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VH-YAF. British Aerospace 146-200A. c/n E2040.
Was also registered as: N357PS; N178US; G-DEBG; EI-DJJ; FAB-123.
This aircraft was built at Hatfield for Pacific Southwest Airlines Powered by Textron Lycoming ALF502-R-5 engines Construction completed at Hatfield - June 1985 First flown as 'G-5-040' - July 18, 1985 Accepted by Pacific Southwest Airlines at Hatfield - August 20, 1985 The aircraft was named 'The Smile of Springfield' Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N357PS - August 20, 1985 Registered to Connecticut National Bank Leased to P.S.A. as the registered operator Reregistered as N178US - November 1987 Transferred to US Air when P.S.A. merger - April 09, 1988 Withdrawn from use and stored Mojave, California - May 1991 Ferried to the United Kingdom for maintenance - December 1996 Ferried Stansted - Southend in the basic US Air livery - March 01, 1997 Rolled out in the Debonair livery with 'G-DEBG' taped over - March 09, 1997 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 26, 1997Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-DEBG (CofR G-DEBG/R1) - April 01, 1997 Ferried Exeter - Luton on delivery to Debonair - April 10, 1997 Entered service with Debonair flying Luton - Rome - April 12, 1997 It was observed at Munich now named 'Jumbolino' - June 19, 1997 Returned to Southend for painting into the Lufthansa Cityline livery with 'Debonair' titles - February 20, 1999 Departed Southend in the new livery - February 25, 1999 Debonair Airways ceased operations - September 30, 1999 The aircraft was placed in open storage at Birmingham Airport Ferried Birmingham - Woodfood - December 11, 1999 It was observed at Woodford in the basic Qantas livery without titles - January 31, 2000 Sold to Lane Hill Ltd, Dublin - February 10, 2000 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - February 12, 2000 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YAF - April 10, 2000 Registered to Lane Hill Ltd, Dublin Leased to National Jet Systems Ltd / Southern Australian Airlines as the registered operator Departed Woodford on the ferry flight to Australia as QF6400 - April 16, 2000 It arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the ferry flight - April 18, 2000 Ferry route: Woodford - Brindisi - Luxor - Ahmedabad - Calcutta - Phuket - Broome - Adelaide Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - April 19, 2000 The aircraft was named 'City of Mildura' at Melbourne - April 19, 2000 Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hobart as QF965 - April 19, 2000 Operated its final Southern service Launcestion - Adelaide (West Beach) as QF2610 - July 07, 2001 Operated AirLink service Adelaide - Kalgoorlie - Perth as QF1899 - July 07, 2001 Leased to QantasLink - July 07, 2001 Operated its last QantasLink service Karratha - Perth as QF1921 - July 18, 2001 Entered long term maintenance at Perth Returned to service with QantasLink Perth - Kalgoorlie - Adelaide (West Beach) - November 17, 2001 Operated its final QantasLink service Port Headland - Perth as QF1813 - February 09, 2005 Ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) on return to National Jet as QF6201 - February 09, 2005 Underwent end-of-lease maintenance by National Jet It arrived at Southend on completion of the ferry flight on return to the lessor - April 07, 2005 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 29, 2005 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-DJJ - May 04, 2005 Leased to City Jet Ltd as the registered operator It was observed at Southend in the Air France livery with City Jet titles - May 19, 2005 Test flown at Southend as BCY142X - June 11, 2005 Ferried Southend - Paris (CDG) on delivery to CityJet as BCY142P - June 12, 2005 Entered service with CityJet - June 12, 2005 Operated its final CityJet revenue service Paris (CDG) - Dublin as BCY5006 - January 12, 2008 Ferried Dublin - Norwich as BCY85P - January 21, 2008 Ferried Norwich - Keflavik - Iqaluit - Summerside for storage as BCY040 - February 10 - 11, 2008 The intended sale to Aerocondor Express (Peru) did not eventuate Offered for sale by Tronos Aviation Asset Management - February 02, 2009 The aircraft had flown 38,780 hours with 34,188 cycles to date Ferried Summerside - Norfolk - Miami - May 05, 2009 Ferried Miami - Panama City - Lima - La Paz - May 07, 2009 Sold to Fuerza Area Militaria (Bolivian Air Force) Observed as FAB-123 in the 'TAM Bolivia' livery at La Paz - November 10, 2009 Current with TAM - 2009 |
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N357PS. PSA - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1986. (P. van Zande Copyright Image 0414-656.) |
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N178US. US Air - in the basic 'PSA' livery at San Francisco Airport, June 1988. (P. Sansom Copyright Image 0414-704.) |
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VH-YAF. QantasLink - 'City of Mildura' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, February 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-100.) |
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VH-YAF. QantasLink - 'City of Mildura' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-230.) |
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VH-YAF. QantasLink - 'City of Mildura' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 2002. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0414-101.) |
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VH-YAF. QantasLink - 'City of Mildura' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-102.) |