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VH-NJA. British Aerospace 146-100. c/n E1004.
Was also registered as: G-OBAF; ZD695; G-BRJS; G-OJET;
PK-MTA; G-DEBJ.
This aircraft was built at Hatfield It was originally intended to be entered onto the British Aircraft Register as 'G-BIAG' but it was not taken up Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-OBAF (CofR G-OBAF/R1) - May 28, 1982 Registered to British Aerospace Aircraft Group, Hatfield Rolled off the production line at Hatfield as 'G-5-4' - August 1982 First flown as G-5-4 - August 29, 1982 Powered by Avco Lycoming LF502-R3 engines It was displayed at the Farnborough Air Show in British Air Ferries livery as G-OBAF - September 08, 1982 Utilised on route proving trials in the BAF livery, crewed by BAF captains and BAe co-pilots Departed Hatfield on a tour of South Africa in BAF livery (Captain D. Gurney) - February 06, 1983 Route: England - Egypt - Angola - Swaziland - Zambia - Malawi - South Africa It arrived at Hatfield on completion of the 24,000 mile South African tour - February 24, 1983 Tis aircraft was never operated by British Air Ferries (BAF) Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 03, 1983 Leased to Royal Air Force and delivered to No 10 Squadron - September 16, 1983 Entered onto the British Military Aircraft Register as ZD695 The aircraft was designated a BAe-146 CC Mk 1 with seating for 80 passengers in a V.I.P. configuration Evaluated by No 240 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) for future BAe-146 R.A.F. suitability Returned to British Aerospace at the end of the lease - March 29, 1985 Returned to the British Aircraft Register as 'G-5-04' - April 04, 1985 Registered to British Aerospace Aircraft Group, Hatfield Leased to Dan-Air London Ltd - April 17, 1985 Reregistered as G-BRJS (CofR G-BRJS/R1) - April 23, 1985 Registered to British Aerospace Aircraft Group, Hatfield Leased to Dan-Air London as the registered operator Observed at London (Gatwick) in basic R.A.F. livery with Dan-Air London titles and tail logo - September 28, 1985 Returned to British Aerospace at the end of the lease - November 15, 1985 An intended lease to British Caribbean Airways did not eventuate An intended lease / sale to Pacific Southwest Airlines did not proceed Registered to British Aerospace PLC, Hatfield - January 06, 1987 Leased to Dan-Air London, Ltd - May 22, 1987 Returned to British Aerospace PLC at the end of the lease - June 07, 1987 Leased to SATA International, Azores, Portugal as registered operator - July 27, 1987 Returned to British Aerospace PLC at the end of the lease - September 30, 1987 Reregistered as G-OJET (CofR G-OJET/R1) - November 13, 1987 Registered to British Aerospace PLC, Hatfield Leased to Manx Airlines Ltd, Isle of Man as the registered operator - November 30, 1987 The aircraft was named 'King Harold 1237-1248' Returned to British Aerospace at the end of the lease - August 1994 Leased to Business City Express Ltd t/a CityJet Ltd, Dublin as the registered operator - September 16, 1984 Sub-leased to Hamburg Airlines - September 18, 1994 Returned to CityJet at the end of the sub-lease - December 02, 1994 Withdrawn from use and stored at Lasham, Hampshire - ? An intended lease to Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd (Australia) did not eventuate - September 1985 Transferred to British Aerospace Management - July 01, 1996 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 23, 1996 Sold to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd, Adelaide, Australia - October 23, 1986 Departed Lasham on the ferry flight to Australia - November 04, 1996 Leased to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia - December 01, 1996 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MTA - December 09, 1996 Registered to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd, Adelaide Leased to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia as the registered operator It was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) in the Merpati livery as 'PK-MTA' - February 14, 1997 Returned to National Jet Systems at the end of the lease - May 31, 1998 It was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) undergoing maintenance - July 16, 1998 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJA - July 23, 1998 Registered to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd, Adelaide Departed Adelaide (West Beach) on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom for lease to Debonair - July 28, 1998 Arrived Exeter in all-white livery on completion of the ferry flight - July 31, 1998 It was observed in the hangar at Exeter with Debonair stickers - August 05, 1998 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 06, 1998 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-DEBJ (CofR GDEBJ/R1) - August 06, 1998 Leased to Debonair Airways Ltd (Luton) as the registered operator Leased to Debonair Airways - August 06, 1998 The aircraft was named 'Little Koala' It was observed in service with Debonair on the London (Luton) - Monchengladbach route - August 17, 1998 It was observed in the new Debonair livery - April 15, 1998 It was observed at Munich with 'Operated by Debonair on behalf of Lufthansa' titles - June 22, 1999 Rolled out at Southend with blue Lufthansa tail and Debonair titles - July 27, 1999 Debonair ceased operations due to financial problems - October 01, 1999 Ferried London (Luton) - Exeter in the Debonair livery - November 12, 1999 It was observed at Exeter in the Debonair livery - November 20, 1999 Departed Exeter on the ferry flight to Australia - December 02, 1999 It arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the ferry flight on return to National Jet - December 08, 1999 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - January 07, 2000 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJA - January 11, 2000 Registered to Fleet Support Pty Ltd, Adelaide Fleet Support is a subsidiary of National Jet Systems Pty Ltd Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth - February 05, 2000 Operated Perth - Murrin Murrin charters for Anaconda Mines - February 06, 2000 Leased by Ansett Australia to operate Perth - Karratha - Perth service as AN320/323 - March 18, 2000 Leased by Ansett Australia to operate Perth - Karratha - Perth service as AN326/327 - March 18, 2000 Leased to Qantas AirLink as the registered operator - June 19, 2001 Operated its first QantasLink revenue service Perth - Karratha as QF1920 - June 19, 2001 It was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) with Qantas titles being removed - August 24, 2002 Returned to National Jet Systems at the end of the lease - September 01, 2002 Repainted into National Jet Systems livery Registered to Fleet Support Pty Ltd, Adelaide - January 09, 2006 The aircraft was withdrawn from service - 2009 Scrapped at Adelaide (West Beach) - May 27, 2009 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 28, 2009 |
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G-OBAF. BAF - in the standard livery at Hatfield Airport, September 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-225.) |
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G-OBAF. BAe - in the standard 'BAF' livery at London Gatwick Airport, February 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-269.) |
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G-BRJS. Dan-Air London - in the non-standard livery at an unknown airport, May 25, 1985. (B. Emmenegger Copyright Image 0414-581.) |
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G-BRJS. Dan-Air London - in the non-standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-201.) |
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G-OJET. Manx - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-202.) |
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G-OJET. Manx - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-312.) |
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G-OJET. Manx - in the modified livery at an unknown airport, June 1993. (C. Witt Copyright Image 0414-583.) |
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G-OJET. British Aerospace - in the non-standard livery at Lasham Airport, July 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-582.) |
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PK-MTA. Merpati - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-587.) |
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PK-MTA. Merpati - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-203.) |
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PK-MTA. Merpati - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-204.) |
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VH-NJA. National Jet - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 31, 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-633.) |
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VH-NJA. National Jet - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-178.) |