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VH-NJQ. British Aerospace 146-200. c/n E2072.
Was also registered as: G-BNJI; N366PS; N190US; HB-IXC;
EI-CTY; LZ-HBA.
This aircraft was 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 'G-5-072' was applied to the aircraft - March 19, 1987 First flown at Hatfield as 'G-5-072' - March 28, 1987 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNJI (CofR G-BNJI/R1) - April 28, 1987 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd, Hatfield Test registration 'G-5-072' was removed from the aircraft and 'G-BNJI' applied - May 02, 1987 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 01, 1987 The test registration 'G-5-072' was reapplied to the aircraft - June 01, 1987 It was accepted by PSA at Hatfield - June 04, 1987 The test registration 'G-5-072' was removed from the aircraft - June 05, 1987 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N366PS - June 06, 1987 Registered to US Air Leasing and Services Incorporated Leased to Pacific Southwest Airlines as the registered operator Departed Hatfield on the ferry flight to the United States - June 10, 1987 Reregistered as N190US - March 1988 Pacific Southwest Airlines merged with US Air - April 09, 1988 The aircraft was withdrawn from service - ? It arrived at Basel as 'HB-IXC' carrying the ame 'De Fluesterjet vo Zueri' - June 16, 1990 Sold to Crossair (Switzerland) - June 17, 1990 The aircraft's name was removed - June 26, 1990 Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-IXC - June 1990 Operated its first Crossair revenue service Basle - Rome - July 08, 1990 Ferried Basle - East Midlands in the Crossair livery - December 15, 1993 Sold to British Aerospace Ltd - December 15, 1993 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNJI (CofR G-BNJI/R2) - December 15, 1993 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to CityJet (Ireland) - January 08, 1994 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-CTY - January 08, 1994 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to CityJet, Ireland as the registered operator It was observed at Dublin in the Virgin livery with 'CityJet' titles - June 29, 1996 Operated its final CityJet revenue service - July 16, 1996 Withdrawn from service and ferried Dublin - East Midlands on return to the lessor - July 19, 1996 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BNJI (CofR G-BNJI/R3) - July 19, 1996 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd, Hatfield Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJQ - September 03, 1996 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd, Hatfield Leased to National Jet Systems, Adelaide as the registered operator on behalf of QantasLink Ferried East Midlands - Cambridge in the Qantas AirLink livery - September 19, 1996 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 25, 1996 Departed Cambridge on the ferry flight to Australia as QF2141 - September 25, 1996 It arrived Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the ferry flight - September 28, 1996 Operated its first revenue service with AirLink - September 29, 1996 Sold to ANZ Investment Bank - February 1997 Sub-leased to Southern Australia Airlines in the Qantas AirLink livery - February 08, 2000 Operated its first Southern Australia revenue service Brisbane - Canberra as QF1849 - February 11, 2000 Returned to Qantas AirLink - February19, 2000 Operated its final QantasLink revenue service Proserpine - Brisbane as QF1887 - September 03, 2003 Ferried Brisbane - Adelaide (West Beach) on return to National Jet Systems as QF6200 - September 03, 2003 It was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) in an all-white livery - September 15, 2003 Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Brisbane for storage in all-white livery with National Jet tail logo - November 09, 2003 It was observed stored in the National Jet Systems hangar at Brisbane - November 28, 2003 Sold to Hemus Air (Bulgaria) Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to to Bulgaria as NC5504 - March 29, 2004 It arrived at Sofia on completion of the ferry flight - April 01, 2004 Ferry 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 It was observed in service at Sofia in the 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 09, 2008 The nose wheel collapsed when the aircraft slipped off the runway and hit a snow bank, damaging the front end The 89 passengers and crew onboard were uninjured It was observed in service at London (Gatwick) following repairs - March 10, 2008 Current with Hemus Air |
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N190US. US Air - in the 'PSA' livery at an unknown airport, May 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-255.) |
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HB-IXC. Crossair - in the standard livery at Basle Airport, May 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-190.) |
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VH-NJQ. AirLink - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-031.) |
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VH-NJQ. QantasLink - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-095.) |
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LZ-HBA. Hemus Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-209.) |
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LZ-HBA. Hemus Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-256.) |
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LZ-HBA. Hemus Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-313.) |