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VH-SUF. British Aerospace 146-200. c/n E2130.
Was also registered as: C-GRNX; G-CEBR; ZK-ECO.
Rolled off the British Aerospace production line at Hatfield - 1989 Powered by four Textron Lycoming ALF507-1F engines First flown as 'G-5-130' at Hatfield - April 27, 1989 Accepted by Air Nova Inc at Hatfield - July 13, 1989 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRNX - July 14, 1989 Registered to Air Nova Inc, Enfield, Nova Scotia Registered to Jazz Air Inc, Enfield, Nova Scotia - November 22, 2001 Registered to Air Canada Regional Inc t/a Air Canada Jazz - July 22, 2002 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 28, 2005 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRNX - Febraury 09, 2005 Registered to Avmax Group Inc, Calgary, Alberta The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Calgary - January 07, 2006 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 07, 2006 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRNX - June 27, 2006 Registered to Avmax Group Inc, Calgary, Alberta Departed Calgary on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - July 03, 2006 It arrived at Kemble on completion of the ferry flight - July 03, 2006 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register and stored at Kemble - July 03, 2006 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CEBR (CofR G-CEBR/R1) - August 02, 2006 Registered to British Aerospace (Operations) Limited, Hatfield The aircraft was returned to Canada - October 2006 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 17, 2006 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRNX - October 30, 2006 Registered to Avmax Group Inc, Calgary, Alberta Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - October 09, 2008 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRNX - December 03, 2008 Registered to Avmax Group Inc, Calgary, Alberta Departed Canada on the ferry flight to New Zealand - ? It arrived at Auckland on completion of the ferry flight - December 15, 2008 Ferry route: Canada - Honolulu - Christmas Island - Apia - Tonga - Auckland Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 12, 2009 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-ECO - January 14, 2009 Registered to Air National Corporate, Auckland as the registered operator The Air National Corporate 'Air Operators Certificate' was suspended for 10 days - January 28, 2011 This suspension was due to safety concerns The Air Operators Certificate was revoked - March 10, 2011 The aircraft was placed in open storage at Auckland It was ferried Auckland - Wellington - May 24, 2011 Registered to Vincent Aviation Limited, Wellington - June 23, 2011 It was observed with 'Quansair' titles for the film 'Mister Pip' - August 13, 2011 These titles were removed from the aircraft shortly thereafter The aircraft was mainly used by Vincent Aviation for charter flights in Australia It was ferried Brisbane - Norfolk Island - Wellington for storage - May 24, 2014 Vincent Aviation collapsed due to financial problems - May 28, 2014 Ferried Wellington - Auckland for storage - October 05, 2014 Registered to ANCL Investments Limited, Auckland - March 12, 2015 Ferried Auckland - Norfolk Island - Sydney (Bankstown) - April 09, 2015 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - April 20, 2015 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SUF - April 24, 2015 Registered to Vanguard Investments Limited, Sydney Lased to Pionair Australia Pty Limited, Sydney as the registered operator Current with Pionair Australia |
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ZK-ECO. Air National Corporate - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 12, 2009. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-733.) |
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ZK-ECO. Air National Corporate - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 17, 2010. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-638.) |
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ZK-ECO. Vincent Aviation - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 2013. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 0414-554.) |
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ZK-ECO. Vincent Aviation - in the standard livery at Sydney Bankstown Airport, April 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0414-723.) |