VH-ANJ. Embraer 120RT Brasilia. c/n 120163.
Was also registered as: N455UE.
Built by Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Embraer), Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1989 First flown using the test registration 'PT-SQB' - November 1989 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N455UE - December 15, 1989 Registered to Westair Commuter Airlines, Fresno, California Delivered to Westair Commuter Airlines - December 15, 1989 Leased to Mesa Airlines, Farmington, New Mexico - June 1995 Returned to Westair Commuter at the end of the lease - July 1996 Withdrawn from use and placed in storage at Roswell, New Mexico - July 1996 Transferred to Florida Gulf Airlines - August 1997 Sold to International Airline Support Group Inc. Atlanta, Georgia, USA - April 30, 1999 On-sold to Air North Regional Airlines, Darwin, NT, Australia Arrived Darwin on completion of the delivery flight from the United States - June 1999 The aircraft was ferried in from the FFV Aerotech facility at Nashville, Tennessee Entered a heavy maintenance program at Darwin on arrival Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANJ - September 17, 1999 Registered to Capiteq Limited, Australia, trading as Air North Regional, Darwin Operated by Air North Regional on behalf of the United Nations between Darwin and Dili, East Timor - November 1999 Leased short term to Airlines of South Australia, Adelaide - ? Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register as 'permanently withdrawn from use' - October 11, 2010 The aircraft is on display as an outdoor exhibit at the Darwin Aviation Museum |