VH-NJZ British Aerospace 146-300

VH-NJZ. British Aerospace 146-300. c/n E3126.

Was also registered as: G-BPNT.

This aircraft was entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BPNT (CofR G-BPNT/R1) - January 04, 1989

Registered to British Airways (European Division) Ltd, Horley, Surrey

Rolled off the BAe production line at Hatfield - 1989

First flown at Hatfield - March 08, 1989

Leased to the Dan-Air London Ltd as the registered operator - June 02, 1989

Returned to British Aerospace (UK) at Filton at the end of the lease - November 06, 1992

Prepared for lease to Flightline Ltd, London - April 01, 1993

Registered to British Aerospace PLC Region Aircraft, Hatfield - April 02, 1993

Leased to Flightline Ltd as the registered operator - April 13, 1993

Flightline was based at Southend Airport and operated general sub-leases and VIP charters

It was observed at Pisa on sub-lease to Palmair with joint Palmair / Flightline titles - February 1994

It was observed at Faro on sub-lease to Palmair with joint Palmair / Flightline titles - October 1995

Based at Bournemouth Airport to provide backup to Jersey European - October 1997 - March 1998

Operated flights for Lufthansa Cityline - March 29 - April 03, 1999

Operated regular Palmair / Flightline Tour flights - September 08, 1999

Sub-leased to Aer Lingus - November 01, 1999

It was observed in all-white livery with Aer Lingus Commuter titles on forward fuselage - November 22, 1999

Returned to Flightline at Bournemouth at the end of the sub-lease - January 09, 2000

Rolled out at Bournemouth in Swissair Express livery - January 12, 2000

Sub-leased to Swissair Express - January 12, 2000

Returned to Flightline at Southend on termination of the sub-lease - October 02, 2001

It was observed at Paris (le Bouget) with large 'RW' titles (Robbie Williams Tour) - July 01, 2003

The proposed sub-lease to Croatia Airlines was not taken up - 2003

It was observed at Cascais with 'RW' titles on the tail - October 21, 2003

It was observed at Paris (De Gaulle) in all-white livery with 'Jaguar' titles and tail logo - March 25, 2004

The 'Jaguar' titles and the tail logo were removed - April 29, 2004

The rear pressure bulkhead was severely damaged whilst landing in wind shear conditions at Florence - May 29, 2004

Ferried Florence - Southend once repairs had been completed - December 18, 2004

Returned to service with Flightline - December 2004

It was observed at Southend with 'Range Rover' promotional titles - April 20, 2005

It was observed at Southend with only 'Flightline' titles - May 06, 2005

Rolled out at Southend in new livery with 'U2/V2' titles under cockpit for U2 Vertigo Tour - June 07, 2005

It was observed at Southend in all-white livery - August 28, 2005

Operated regular flights Southend - Koln for Ford Motors Corporate Shuttle - July 2006

Sub-leased to VLM Airlines - March 14, 2007

The aircraft was named 'Spirit of Rotterdam'

It was observed at Rotterdam in the VLM livery - April 13, 2007

Returned to Flightline at Southend at the end of the sub-lease - June 2007

Sub-leased to VLM Airlines - September 2007

Flightline ceased operations - December 03, 2008

Returned to British Aerospace at Southend on termination of sub-lease - February 29, 2008

Ferried Southend - Bacau in the VLM livery for conversion to freighter configuration - May 08, 2008

This conversion was carried out by Aerostar, Bacau, Romania

It was observed at Bacau undergoing conversion to 'Quiet Trader' configuration - June 2009

Registered to Trident Aviation Leasing Services (Jersey) Ltd - August 20, 2009

The aircraft had flown 29,179 hours as of December 31, 2009

Prepared for lease to National Jet Express Pty Ltd

Departed Bacau in all-white livery on the delivery flight to Australia - June 17, 2010

It arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) on completion of the delivery flight - June 25, 2010

Ferry route: Bacau - Sharm El Sheik - Jakarta (Halim) - Broome - Alice Springs - Adelaide

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 29, 2010

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NJZ - June 29, 2010

Registered to Trident Aviation Leasing Services (Jersey) Ltd, Channel Islands

Leased to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd as the registered operator

National Jet was renamed Cobham (Cobham Aviation Services Australia) - 2009

Operates freighter services for Australian Air Express

Current with Cobham

G-BPNT. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-564.)

G-BPNT. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-393.)

G-BPNT. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at London Gatwick Airport, date unknown.

(S. Hoellering Copyright Image 0414-567.)

G-BPNT. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at Zurich Airport, May 13, 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-806.)

G-BPNT. Palmair Flightline - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, April 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-388.)

G-BPNT. Palmair Flightline - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, April 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-388.)

G-BPNT. Palmair Flightline - in the all-white livery at Manchester Airport, November 1993.

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G-BPNT. Palmair Flightline - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, June 1998.

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G-BPNT. Swissair Express - in the standard livery with additional 'Operated By Flightline' titles at an unknown airport, January 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-569.)

G-BPNT. Swissair Express - in the standard livery with additional 'Operated By Flightline' titles at an unknown airport, February 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-696.)

G-BPNT. Flightline - in the 'all-white' livery at an unknown airport, September 2002.

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G-BPNT. Flightline - in the 'all-white' livery at an unknown airport, June 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-562.)

G-BPNT. RW - in the 'all-white' livery at an unknown airport, November 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-568.)

G-BPNT. RW - in the 'all-white' livery at Rotterdam Airport, November 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-682.)

G-BPNT. Jaguar - in the 'white' livery at an unknown airport, April 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-310.)

G-BPNT. Jaguar - in the 'white' livery at Frankfurt Airport, June 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-680.)

G-BPNT. Range Rover - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 2005.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-565.)

G-BPNT. U2 / V2 - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, August 2005.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-311.)

G-BPNT. Flightline - in the 'all-white' livery at Southend Airport, May 2006.

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G-BPNT. Flightline - in the 'all-white' livery at Southend Airport, May 2006.

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G-BPNT. VLM - 'Spirit of Rotterdam' in the standard livery at Rotterdam Airport, May 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-681.)

VH-NJZ. Cobham - in the 'all-white' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collextion Copyright Image 0414-699.)

VH-NJZ. Cobham - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 02, 2010.

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VH-NJZ. Cobham - in the 'all-white' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 16, 2013.

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VH-NJZ. Cobham - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 07, 2014.

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VH-NJZ. Cobham - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 14, 2014.

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VH-NJZ. Cobham - in the 'all-white' livery at Hobart Airport, date unknown.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 29, 2016.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 27, 2016.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 11, 2016.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 11, 2016.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 02, 2017.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 24, 2017.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 15, 2018.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 29, 2019.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 23, 2021.

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VH-NJZ. StarTrack Qantas Freight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 11, 2021.