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VH-NJU. British Aerospace 146-200. c/n E2073
Was also registered as: N367PS; N191US; HB-IXD; G-BVFV;
EI-JET; LZ-HBB.
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 First flown at Hatfield as 'G-5-073' - April 08, 1987 Accepted by PSA at Hatfield - June 04, 1987 The test registration 'G-5-073' was removed from the aircraft - June 08, 1987 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N367PS - June 09, 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 N191US - February 1988 Pacific Southwest Airlines merged with US Air - April 09, 1988 Sold to Crossair (Switzerland) - August 13, 1990 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-IXD - August 1990 Sold to British Aerospace Ltd - November 22, 1993 Cancelled from the Swiss Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BVFV (CofR G-BVFV/R1) - December 03, 1993 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-JET - December 23, 1993 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to CityJet, Ireland as the registered operator Leased to CityJet (Ireland) - January 08, 1994 It was observed at Brussels in the new 'City Jet' livery - April 05, 1996 Withdrawn from service and ferried Dublin - Woodford on return to the lessor - June 23, 1996 Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BVFV (CofR G-BVFV/R2) - June 25, 1996 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJU - September 03, 1996 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd Leased to National Jet Systems, Adelaide as the registered operator on behalf of QantasLink Ferried Woodford - Cambridge in the Qantas AirLink livery - September 20, 1996 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 20, 1996 Departed Cambridge on the delivery flight to Australia as QF2140 - September 21, 1996 It arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the delivery flight - September 25, 1996 Operated its first revenue service with AirLink - September 28, 1996 Sold to ANZ Investment Bank - February 1997 Operated its final QantasLink revenue service Mt Isa - Brisbane as QF1839 - August 05, 2003 Ferried Brisbane - Adelaide (West Beach) on return to National Jet Systems as QF6200 - August 05, 2003 It was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) in an all-white livery - September 15, 2003 It was observed at Perth with 'National Jet Systems' tail logo - December 2003 Sold to Hemus Air (Bulgaria) Departed Adelaide (West Beach) on the ferry flight to Bulgaria as NC5506 - April 06, 2004 It arrived at Sofia on completion of the ferry flight - April 08, 2004 Delivery route: 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-HBB - April 30, 2004 It was observed in service at Barcelona in the Hemus Air livery - May 29, 2004 It was observed at Prague with 'Belle Air' titles - March 30, 2008 Current with Hemus Air |
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N367PS. PSA - in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, December 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-757.) |
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HB-IXD. Crossair - in the standard livery at Palma Airport, August 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-191.) |
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EI-JET. CityJet - in the standard livery with 'Virgin' tail at an unknown airport, January 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-295.) |
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EI-JET. CityJet - in the revised livery at Manchester Airport, April 1996. (G. Ditchfield Copyright Image 0414-641.) |
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EI-JET. CityJet - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, June 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-192.) |
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EI-JET. CityJet - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, June 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-640.) |
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EI-JET. CityJet - in the revised livery at Dublin Airport, June 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-642.) |
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VH-NJU. Airlink - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-033.) |
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VH-NJU. Airlink - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-034.) |
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VH-NJU. Airlink - in the 'Qantas' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-296.) |