VH-CZV. Boeing 737-33A. c/n 23831-1471. Was also registered as: G-OBMA; N190FH; G-CELC. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Nordress Ltd - December 1986 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - October 1987 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-OBMA (CofR G-OBMA/R1) - October 23, 1987 Registered to Nordress Ltd First flown as 'G-OBMA' at Seattle - November 03, 1987 Accepted by Nordress Ltd at Seattle (Boeing Field) - November 18, 1987 Leased to British Midland Airways as the registered operator Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to the United Kingdom - November 18, 1987 Operated its first revenue service with British Midland - November 1987 Returned to Nordress Ltd at the end of the lease and stored at East Midlands Airport - November 17, 1992 Leased to British Midland Airways and returned to service - February 15, 1993 Returned to Nordress Ltd on termination of the lease - October 1993 Leased to Ansett Australia - November 16, 1993 Finance was provided by Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - November 16, 1993 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZV - November 16, 1993 Departed Heathrow on the ferry flight to Dothan, Al for conversion to Ansett requirements - November 16, 1993 Departed Dothan on the ferry flight to Australia as AN5981 - December 12, 1993 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight - December 16, 1993 Ferry route: Dothan - San Diego - Hilo (overnight) - Apia - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains J. Snowball, B. Weiler; F/O C. Bird; Support crew: D. Jarvis, J. Stribling, M. Antoniou Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane - December 18, 1993 When cracks were discovered in the forward bulkhead it was decided that the repairs were to be done at Brisbane Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane unpressurised and at low altitude - December 12, 2000 Test flown at Brisbane after completion of the repairs and returned to service the same day - May 31, 2001 Operated final revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN110 - September 13, 2001 Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Stored at the Ansett Terminal at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4041 - May 24, 2002 The aircraft had flown 37,490 hours with 31,169 cycles - June 27, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 07, 2003 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N190FH - March 11, 2003 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to the United States for storage as SXA149 - March 13, 2003 Ferry route: Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Pago Pago - Honolulu - Mojave Sold to Ansett Australia Ltd - June 16, 2003 Sold to Dart Group Plc - June 16, 2003 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 17, 2003 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CELC (CofR G-CELC/R1) - July 04, 2003 Departed Mojave on the ferry flight to England as SXA167 - July 23, 2003 It arrived at Bournemouth on completion of the ferry flight in the 'Ansett' livery - July 24, 2003 Ferry route: Mojave - Columbus - Gander - Bournemouth Ferried Bournemouth - Lasham for C-Check as EXS912E - August 29, 2003 Ferried Lasham - Southend for painting into the 'Jet 2' livery as EXS915E - October 01, 2003 Ferried Southend - Lasham in the 'Jet 2' livery as EXS922E - October 09, 2003 The aircraft was named 'Jet 2 Prague' Ferried Lasham - Leeds in preparation to entering service as EXS937P - October 13, 2003 Operated its first Jet 2 revenue service Leeds - Alicante - October 15, 2003 The aircraft was renamed 'Joe Whiley' and seen as such at Manchester - June 05, 2006 The aircraft was renamed 'Jet2 Tunisia' and configured to seat 148Y Has '22kg bag allowance' titles on port side and 'Great Flight Times' on the starboard side fuselage The aircraft was renamed 'Jet2 Venice' Operated its final revenue service Geneve - Leeds as EXS286 - December 14, 2014 Ferried Leeds - Kemble (Cotswold) for storage - December 16, 2014 It was observed intact at Kemble (Cotswold) but without titles - January 19, 2015 It was observed being parted-out at Kemble (Cotswold) by Air Salvage International - March 13, 2015 Airframe scrapped - 2015 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - February 15, 2016 |
G-OBMA. British Midland - in the standard livery at East Midlands Airport, December 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-335.) |
VH-CZV. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 21, 1994. (J. Goldfinch Copyright Image 4621-887.) |
VH-CZV. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 21, 1994. (J. Goldfinch Copyright Image 4623-409.) |
VH-CZV. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-035.) |
VH-CZV. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, October 04, 1996. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4623-410.) |
VH-CZV. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4623-411.) |
N190FH. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Mojave Airport, July 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-343.) |
G-CELC. Jet 2 - 'Jo Wiley' in the revised livery at an unknown airport, June 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-463.) |
G-CELC. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Tunisia' in the revised livery with additional 'Friendly Low Fares' titles at Faro Airport, date unknown. (F. Mesquita Copyright Image 4622-028.) |
G-CELC. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Tunisia' in the revised livery with additional 'Great flight times' titles at an unknown airport, July 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-079.) |
G-CELC. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Tunisia' in the revised livery with additional '22kg bag allowance' titles at an unknown airport, March 2012. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-078.) |
G-CELC. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Venice' in the revised livery with additional 'Great Flight Times' titles at an unknown airport, July 2012. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-029.) |