ZK-NZD British Aerospace 146-300

This aircraft was originally built as a Series 100 aircraft

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-SSSH (CofR G-SSSH/R1) - March 23, 1981

Registered to British Aerospace Ltd

First flown as G-SSSH - September 03, 1981

Operated its final flight as a Series 100 aircraft - August 07, 1986

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - April 09, 1987

Converted to the Series 300 prototype

First flown as the Series 300 prototype as 'G-5-300' - May 01, 1987

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-LUXE (CofR G-LUXE/R1) - April 09, 1987

Registered to British Aerospace Ltd

Rolled out at Hatfield as 'ZK-NZD' in the Ansett New Zealand livery for publicity purposes - May 30, 1989

Registration G-LUXE reapplied soon thereafter

First flown as G-LUXE in the standard Ansett New Zealand livery - June 02, 1989

Demonstrated at the Paris Air Show by BAe in the standard Ansett New Zealand livery - June 1989

Repainted into an all-white livery - 1991

Transferred to BAe Flight Test Centre, Woodford in all-white livery

Aircraft carried various titles and logos until it was stripped of all paint - July 2001

Converted to an atmospheric research platform

Directflight Ltd, Cranfield Aerospace and Avalon Aero Ltd subcontracted by BAe Systems to operate

aircraft on behalf of joint NERC/Met Office Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements

Carried out test and instrument calibration flights from Cambridge Airport - March 2003

Based at Cranfield Airport - May 10, 2004

Undergoing instrument changes for the Intercontinental Transport of Pollutants campaign to be based in

The Azores - July 2004

Current with Directflight

G-LUXE. British Aerospace - in the original demonstrator livery at Hatfield Airport, April 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-576.)

G-LUXE. British Aerospace - in the original demonstrator livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, June 1987.

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G-LUXE. British Aerospace - in the original demonstator livery at Woodford Airport, July 04, 1987.

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G-LUXE. British Aerospace - in the revised demonstrator livery at an unknown airport, September 1988.

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G-LUXE. British Aerospace - in the revised demonstrator livery at unknown airport, September 1988.

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G-LUXE. Ansett New Zealand - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, June 1989.

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G-LUXE. Ansett New Zealand - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, June 1989.

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G-LUXE. FAAM - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-698.)

G-LUXE. FAAM - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2007.

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G-LUXE. Directflight - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 21, 2015.

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G-LUXE. Directflight - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 21, 2015.

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G-LUXE. Directflight - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 21, 2015.

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G-LUXE. Directflight - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 21, 2015.