First flown - June 18, 1981

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANE - June 24, 1981

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - June 25, 1981

Delivery route was Seattle-San Francisco-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne arriving - June 30, 1981

Flight crew were: Capts A. James, M. J. Reed, J. Dorward; F/E J. Crago, G. Lynch

Operated first revenue service with Ansett Airlines as AN224 Melbourne-Perth - July 11, 1981

Reconfigured to an all-economy seating and painted in EastWest colors - January 16, 1992

Aircraft was named 'Gold Coast'

Additional 'Conrad Jupiters Casino' & 'High Flyer' titles with a pair of dice also added

Entered service with EastWest on Sydney-Coolangatta-Sydney route - January 18, 1992

Operated its final service with EastWest Airlines - February 1, 1994

Returned to Ansett Australia service following repainting - April 18, 1994

Became first 727 in the world to have in-flight video entertainment systems fitted - 1995

Sold to Intrepid Aviation Partners - December 13, 1996

Operated its final revenue service with Ansett Australia as AN36 Hobart-Melbourne - January 5, 1997

Departed Melbourne on delivery as AN4290 - routing Pago Pago-Hilo-San Diego-Miami - April 29, 1997

Flight crew were: Capts L. Griffiths. I. A. Allchin; F/E W. Baker

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 6, 1997

Sold to First Security Bank - becoming N70415 - May 6, 1997

Converted to freighter configuration by COPESA, San Jose, Costa Rica

Leased to DHL Worldwide Express for use in Europe

Sold to European Air Transport - becoming OO-DLK - August 1, 1997

Departed Costa Rica on delivery flight to Brussels routing via Gander - September 9, 1997

Leased to Swiftair SA, Spain - becoming EC-IFC

Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - April 24, 2002

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-DPE - February 7, 2005

Registered to DHL Aviation (Pty) Ltd, Lanseria, South Africa

Operated by Solenta Aviation for DHL

Intended registration of HZ-SNF did not proceed

Observed operating in South Africa in new DHL livery - December 2005

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