Caution: Wet paint! airDC’s BAe 146 OO-MJE just out of the paintshop ( Serge Bailleul/AirTeamImages)

The first BAe 146 to be painted in the new colors of airDC, series 200 OO-MJE (msn E2192), was rolled out from the Sprayavia paintshop at Norwich late on 10 January. She then departed for Brussels as SN6001, landing there shortly after 22:00 local time. She will eventually become 3B-PAE, but currently still wears her Belgian registration. Her place in the paintshop was taken by the second 146 for the new airline, OO-DJJ (msn E2196), who arrived from Brussels that same evening as SN6002.

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