Where Have They Gone???

[SANDOW]

Does anyone no where the Ansett NZ/Qantas Nz 146s went?

[hoss]

I stand to be corrected but I think there were quite a number of them at Essendon.

[swh]

Ansett New Zealand began operating as Qantas New Zealand 4/9/00, but ceased operations 21/4/01. All, except ZK-NZM, have now been registered to the Ansett Australia Administrators & have now been included in this Ansett Australia list.

NZF BAe 146-300

C/n E3134
NZF - Sold by Ansett Aviation Trading 23/1/00 to WDL Aviation GmbH, Köln, Germany. It departed Melbourne 4/1/00 & arrived BAe Systems, Woodford, U.K. 7/1/00, for overhaul, prior to delivery to WDL. Reregistered D-AWBA to WDL. Leased to Air Nostrum, Valencia, Spain 5/00-30/9/00. It was reported to be operating Air Berlin GmbH services from 12/12/02.

NZG BAe 146-300

C/n E3135
NZG was originally planned for use by Air N.Z./Mt. Cook Airline, with ZK-NZH/I/J, but they were replaced by ZK-NZK-N, which were EFIS-equipped. Offered for sale by Ansett Trading 7/01. It was offered for sale by the Ansett Administrators 25/10/01 (27517 hours).It was ferried Christchurch-Hobart-Essendon 27/3/02, in an all-white livery. Registered to Ansett Australia (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) 12/2/02. Prepared for long-term storage. Ferried to Tullamarine Airport 27/2/03. It was still parked at Tullamarine, in an all-white scheme, 3/4/03.

NZH BAe 146-300

C/n E3137
NZH was originally planned for use by Air N.Z./Mt. Cook Airline, with ZK-NZG/I/J, but they were replaced by ZK-NZK-N, which were EFIS-equipped. Offered for sale by Ansett Trading 7/01 (27339 hours). It was ferried Christchurch-Hobart-Essendon 22/2/02; painted all-white, except for its Ansett tail & then stored in the open at Essendon. Registered to Ansett Australia (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) 12/2/02. It received minor damage, to its Nbr. 4 engine, in the wind-storm in Melbourne 2/9/02. By 25/9/02 it had been taken to the Interair hangar for repairs. Prepared for long-term storage. It was still parked at Essendon, with the Ansett N.Z. tail-scheme, 7/03.

From here (http://www.ansettinwa.org/Pages/bae146.htm)

[SANDOW]

Thanks for that imfo does anyone have a photo of that 146 in ansett NZ tail colours at Essendon?