VH-TAE. Airbus A300B4-203. c/n 218.
Ordered new by Trans Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) First flown at Toulouse as F-WZMZ - October 29, 1982 Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines Aircraft was placed in storage at Toulouse and put up for sale Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAE - December 1, 1983 Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission Departed Toulouse on delivery flight - December 1, 1983 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - December 4, 1983 Delivery route: Toulouse-Bahrain-Madras-Singapore-Darwin-Melbourne Aircraft was named 'John Fawkner' Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney - December 15, 1983 Trans Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) renamed Australian Airlines - August 4, 1986 Ownership transferred to Australian Airlines - July 11, 1988 Ownership transferred to Qantas when it merged with Australian Airlines - December 8, 1993 Operated final Qantas revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as QF439 - October 24, 1998 Aircraft stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 1, 1998 Sold to Pinnacle Air Cargo Enterprises / Pace Cargo - December 3, 1998 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N373PC - December 3, 1998 Incorrect registration of N372PC applied to aircraft prior to departure Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Dresden for freighter conversion - December 18, 1998 Ferry route: Melbourne-Pago Pago-Honolulu-Seattle-Gander-Dresden Ferried Dresden-Bristol (Filton) in basic Qantas livery after freighter conversion - August 16, 1999 Ferried Bristol (Filton)-Bangor-Roswell in basic Qantas livery for storage - September 29, 1999 Leased to Express.net Airlines Inc, Florida - September 1, 2000 Seen at Hong Kong in all-white livery with small Dragonair Cargo stickers - August 3, 2006 Ferried Hong Kong-Sapporo-Anchorage on return to Express.net - December 10, 2006 Ferried Detroit (Willow Run)-Gander-Paris (Orly)-Abu Dhabi in all white livery - February 25 - 26, 2007 Intended for lease / sale to Midex Airlines, United Arab Emirates Seen stored at Abu Dhabi as N373PC - March 2007 Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - March 17, 2008 Entered onto United Arab Emirates Aircraft Register as A6-MDC - March 2008 Seen at Paris (Orly) in service with MidEx in white livery with titles and logo - July 4, 2008 Current with MidEx Airlines |
F-WZMZ. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery in storage at Toulouse Airport, March 1983. |
VH-TAE. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, December 1983. |
VH-TAE. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Sydney Airport, January 1984. |
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VH-TAE. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1984. |
VH-TAE. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Melbourne Airport, July 1985. |
VH-TAE. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery landing at Sydney Airport, May 1987. |
VH-TAE. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery landing at Sydney Airport, May 1987. |
VH-TAE. Australian - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, June 1988. |
VH-TAE. Australian - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1989. |
VH-TAE. Australian - in the full livery with 'Sydney Olympic Logo' at Melbourne Airport, July 1993. |
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VH-TAE. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1997. |
VH-TAE. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown. |
VH-TAE. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1997. |
VH-TAE. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1998. |
VH-TAE. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1998. |
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N372PC. Express.net - with wrong registration at Melbourne Airport, December 1998. |
N373PC. Express.net - in basic Qantas livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1999. |
N373PC. Express.net - in basic Qantas livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1999. |
N373PC. Express.net - in the full livery, location & date unknown. |
A6-MDC. Midex - in the full livery at an unknown airport, August 2008. |
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