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VH-BRN. Boeing 757-23APF. c/n 24868-314.
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) - 1989 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - August 15, 1990 It was observed at Seattle (Boeing Field) in CAC livery as 'N572CA' - August 1990 First flown as 'N572CA' - September 11, 1990 Powered by Rolls Royce RB-211-535-E4 engines Accepted by AWAS at Seattle (Boeing Field) - September 24, 1990 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N572CA - September 24, 1990 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company Leased to Challenge Air Cargo as the registered operator It was observed at Dallas (Fort-Worth) named 'Spirit of the Americas' - April 09, 1999 Returned to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services at the end of the lease - 1999 It was observed at Miami in an all-white livery wothout titles - November 1999 Cancelled from the United States aircraft Register - March 13, 2000 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BRN - March 15, 2000 Registered to Nordstress Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney Departed Miami en-route Brussels as NDS573 - March 15, 2000 The aircraft was forced to divert to London (Luton) due to technical problems Leased to DHL International in the standard livery as the registered operator - March 15, 2000 Ferried London (Luton) - Bahrein as DHX604 - March 15, 2000 Operated its final DHL revenue service Bahrein - Brussels - April 25, 2002 Ferried Brussels - Chateauroux on return to Nordstress at the end of the lease - May 04, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 21, 2002 Entered onto the Cameroon Aircraft Register as TJ-CAF - May 2002 Leased to Cameroon Airlines as the registered operator Returned to Nordstress at the end of the lease - July 01, 2003 Cancelled from the Cameroon Aircraft Register - July 2003 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N868AN - July 03, 2003 Registered to AWMS 1, New York Ferried Paris (le Bourget) - Keflavik on delivery to Icelandair Cargo - July 05, 2003 Leased to Icelandair Cargo as the registered operator Registered to AWMC 1, New York - November 15, 2003 Sub-leased to TNT Airways - Hanuary 2004 It was observed at Orebro in an all-white livery with 'TNT' titles on the fuselage - January 28, 2004 It also had 'TNT - a TPG Company' titles on the tail Returned to Icelandair at the end of the sub-lease - June 01, 2004 Sub-leased to Far Eastern Air Transport, Taipei - June 2004 It was observed at Taipei with 'TNT' titles on the port side only - June 05, 2004 It was observed at Taipei in a modified red/white FEAT livery - June 29, 2004 It also had additional 'Cargo' and 'Pacific Airlines' titles on the rear fuselage Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 30, 2004 Entered onto the Taiwan Aircraft Register as B-27201 - July 2004 Leased to Far Eastern Air Transport as the registered operator It was observed at Taipei in the FEAT livery operating for Pacific East Asia Cargo - February 02, 2006 Far Eastern Air Transport ceased all operations - May 13, 2008 The aircraft was returned to the lessor Cancelled from the Taiwanese Aircraft Register - May 2008 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N868AN - June 04, 2008 Registered to AWMS 1, New York Departed Taipei on the ferry flight to the United States via Sapporo - Anchorage - Lake City - July 26, 2008 Ferried Lake City - Miami for lease to Arrow Cargo as APW868 - June 08, 2009 Ferried Miami - Marana on return to the lessor at the end of the lease - October 30, 2009 Ferried Marana - Mexico City on lease to Variglog as the registered operator - 2010 Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - April 2011 The aircraft was prepared for lease to Yakutia Cargo - April 2011 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 20, 2011 Entered onto the Bermuda Aircraft Register as VQ-BOX - May 03, 2011 Ferried Mexico City - Keklavik - Yakutsk as SYL9940 - May 03 - 04, 2011 The aircraft arrived at Lasham for maintenance - July 2012 Ferried Lasham - Norwich for repainting - July 24, 2012 Ferried Moscow - Vnukovo - St Athan (Wales) for repairs after suffering a tail strike as SYL9907 - October 10, 2014 Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - 2015 Ferried St Athan - Rome (Fiumicino) for repainting into the TNT livery - April 06, 2015 It was observed at Rome (Fiumicino) as 'OE-LFB' - April 14, 2015 Cancelled from the Bermuda Aircraft Register - April 2015 Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-LFB - April 2015 Ferried Rome (Fiumicino) - Brussels - April 15, 2015 Leased to TNT Airways S.A. as the registered operator - April 27, 2015 The aircraft was ferried Brussels - Liege - May 25, 2015 TNT Airways was renamed ASL Airlines Belgium - 2016 The aircraft was ferried Marseilles - Norwich for repainting as TAY971E - August 04, 2018 It was rolled out at Norwich in the standard ASL Airlines livery - August 15, 2018 Ferried Norwich - Hahn for return to service as TAY971E - August 16, 2018 Current with ASL Airlines |
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N572CA. Challenge Air Cargo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 1990. (A. Lerch Copyright Image 4640-034.) |
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N572CA. Challenge Air Cargo - in the standard livery at Miami International Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4640-035.) |
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N572CA. Challenge Air Cargo - 'Spirit of the Americas' in the standard livery at Miami International Airport, March 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4640-039.) |
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VH-BRN. DHL Worldwide Express - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4640-051.) |