I just fixed the header on the blog which was picture-less and link-less for a while after a recent software upgrade. In the process I was browsing the posts (just because) and was re-reading comments on them.
I came across Aaron‘s comment regarding ZK-POF never having been in Origin Pacific service. Not one to believe someone had gone to the hard work of painting the aircraft in a relatively complex scheme, especially given others in the Airwork fleet are plain white, I did some searching.
First, Aaron is correct in terms of ownership of ‘POF. The CAA web site shows ‘POF coming onto the register in 1999 with Airpost and then changing to Airwork in 1999 (and, oddly, again in 2003).
However, nothing is as simple as it appears. As evidenced on Airliners.net, ‘POF did indeed serve with Origin Pacific – at the very least on January 3rd, 2000. Looking a bit futher, Wikipedia suggests that Origin Pacific “subleased from other carriers to operate adhoc Origin Charters and RPT operations” including a Metroliner. (RPT = Regular Passenger Transport.)
Aaron, it’s not that I doubted you – just that I have seen Airwork’s propensity for the downright boring when it comes to colouring their aircraft. It just seemed out of character for them to have this – although it is still significantly different in that the underbelly of the aircraft, at least, must have been repainted anyway.