VH-TLZ. Embraer 120RT Brasilia. c/n 120152.
Was also registered as: N152CA; VH-NHC; VH-YEG.
Built by Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Embraer), Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1989 First flown using the test registration 'PT-SPR' - October 1989 Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW118 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N152CA - October 27, 1989 Registered to Comair Airlines Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio Delivered to Comair (trading as Comair - Delta Connection) - October 27, 1989 Traded in to Bombardier, Canada on a Bombardier Regional Jet - May 23, 2000 It was observed stored at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, awaiting sale in the basic Comair livery - September 07, 2000 Converted to EMB-120ER configuration - ? Leased to Flight West Airlines, Australia, to cover the planned maintenance of their Brasilias - December 01, 2000 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 11, 2001 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TLZ - January 12, 2001 Leased to Flight West Airlines, Australia as the registered operator It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight from Edmonton, Canada - January 20, 2001 Flight West Airlines ceased all operations and was placed in voluntary liquidation - June 16, 2001 The aircraft was returned to Equipment Leasing and placed in storage at Brisbane It was returned to service to operate limited services for Ansett Airlines Utilised on the Brisbane - Gladstone route - June 2001 to September 13, 2001 Ansett Airlines ceased all operations due to bankruptcy - September 11, 2001 Queensland Aviation Holdings purchased the Flight West Airlines assets from the liquidators - April 16, 2002 Flight West was re-organised into a new company called Alliance Airlines Sub-leased to Alliance Airlines - April 16, 2002 The aircraft was returned to the lessor - June, 2003 Leased to Network Aviation Pty Limited, Belmont, W. A. - June 12, 2003 Ferried Brisbane - ? - Perth on the delivery flight to Network Aviation - July 22, 2003 Re-registered as VH-NHC - April 05, 2006 Registered to Westpac Banking Corporation, Sydney Leased to Network Aviation as the registered operator Sold to Network Aviation Holdings Pty Limited - October 08, 2010 Registered to Network Aviation Pty Limited, Belmont, W. A. Network Aviation was acquired by Qantas Airways - December 2010 This aircraft operated Network's last Brasillia service Degrussa - Perth - July 31, 2014 Withdrawn from service and stored at Perth Ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) on delivery to Air South - November 14, 2014 Reregistered as VH-YEG - December 12, 2014 Registered to AE Charter Services Pty Ltd, Adelaide t/a Air South It was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) in the standard Air South livery - January 2015 It was withdrawn from service and stored at Adelaide (West Beach) - ? Scrapped at Adelaide (West Beach) - ? Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - ? |
VH-NHC. Network - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, November 18, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0185-008.) |
VH-NHC. Network - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, November 18, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0185-009.) |
VH-YEG. Air South - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 13, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0185-076.) |
VH-YEG. Air South - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 11, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0185-079.) |
VH-YEG. Air South - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 16, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0185-021.) |
VH-YEG. Air South - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 16, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0185-077.) |
VH-YEG. Air South - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 16, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0185-078.) |
VH-YEG. Air South - in the basic livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 23, 2021. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0185-075.) |