VH-NJA. BAe 146-100. c/n E1004.


Built at Hatfield

Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-OBAF - May 28, 1981

Registered to British AeroSpace Systems

First flown as G-OBAF - August 29, 1982

Leased to Royal Air Force as ZD695 - September 16, 1983

Returned to British Aerospace at end of lease - March 29, 1985

Registered as G-5-04 - April 4, 1985

Leased to Dan-Air London Ltd - April 17, 1985

Reregistered as G-BRJS - April 23, 1985

Returned to British Aerospace at end of lease - November 15, 1985

Intended lease to British Caribbean Airways did not eventuate

Sale to Pacific Southwest Airlines did not proceed

Reregistered as G-5-537 - December 1986

Leased to Dan-Air London, Ltd - May 22, 1987 to June 7, 1987

Leased to SATA - July 27, 1987 to September 30, 1987

Reregistered as G-OJET - November 13, 1987

Leased to Manx Airlines - November 30, 1987 to November 3, 1992

Aircraft named 'King Harold 1237-1248'

Leased to Manx Airlines - April 1, 1993 to August 1994

Leased to Hamburg Airlines - September 18, 1994 to December 2, 1994

Withdrawn from use and stored at Lasham, Hampshire

Transferred to British Aerospace Management - July 1, 1996

Leased to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia - December 9, 1996

Cancelled from the U.K. Aircraft Register - December 9, 1996

Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MTA - December 9, 1996

Leased to National Jet Systems, Pty Ltd - May 31, 1998

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJA - July 23, 1998

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 6, 1998

Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-DEBJ - August 6, 1998

Leased to Debonair Airways - August 6, 1998 to December 2, 1998

Aircraft was named 'Little Koala'

Returned to National Jet Systems

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJA - January 11, 2000

Leased by Ansett Australia to operate Perth-Karratha-Perth service as AN320/323 - March 18, 2000

Leased by Ansett Australia to operate Perth-Karratha-Perth service as AN326/327 - March 18, 2000

Returned to National Jet Systems

Aircraft withdrawn from service - 2009

Scrapped at Adelaide Airport - May 2009


G-OBAF. BAF - in the basic livery at Hatfield Airport, July 1982.

G-BRJS. Dan-Air London - in a non-standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1985.

G-OJET. Manx - in the full livery at an unknown airport, January 1988.

PK-MTA. Merpati - in the full livery at Adelaide Airport, July 1997.

PK-MTA. Merpati - in the full livery at Adelaide Airport, July 1997.

 

VH-NJA. National Jet - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, December 2002.