BAE Systems has replaced the BAe 146 it had been using on its staff shuttle service with an Embraer ERJ 145. Series 200 G-TBAE (msn E2018) had been flying the twice-daily flights between Farnborough and Warton. She operated her last such flight on 3 September. She has been sold to […]
Lessor Tronos has acquired former Korongo Airlines BAe 146-200 OO-MJE (msn E2192). OO-MJE had returned to Bruxelles from Lubumbashi in October, for maintenance. With regional airports in the DRC being upgraded to accept Boeing 737s, the 146 was no longer needed there. Sistership OO-DJJ (msn E2196) remains in Lubumbashi to […]
Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) has acquired another BAe 146-200 in a transaction arranged by Tronos. The most recent addition is former Flightline series 200 G-FLTF (msn E2022), which has been idle at Southend since that airline’s collapse in late 2008. After post-storage maintenance, she was re-registered N140CA and departed […]
Tronos has begun converting former Atlantic Airways BAe 146-200 OY-RCA (msn E2045) to an air tanker. OY-RCA had been in storage at Summerside since June 2010. She will be the fourth 146 air tanker for Neptune Aviation. Neptune put the the first 146 air tanker, N146FF/Tanker 40 (msn E2049), into […]
Tronos has delivered the third BAe 146 air tanker to Neptune Aviation Services. The former Flybe series 200 N472NA (msn E2138) was converted at Tronos’ Summerside base. She was then ferried to Missoula, via Green Bay, on 24 October. Though sporting Neptune’s red tail, her light blue underside reveals her […]
Neptune Aviation continues to add to its fleet of BAe 146 air tankers. In mid-January, the company rolled out its fourth 146 tanker, N473NA/Tanker 01 (msn E2045). Then, in mid-February, it received former Air Wisconsin 146-200 N291UE (msn E2084) from Tronos. Once she has been converted to air tanker configuration, she will […]
Her latest tests having proven satisfactory, Tronos’ BAe 146 air tanker, series 200 N146FF ‘Tanker 40’ (msn E2049), won interim approval from the Interagency Air Tanker Board on 24 September, making it the first new air tanker to be approved by the US Forest Service in nearly 30 years. On […]
Lessor Tronos has acquired two more BAe 146s with an eye to converting them to air tankers, assuming the current trials of series 200 N146FF ‘Tanker 40’ (msn E2049) at Missoula prove successful. The two 146s are both former Flybe series 200s. G-JEAY (E2138) had been in storage at Bacău […]
Neptune Aviation is testing the Tronos BAe 146 air tanker at its base in Missoula, Montana. The tests consist of dropping retardant over a field in thousands of fence posts have been placed, with plastic cups attached to the tops. The amount of retardant in each cup is then measured […]
Tronos’ BAe 146 air tanker was delivered to Neptune Aviation Services at Missoula, Montana, for further testing of her firefighting capabilities. Former Air Wisconsin BAe 146-200 N608AW (msn E2049) was modified by Tronos to carry a 3,000 US gal internal tank with four drop chutes. She made her first drop […]
