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.

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.

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.

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.