First flown - May 8, 1979

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMN - May 17, 1979

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - May 17, 1979

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - May 20, 1979

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

Flight crew: Capts N. Murdoch, E. Mackay; F/E G. Lynch; Navigator W. C. Kennedy

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Canberra as AN981 - May 25, 1979

Sustained major damaged when struck by Pioneer bus at Sydney Airport - December 19, 1981

Repairs took 26 days to complete

Withdrawn from Ansett service - February 9, 1987

Leased to Polynesian Airlines and operated its first service to Vila - March 1, 1987

Painted in dual livery and titles - Polynesian on port side and Cook Islands International on starboard side

Operated exclusively for Polynesian Airlines - May 1990 to April 18, 1992

Aircraft was named 'Fuatino'

During lease to Polynesian this aircraft was prohibited from operating domestic services under

the Australian Two Airline Policy capacity restrictions then in force

Returned to Ansett domestic service in Polynesian livery Sydney-Coolangatta - April 20, 1992

Repainted in East West livery and rolled out as such - May 22, 1992

Utilised on joint Ansett / East West services mainly on Melbourne-Coolangatta route

Withdrawn from East West service - April 18, 1993

Returned to Ansett Australia domestic service - May 12, 1993

Operated final revenue service with Ansett Cairns-Brisbane-Melbourne as AN77 - September 30, 1996

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne with titles removed - November 24, 1996

Sold to Intrepid Aviation Partners, TN, USA - December 13, 1996

Sold to Rothschild Australia Aircraft Leasing - June 1997

Leased to Australian air Express - June 1997

Departed Melbourne on delivery to United States as AN4293 - June 25, 1997

Delivery routing: Brisbane-Pago Pago-Hilo-San Diego-Harrisburg

Flight crew: Capts L. Griffiths, P. Terrill; F/E L. Forster; LAME B. Duncan, J. Helmut Buche,

R. Campbell, J. Finley with F/A C. Campbell

Converted to Stage 3 pure freighter configuration by Stambaugh Associates, Harrisburg, PA

Reregistered as VH-AUP - July 17, 1997

Registered to Aero Marine Consulting Pty Ltd

Returned to Australia - October 1997

Entered service with Air Cargo Australia / Australian air Express - November 21, 1997

Leased to Air Cargo Australia & sub-leased to Australian Air Express - October 20, 2000

Registered to Air Cargo Australia Pty Ltd, Tullamarine, Victoria - August 1, 2002

Sold to TransAustralian Air Express Pty Ltd - September 12, 2002

Registered to TransAustralian Air Express - November 19, 2002

Reregistered as VH-VLF - February 10, 2003

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

Transferred to National Jet Systems when T.A.A. was placed under administration - July 16, 2003

Operated by National Jet for Australian air Express

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

Operated final revenue service Brisbane-Melbourne as 7032 - May 16, 2007

Withdrawn from use at Melbourne Airport

Aircraft had flown 56,917 hours with 38,549 cycles

Sold to C&L Aerospace, Brisbane - June 2007

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 10, 2007

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N982JM - September 12, 2007

Registered to Jet Midwest Sales & Leasing 21695 LLC, Kansas City

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S. as '21695' - September 16, 2007

Delivery route: Melbourne-Brisbane-Apia-Honolulu-Mojave

Sold to Cargo Three Inc t/a Panair Cargo - February 2009

Ferried Mojave-Panama City - February 3, 2009

Panair Cargo proposed to operate twice weekly freighter services Panama City-Gulfport-Biloxi

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - March 3, 2009

Entered onto the Panamanian Aircraft Register as HP-1653CTW - October 2009

Initially operated in all-white livery without titles but has since acquired PanAir Cargo livery and titles

Current - June 2010

VH-RMN. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, August 1981.

VH-RMN. Ansett - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1987.

VH-RMN. Polynesian - in the basic Ansett livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1987.

VH-RMN. Cook Islands International - in the basic Ansett livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1989.

VH-RMN. Polynesian - in the basic Ansett livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1989.

VH-RMN. East West - in the basic Ansett livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1992.

VH-RMN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Sydney Airport, October 1994.

VH-RMN. Ansett Australia - in the basic livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, December 1996.