This aircraft was built by Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Limited, Woodford, Manchester, England - 1971

First flown with the test registration 'G-11-9' - May 07, 1971

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AYYG (CofR 12188/R1) - May 10, 1971

Registered to Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, Manchester

The Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - May 24, 1971

The aircraft was retained as a company demonstrator

This aircraft was displayed at the Paris Airshow as the company demonstrator - May 27 - June 07, 1971

Departed Woodford on a demonstation flight tour of South and North America - June 1971

Visited: Aruba - El Salvador - Hoonduras - Nicaragua - United States (New Orleans - Cleveland - Detroit -

White Plains) - Canada (Montreal - Ottawa - Timmins - Moosonee - Gaspe)

Arrived at Woodford via Goose Bay and Reykjavik on completion of this tour - August 05, 1971

Deployed as the support aircraft for the HS-125-600 tropical trials held in Spain (Madrid) - September 08 - 10, 1971

Embarked on a sales tour of Africa - November 08 - December 03, 1971

Departed Woodford on a second sales tour of the United States - June 03, 1972

Visited: Buffalo - Wilmington - Baltimore - Reading - Memphis - Killeen - Dallas (Houston) - Philadelphia -

Atlanta - Hilton Head - Carbondale - Springfield - Chicago - St Louis and other smaller towns

Deployed as the support aircraft on the Harrier sales tour of the Middle East and India - August 11 - 25, 1972

Embarked on another sales tour of the United States and Canada - September 01 - October 1972

Demonstrated to Wideroe Flyveselskap, Norway - November 24, 1972

Embarked on a sales tour of Africa - February 15 - March 13, 1973

Carried out grass landing trials at Coventry - October 17, 1973

Registered to Dakota and South Bend Securities (CofR G-AYYG/R2) - November 21, 1973

The intended lease to Dakota and South Bend Services, London was not taken up

The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Woodford

The aircraft was displayed at the Woodford Airshow - June 26, 1976

Registered to Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, Manchester (CofR G-AYYG/R3) - September 21, 1976

Sold to Mount Cook Airline, New Zealand - September 1976

Arrived at Christchurch having completed its ferry flight to New Zealand - October 07, 1976

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 07, 1976

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCF - October 12, 1976

Registered to Mount Cook Airline, Christchurch

The aircraft was named 'Te Wai Pounamu' (a place of greenstone - common Maori name for NZ South Island)

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Registered to The Mount Cook Group Limited, Christchurch - February 07, 1978

Departed New Zealand on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - June 10, 1978

Arrived Manchester on completion of the ferry flight - June 18, 1978

The aircraft was leased to Dan-Air Services, England

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - June 19, 1978

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AYYG (CofR G-AYYG/R4) - June 20, 1978

Registered to Dan-Air Services Limited, London

Ferried Manchester - Aberdeen for entry into service with Dan-Air - June 22, 1978

Ferried Aberdeen - Manchester for post lease maintenance and the removal of titles - October 08, 1978

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 10, 1978

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCF - October 10, 1978

Registered to Mount Cook Airline Limited, Christchurch

Departed Manchester on the ferry flight to New Zealand - October 13, 1978

Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight to New Zealand - October 21, 1978

Returned to service with Mount Cook - October 23, 1978

Departed New Zealand on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - April 21, 1979

Arrived Manchester on completion of the ferry flight from New Zealand - April 29, 1979

The aircraft was leased to Dan-Air Services, England

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - May 01, 1979

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AYYG (CofR G-AYYG/ R5) - May 01, 1979

Registered to Dan-Air Services Limited, London

Ferried Manchester - Aberdeen for entry into service with Dan-Air - May 03, 1979

Ferried Aberdeen - Manchester for post lease maintenance as DA99YG - September 20, 1979

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 20, 1979

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCF - September 22, 1979

Registered to Mount Cook Group Limited, Christchurch

Departed Manchester on the ferry flight to New Zealand - September 24, 1979

Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - October 02, 1979

Returned to service with Mount Cook Airline - ?

Withdrawn from service and prepared for lease to Dan-Air Services - March 1980

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AYYG (CofR G-AYYG/ R6) - March 27, 1980

Registered to Dan-Air Services Limited, London

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - March 31, 1980

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to England - April 01, 1980

Arrived Manchester on completion of the ferry flight from New Zealand - April 09, 1980

Ferried Manchester - Teesside for entry into service with Dan-Air - April 12, 1980

Operated its final Dan-Air service Cardiff - Manchester as DA058 - October 22, 1980

Departed Manchester on the ferry flight to New Zealand as DA89YG - October 27, 1980

Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - November 04, 1980

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - November 05, 1980

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCF - November 07, 1980

Registered to Mount Cook Group Limited, Christchurch

Withdrawn from use and prepared for lease to Calm Air, Canada - June 1982

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to Canada - June 23, 1982

Arrived Winnipeg on completion of the ferry flight - June 26, 1982

Ferry route: Christchurch - Apia - Honolulu - Los Angeles - Winnipeg

The longest sector was Apia - Honolulu which was 2,643 statute miles taking 11 hours 40 minutes

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRCU - June 26, 1982

Registered to Calm Air, Lynn Lake, Manitoba

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - June 27, 1982

Ferried Winnipeg - Churchill for entry into service with Calm Air - June 29, 1982

Withdrawn from service and prepared for return to Mount Cook Airlines - August 1984

Departed Canada on the ferry flight to New Zealand - September 04, 1984

Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - September 13, 1984

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - September 18, 1984

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCF - September 21, 1984

Registered to The Mount Cook Group Limited, Christchurch

Returned to service with Mount Cook - ?

