VH-RMF. Boeing 727-77. c/n 18744-86.


Ordered new by Ansett-ANA - November 1963

First flown - October 18, 1964

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMF - October 30, 1964

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - November 1, 1964

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - November 4, 1964

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts A. Lane, R. Cokely, W. Freeland, J. Fleming, E. Mackay, J. Withecombe & Mathieson

Operated first revenue service - November 11, 1964

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - November 25, 1969

Operated Ansett's last scheduled Sydney-Brisbane-Port Moresby service - November 11, 1976

Operated final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as AN37 - May 25, 1979

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Sold to International Air Leases - September 1979

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - September 25, 1979

Delivery route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Los Angeles

Leased to Transbrasil SA Linhas Aereas - September 30, 1979

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 1, 1979

Entered onto the Brasilian Aircraft Register as PT-TCD

Sold to Transbrasil - February 1982

Sold to Corsair Inc - May 17, 1989

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N8140P

Leased to Toros Airways, Turkey (Torosair) - May 18, 1989

Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-AJS

Aircraft was named 'Turkeye'

Returned to Corsair when Torosair ceased operations - January 1990

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N134CA

Transferred to Avengair - June 1990

Leased to Americana de Aviacion - May 1, 1991

Aircraft was named 'Coronel Bolognesi'

Returned to Avengair but stored at Lima, Peru - March 10, 1993

Scrapped at Lima, Peru - February 1995


VH-RMF. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, April 1965.

VH-RMF. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1966.

VH-RMF. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, June 1967.

VH-RMF. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery at Essendon Airport, December 1969.
VH-RMF. Ansett - in the non-standard livery at Melbourne Airport, June 1976.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, February 1977.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-RMF. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-RMF. Ansett - in the basic livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, August 1979.

TC-AJS. TorosAir - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, August 1989.