Last of four aircraft ordered new by Trans Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) - December 10, 1974

First flown at Toulouse as F-WZET - May 13, 1982

Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAD - June 30, 1982

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Departed Toulouse on delivery flight - June 30, 1982

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - July 3, 1982

Delivery route: Toulouse-Bahrain-Madras-Singapore-Perth-Melbourne

Aircraft was named 'William Light'

Operated its first revenue service as TN542 Melbourne-Sydney - July 4, 1982

Ownership transferred to Australian Airlines when the airline was renamed - July 11, 1988

Leased to Air Niugini - December 8, 1986 to January 31, 1987

Painted in full Qantas livery at Melbourne - September 1993

Operated its first revenue service in Qantas livery as TN454 Melbourne-Sydney - September 11, 1993

Australian Airlines merged with Qantas Airways - October 31, 1993

Ownership transferred to Qantas - December 8, 1993

Operated its final revenue service as QF459 Sydney-Melbourne - October 24, 1998

This flight marked the final Qantas Airbus A300 service

Placed in storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 21, 1998

Sold to Pinnacle Air Cargo Enterprises / Pace Cargo - December 23, 1998

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N372PC - January 1999

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Dresden - January 24, 1999

Ferry route: Melbourne-Pago Pago-Honolulu-Seattle-Gander-Dresden

Ferried Dresden-Bristol (Filton) after freighter conversion - July 7, 1999

Ferried Bristol (Filton)-Bangor-Roswell for storage - August 25, 1999

Leased to Express.net Airlines Inc, Florida - May 6, 2000

Used to operate services for Emery Air Freight

Ferried Detroit (Willow Run)-Gander-Paris (Orly)-Beirut in basic Express.net livery - September 27 - 28, 2006

Sold to Midex Airlines, United Arab Emirates - October 21, 2006

Seen at Al Ain in service as N372PC - July 3, 2007

Seen at Dubai Air Show in full Midex livery as A6-MDB - November 11, 2007

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - January 29, 2008

Entered onto United Arab Emirates Aircraft Register as A6-MDB - January 2008

In service with Midex Airlines

Aircraft named 'Midex 2'

Current

VH-TAD. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Melbourne Airport, August 1982.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-113.)

VH-TAD. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1982.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-114.)

VH-TAD. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Sydney Airport, September 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-012.)

VH-TAD. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Sydney Airport, September 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-050.)

VH-TAD. Australian - in the new livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1989.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-117.)

VH-TAD. Australian - in the new livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1989.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-118.)

VH-TAD. Australian - in the new livery at Sydney Airport, January 1993.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-051.)

VH-TAD. Australian - in the new livery at Brisbane Airport, February 1993.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 0310-025.)

VH-TAD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, June 1993.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-137.)

VH-TAD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 0310-120.)

VH-TAD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1993.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-119.)

VH-TAD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1994.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-052.)

VH-TAD. Qantas The Australian Airline - with '75 Years' titles at Melbourne Airport, June 1996.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-053.)

VH-TAD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1998.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-054.)

VH-TAD. Qantas - in the basic livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, November 1998.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-129.)

N372PC. Qantas - in the basic livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, November 1998.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-148.)