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Withdrawn from service and ferried Dublin-East Midlands on return to lessor - July 19, 1996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.

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.