Sixth of eight Airbus A320 aircraft ordered new by Ansett

First flown as F-WWDD - November 29, 1988

Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - February 18, 1989

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYF - February 20, 1989

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Aircraft fitted 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but variable

Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - February 21, 1989

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - February 25, 1989

Delivery route: Toulouse-Athens-Dubai-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Darwin-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts W. Hanrahan, D.I. Ferguson; LAMEs L. Bettiol, I Frost, J. Kendigan

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN12 - April 21, 1989

Sold to Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) and leased back - July 2001

Operated its last commercial service Sydney-Adelaide as AN151 - September 13, 2001

Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Aircraft parked at Adelaide following suspension of all Ansett operations

Ferried Adelaide-Melbourne - September 28, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne-Sydney as AN718 - September 29, 2001

Operated the inaugural administered service Melbourne-Hobart as AN709 - November 2, 2001

Operated its final Ansett Australia service Sydney-Melbourne as AN35 - March 4, 2002

Stored at the Ansett Terminal, Melbourne

Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 39,929 hours with 22,441 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown Melbourne as AN4089 - June 27, 2002

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 7, 2002

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N270SE - August 7, 2002

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank, Northwest, U.S.A.

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge, UK as AN270 - August 10, 2002

Ferry route: Melbourne-Denpasar-Male-Cario-Cambridge

Observed stored at Cambridge - December 21, 2002

Advertised for immediate sale / lease by SALE - December 2002

Leassed to Um Air - April 2003

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - April 24, 2003

Due to delays in acquiring type approval aircraft was reregistered N270SE - June 6, 2003

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - July 28, 2003

Entered onto the Ukrainian Aircraft Register as UR-UFB - July 28, 2003

Observed in service with UM Air at Salzbury with aircraft now named 'Mary-Lyn 1' - January 3, 2004

Sold to AFS Investments - February 5, 2007

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register with tempory registration of N270SE - February 5, 2007

Departed Amman as GCC027 on ferry flight to Greenwood, MO - February 10, 2007

Arrived Greenwood at conclusion of ferry flight - February 11, 2007

Parting out commenced at Greenwood - February 2007

Most of aircraft had been parted out - October 19, 2007

VH-HYF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 0320-092.)

VH-HYF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Sydney Airport, February 2001.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0320-021.)

UR-UFB. Um Air- in the full livery at unknown airport, February 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-041.)

UR-UFB. Um Air- in the full livey at unknown airport, April 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-072.)