VH-ASN. Embraer 120RT Brasilia. c/n 120056.
Built by Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Embraer), Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1987 First flown using the test registration 'PT-SJZ' - August 01, 1987 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-CEMH - August 21, 1987 Delivered to Deutsche Lufttransport-Gesellschaft mbH (DLT), Germany - August 21, 1987 Withdrawn from use and returned to Embraer - April 1990 Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PT-SRI – May 02, 1990 Cancelled from the Brazilian Aircraft Register - May 11, 1990 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N306MC - May 11, 1990 Leased to Midway Commuter Airlines, Morrisville, North Carolina, USA as the registered operator Delivered to Midway Commuter, USA - June 08, 1990 Returned to Embraer at the end of the lease - June 1991 Sold to Jetstream International Airlines, Dayton, Ohio, USA - March 03, 1992 Reregistered as N334JS - March 03, 1992 Registered to Jetstream International Airlines, Dayton, Ohio, operating as USAir Express Withdrawn from use by Jetstream International and returned to DLT of USA - December 1994 Observed stored at Cincinnati, Ohio without titles - February 22, 1995 Observed stored at Nashville, Tennessee without titles - October 01, 1995 Leased to Air North Regional, Darwin, Northern Territory - April 1997 This was Air North Regional’s first Embraer EMB120 Brasilia Arrived Darwin on completion of the ferry flight from the United States - April 17, 1997 Ferry route: Nashville - Wichita - Oakland (where long range ferry tanks were fitted) - Honolulu - Kiribati - Darwin A refueling stop was planned at Horn Island after Kiribati, but favourable winds allowed a non-stop 10 hour flight from Kiribati to Darwin direct Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 17, 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ASN - September 05, 1997 Accepted by Air North Regional at Darwin - September 05, 1997 Ferried Darwin - Alice Springs in preparation for entry into service with Air North Regional Airlines Sold to Air North Regional Airlines - October 08, 2003 Registered to Capiteq Pty Limited, Darwin, Northern Territory t/a Air North Regional Airlines Sold to Hardy Aviation (NT) Pty Limited, Parap, Northern Territory - December 31, 2009 Current with Hardy Aviation |