Rolled off the BAe production line at Hatfield - 1984

Powered by four Textron Lycoming ALF502-R3 engines

First flown G-6-013 at Hatfield - February 21, 1984

Accepted by Air Pac Airlines at Hatfield - March 3, 1984

Entered onto the U. S. Aircraft Register as N146AP

Repossessed by British Aerospace and stored at Oklahoma City - May 16, 1986

Leased to Presidential Airways (USA) - August 1, 1986

Returned to British Aerospace - September 1986

Leased to Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) - December 15, 1986

PSA merged with US Air - April 9, 1988

Returned to British Aerospace - April 20, 1988

Leased to Westair Commuter Airlines (a United Express feeder airlines) - April 22, 1988

Withdrawn from service and stored - May 1988

Sub-leased to Aspen Airways (a United Express feeder airline) - 1988

Returned to British Aerospace - April 15, 1990

Cancelled from the U. S. Aircraft Register - June 20, 1990

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-6-013 - June 21, 1990

Leased to National Jet Systems (Australia) Pty Ltd - June 23, 1990

Departed Norwich on delivery flight to Adelaide - June 23, 1990

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJC - June 24, 1990

Registered to Sherrard Aviation Pty Ltd

Leased to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd as registered operator

Arrived Adelaide at conclusion of delivery flight - June 27, 1990

Entered service with National Jet - July 1, 1990

Operated by National Jet Systems for Australian Airlink - August 2, 1991

Operated first Airlink revenue service Brisbane-Mackay as TN218 - August 2, 1991

Aircraft was named 'City of Cairns'

Repainted into an experimental Qantas color scheme dubbed the 'milk-bottle' livery - August 1993

Sub-leased to Southern Australia Airlines - July 3, 1999

Operated first Southern Australia revenue service Canberra-Melbourne - July 3, 1999

Operated last Southern Australia revenue service Launceston-Melbourne as QF974 - August 28, 1999

Returned to Australian Airlink - August 28, 1999

Ferried Perth-Adelaide on termination of Australian Airlink sub-lease - February 9, 2002

Entered service with National Jet Adelaide-Moomba - February 11, 2002

Returned to QantasLink service on Perth-Newman route as QF1808 - May 19, 2002

Observed at Perth in all-white livery with National Jet titles and tail logo - December 22, 2002

Observed at Perth in all-white livery with National Jet titles and tail logo - November 11, 2003

Placed in short term storage at Perth - December 2003

Observed at Perth in full National Jet livery - May 16, 2004

Registered to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd - September 27, 2005

Ferried Adelaide-Perth in all-white livery with National Jet tail logo - March 11, 2007

National Jet Systems renamed Cobham Aviation Services Australia - March 1, 2009

Registered to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd, Adelaide - November 2, 2009

Leased to National Jet Express Pty Ltd as registered operator

Current with National Jet Express in full Cobham livery - 2011

VH-NJC. Australian Airlink - in the experimental livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1993.

VH-NJC. Australian Airlink - in the experimental livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1993.

 

VH-NJC. QantasLink - in the full livery at Adelaide Airport, February 2002.

VH-NJC. Cobham - in the National Jet livery at Perth Airport, March 2010.