at Manchester - June 5, 2006 Current with Jet 2 - November 2008 |
G-OBMA. British Midland - in the full livery at East Midland Airport, December 1987. |
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VH-CZV. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1994. |
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N190FH. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Mojave Airport, July 2003. |
G-CELC. Jet 2 - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, June 2006. |