Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this factory fresh Partenavia was registered to Travair on March 3 1982 and arrived nine days later at its home base Antwerp airport, here seen without titles but with a tiny logo of the aircraft type in the tail. Travair itself was established on February 20 1967 as taxi operator and became from January 1 1981 onwards also the official dealer for Africa of this Italian aircraft type, but this particular airframe stayed in Belgium and was a few weeks later sold to a private user (M. Smets) basing it at Antwerp airport. Here seen such at its home base in a livery wIthout titles except for a tiny logo in the tail of the aircraft type itself. On December 13 1983 it left Antwerp airport for Stansted airport on a sale to England. There it was cancelled from the register on December 28 and on January 4 1984 registered as "G-JAJV" for Roger Matthew Ltd.