VH-NJQ. BAe 146-200. c/n E2072.
Built for an order from Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), U.S.A. Rolled off the BAe production line at Hatfield - 1987 Powered by four Textron Lycoming ALF502-R5 engines Test registration markings G-5-072 applied to aircraft - March 19, 1987 First flown at Hatfield as G-5-072 - March 28, 1987 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNJI - April 28, 1987 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Test registration marks G-5-072 removed from the aircraft and G-BNJI applied - May 2, 1987 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 1, 1987 Test registration G-5-072 reapplied to the aircraft - June 1, 1987 Accepted by PSA at Hatfield - June 4, 1987 Test registration G-5-072 removed from the aircraft - June 5, 1987 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N366PS - June 6, 1987 Registered to US Air Leasing and Services Incorporated Leased to Pacific Southwest Airlines as registered operator Departed Hatfield on ferry flight to U.S.A. - June 10, 1987 Reregistered as N190US - March 1988 Pacific Southwest Airlines merged with US Air - April 9, 1988 Arrived Basel as HB-IXC carrying name 'De Fluesterjet vo Zueri' - June 16, 1990 Sold to Crossair (Switzerland) - June 17, 1990 Aircraft name removed - June 26, 1990 Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-IXC - June 1990 Operated first Crossair revenue service Baasle-Rome - July 8, 1990 Ferried Basle-East Midlands in full Crossair livery - December 15, 1993 Sold to British Aerospace Ltd - December 15, 1993 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNJI - December 15, 1993 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to CityJet (Ireland) - January 8, 1994 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-CTY - January 8, 1994 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to CityJet, Ireland as registered operator Observed at Dublin in full Virgin livery with CityJet titles - June 29, 1996 Operated its final CityJet service - July 16, 1996 Withdrawn from service and ferried Dublin-East Midlands on return to lessor - July 19, 1996 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNJI - July 19, 1996 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJQ - September 3, 1996 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to National Jet Systems, Adelaide as registered operator on behalf of QantasLink Ferried East Midlands-Cambridge in full Qantas AirLink livery - September 19, 1996 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 25, 1996 Departed Cambridge on delivery flight to Australia - September 25, 1996 Arrived Adelaide as QF2141 at conclusion of delivery flight - September 28, 1996 Operated first revenue service with AirLink - September 29, 1996 Sold to ANZ Investment Bank - February 1997 Operated first Australian air Express freight service - July 29, 1991 Sub-leased to Southern Australia Airlines in full Qantas AirLink livery - February 8, 2000 Operated first Southern revenue service Brisbane-Canberra as QF1849 - February 11, 2000 Returned to AirLink - February19, 2000 Operated final QantasLink revenue service Proserpine-Brisbane as QF1887 - September 3, 2003 Ferried Brisbane-Adelaide as QF6200 on return to National Jet Systems - September 3, 2003 Observed at Adelaide in all-white livery - September 15, 2003 Ferried Adelaide-Brisbane for storage in all-white livery with National Jet tail logo - November 9, 2003 Observed stored in the National Jet Systems hangar at Brisbane - November 28, 2003 Sold to Hemus Air (Bulgaria) Departed Brisbane on ferry flight to Sofia on delivery to Hemus Air - March 29, 2004 Arrived Sofia at conclusion of delivery flight as NC5504 - April 1, 2004 Delivery route: Brisbane-Adelaide-Port Headland-Jakarta-Phuket-Calcutta-Ahmadabad-Dubai- Luxor-Sofia Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 30, 2004 Entered onto the Bulgarian Aircraft Register as LZ-HBA - April 30, 2004 Observed in service at Sofia in full Hemus Air livery - May 30, 2004 Wet-leased to Blue Air (Romania) - November 12, 2006 Returned to Hemus Air - ? Damaged at Bacau (Romania) whilst operating flight Rome-Bacau - January 9, 2008 Nose wheel collapsed when aircraft slipped off the runway and hit a snow bank, damaging the front end All 89 passengers and crew were uninjured Observed in service at London Gatwick Airport following repairs - March 10, 2008 Current with Hemus Air - 2009 |
HB-IXC. Crossair - in the full livery at Basle Airport, May 1992. |
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VH-NJQ. Airlink - in the full Qantas livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2001. |
VH-NJQ. QantasLink - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, March 2002. |
LZ-HBA. Hemus Air - in the full livery at an unknown airport, June 2004. |
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