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VH-NJQ. British Aerospace 146-300. c/n E3328. Was also registered as: G-BZAU. |
This aircraft was rolled off the BAe production line at Woodford - May 1998 Powered by four Textron Lycoming ALF507-1F engines Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BZAU (CofR B-BZAU/R1) - April 25, 1998 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd, Woodford First flown at Hatfield as G-6-328 - June 03, 1998 Accepted by CityFlyer Express at Woodford - June 08, 1998 Ferried Woodford - London (Gatwick) in British Airways 'Colum' livery - June 12, 1998 Operated its first revenue service London (Gatwick) - Newcastle - June 12, 1998 Registered to CityFlyer Express Ltd c/- British Airways PLC, West Drayton (CofR G-BZAU/R2) - July 16, 1998 It sustained damage to the Number 1 and 2 engines and nose wheel at Birmingham Airport - December 28, 2002 The ground crew attempted to tow the aircraft while the wheel chocks were still in place Registered to BA Connect Ltd, Isle of Man (CorR G-BZAU/R3) - November 05, 2003 It was observed at Barcelona in standard British Airways livery - October 22, 2005 CityFlyer Express was renamed BA Connect - February 01, 2006 Registered to BA CityFlyer Ltd, Manchester (CofR G-BZAU/R4) - March 09, 2007 BA Connect renamed BA CityFlyer - March 25, 2007 Operated its final revenue service London (City) - Glasgow as BA8726 - February 10, 2010 Withdrawn from use and ferried Glasgow - Kemble for storage - February 11, 2010 Ferried Kemble - Norwich for repainting as CFE01P - April 10, 2010 Ferried Norwich - Kemble in an all-white livery as CFE01P - May 06, 2010 Ferried Kemble - Southend for storage as CFE01P - May 18, 2010 Registered to Trident Jet (Jersey) Ltd (CofR G-BZAU/R5) - May 26, 2010 Departed Southend on the ferry flight to Australia in an all white livery - August 02, 2010 It arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the ferry flight - August 07, 2010 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - August 10, 2010 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJQ -August 17, 2010 Registered to Trident Jet (Jersey) Ltd Leased to Cobham Aviation Services, Adelaide as the registered operator Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth with Cobham titles and Nation Jet tail logo - November 26, 2010 Entered service Perth - Barrow Island as NC1992 - December 01, 2010 Registered to National Jet Express Pty Ltd, Adelaide - February 27, 2015 It was withdrawn from service at Adelaide West Beach - June 12, 2021 The was broken up for parts and scrapped Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 06, 2022 |
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G-BZAU. British Airways - in the 'Colum' livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-413.) |
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G-BZAU. British Airways - in the 'Colum' livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-414.) |
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G-BZAU. British Airways - in the 'Colum' livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-415.) |
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G-BZAU. British Airways - in the 'Colum' livery at Frankfurt Airport, May 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-623.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the interim livery at Perth Airport, August 09, 2012. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-278.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the interim livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 28, 2012. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-284.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the interim livery at Perth Airport, April 24, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-272.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the interim livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 04, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-752.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the interim livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 11, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-753.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 19, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-411.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 29, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-409.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 29, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-410.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 11, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-412.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 25, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-736.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 30, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-741.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 03, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-597.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 06, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-624.) |
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VH-NJQ. Cobham - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 06, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-710.) |