Operated its final revenue service Wellington - Christchurch as NZ5043 - February 12, 1996

This flight was the last service operated by a Mount Cook Hawker Siddeley 748

Withdrawn from use and stored at Christchurch

Sold to Clewer Aviation Limited, England - May 1996

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - May 28, 1996

Arrived Southend in the basic Mount Cook livery on completion of the ferry flight - June 06, 1996

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - August 09, 1996

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AYYG (CofR G-AYYG/R7) - August 09, 1996

Registered to Clewer Aviation Limited, Alton, Hampshire

Ferried Southend - Exeter - August 14, 1996

Sold to Emerald Airways Limited, Leeds - November 08, 1996

Registered to Emerald Airways Limited, Leeds (CofR G-AYYG/R8) - November 08, 1996

The aircraft was converted to a freighter configuration with the removal of cabin seats and galley equipment

Test flown at Exeter - November 09, 1996

Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - November 11, 1996

Ferried Exeter - Liverpool in the basic Mount Cook livery - November 11, 1996

Entered service with Emerald Airways - November 11, 1996

Ferried Liverpool - Woodford for repainting into the Securior Omega Express livery - October 25, 1997

The aircraft was reregistered as G-OSOE (CofR G-OSOE/R1) - November 17, 1997

Registered to Emerald Airways Limited, Leeds

Rolled out at Woodford in the Securior Omega Express livery - November 18, 1997

The aircraft was operated by Emerald Airways for Securior Omega Express

Ferried Woodford - Liverpool - November 20, 1997

Operated its first revenue service - November 21, 1997

Emerald Airways Air Operators Certificate (AOC) was suspended - May 04, 2006

Ferried Hurn - Blackpool for storage - May 05, 2006

Registered to PTB (Emerald) Pty Ltd, Lingfield (CofR G-OSOE/R2) - December 12, 2006

The aircraft remained stored at Blackpool

It was observed at Blackpool in an all-white livery undergoing engine runs - October 05, 2007

Commenced operations with Janes Aviation Limited - ?

The aircraft was returned to storage at Blackpool - October 14, 2008

Ferried Blackpool - London (Stansted) as JAN02P for return to service - November 10, 2008

The aircraft was used to operate Royal Mail Skynet services to Belfast

Ferried London (Stansted) - Southend for storage as JAN01T - February 24, 2009

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 16, 2014

It was reported that it had been sold to a private user in Kenya but this did not eventuate - October 2014

The aircraft remained stored at Southend

It was reregistered as N743MZ - May 24, 2016

Registered to Zone 4 International Limited Liability Company, Rex, Georgia

This registration was never applied to the aircraft

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - February 02, 2017

It was reported to have been sold to Planes For Africa Limited, Kenya t/a Avro Express Limited - April 2017

Entered ontio the Kenyan Aircraft Register as '5Y-CHB' - April 07, 2017

Registered to Zone 4 International Limited Liability Company, Rex, Georgia

This sale and the Kenyan registration has never been confirmed

The aircraft remained stored at Southend

The aircraft had flown 44,593 hours with 49,062 cycles

Breaking up commenced at Southend - June 2017

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Airlines - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the old livery at Christchurch Airport, March 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-066.)

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Airlines - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the old livery at Rome Airport, October 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-033.)

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Airlines - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the old livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-014.)

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Airlines - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the old livery with revised titles at Manchester Airport, April 1980.

(G. Ditchfield Copyright Image 0748-063.)

G-AYYG. Dan-Air London - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the old 'Mount Cook' livery at an unknown airport, September 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-024.)

G-AYYG. Dan-Air London - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the old 'Mount Cook' livery at an unknown airport, September 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-046.)

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Line - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the non-standard livery at Christchurch Airport, May 1982.

(R. F. Killick Copyright Image 0748-059.)

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Airline - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the final livery at Auckland Airport, March 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-022.)

ZK-MCF. Mount Cook Airline - 'Te Wai Pounamu' in the final livery at Christchurch Airport, April 10, 1996.

(Z. Rae Copyright Image 0748-126.)

G-OSOE. Securior Omega Express - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(C. Laugier Copyright Image 0748-127.)

G-OSOE. Securior Omega Express - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-128.)

G-OSOE. Securior Omega Express - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-144.)