First of four Boeing 727LRs ordered new by Ansett

First flown as N8278V - May 29, 1981

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANA - June 2, 1981

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - June 11, 1981

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 14, 1981

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts W. Hanrahan, J. S. Welsh; F/E J. W. Gillett

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane as AN50 - June 20, 1981

Inaugurated Ansett's first scheduled non-stop Sydney-Perth service - June 29, 1981

Flew the last commercial service into Brisbane's Eagle Farm Airport - March 19, 1988

Flew first commercial service from Brisbane's new Airport as AN77 Brisbane-Sydney - March 20, 1988

Suffered major damage to rear when No 2 engine exploded on take-off from Brisbane - July 4, 1992

Repaired and returned to service after 58 days

Sold to Intrepid Aviation Partners - December 13, 1996

Operated its final revenue service Adelaide-Melbourne as AN110 - April 20, 1997

Had been previously painted with old airline logos and carried titles:

'Ansett Australia Farewell the Boeing 727 Series of Jets, 33 Years of Service 1964-1997'

Flight was under command of Capt L. Griffiths

Withdrawn from use at Melbourne Airport after four special staff farewell flight AN4727 - April 26, 1997

Officially purchased by Intrepid Aviation - May 28, 1997

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. as AN4290 - May 28, 1997

Ferry route: Melbourne-Pago Pago-Hilo-San Diego-Miami

Flight crew: Capts L. Griffiths, P. Terrill; F/E L. Forster

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 3, 1997

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N6393X - June 3, 1997

Registered to First Security Bank

Converted to freighter configuration by Professional Modification Services

Leased to Continental Micronesia - December 19, 1997

Reregistered as N627DH

Returned to DHL at end of lease - November 30, 1999

Leased to SwiftAir to operate on behalf of DHL - December 1, 1999

Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-HIG

Leased by DHL to TransAustralian Air Express Pty Ltd

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VLI - November 11, 2002

Registered to Transaustralian Air Express Pty Ltd

Aircraft is named 'Tania'

Departed Lasham, England on delivery flight to Australia as XME7024 - November 14, 2002

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of ferry flight in an all-white livery - November 17, 2002

Delivery route: Larnaca-Dubai-Bangalore-Singapore-Darwin-Melbourne

Painted into Australian air Express livery - November 23, 2002

Operated first revenue service with Australian air Express as XM7091 - November 29, 2002

First revenue service was Melbourne-Brisbane-Townsville-Cairns

TransAustralian air Express Pty Ltd changed its name to TransAustralian Air (T.A.A.) - March 20, 2003

Registered to National Jet Express Pty Ltd (t/a JETEX) - November 26, 2003

Operated final revenue service Perth-Melbourne as JTE092 - December 31, 2008

Intended sale to HeavyLift Cargo Airlines did not eventuate

Parked outside the John Holland hangar at Tullamarine Airport in all-white livery without titles

Registered to CSDS Aircraft Sale & Leasing, Torrance, California - March 28, 2009

Observed parked outside JHAS hangar with only Number 1 engine fitted - May 2009

Sold to Airmark Asia for lease to Neptune Air, Sepang, Malaysia

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - August 20, 2009

Ferry route: Melbourne-Port Headland-Kuala Lumpur-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register -

Entered onto the Malaysian Aircraft Register as 9M-NEP

Registered to Airmark Asia, Singapore

Delivered to Neptune Air - October 6, 2009

Current with Neptune Air

VH-ANA. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

VH-ANA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1991.

VH-ANA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-ANA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1996.

VH-ANA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1997.

EC-HIG. DHL Worldwide Express - in the full livery at an unknown airport, September 2000.