First flown at Renton as VH-RMS - October 20, 1969

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMS - October 31, 1969

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - October 31, 1969

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - November 2, 1969

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Wake Island-Port Moresby-Brisbane-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts J. McRobbie, R. Sealey; Navigator B. S. McEwen

Operated first revenue service - November 8, 1969

Utilised in 98 seat passenger configuration during the day and freighter at night

Operated first Melbourne-Perth jet freight flight - February 19, 1970

Operated final revenue service Adelaide-Melbourne as AN213 - January 29, 1980

This was Ansett's final Boeing 727-77 passenger service

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Sold to Air Nauru

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 15, 1980

Entered onto the Nauru Aircraft Register as C2-RN7 - May 16, 1980

Aircraft was named 'Chief Diamon'

Operated first Air Nauru service as a freighter Melbourne-Noumea - May 16, 1980

Withdrawn from service by Air Nauru - September 24, 1983

Dry leased to Trans-Australia Airlines as a freighter - April 16, 1984

Operated first TAA Air Cargo service Melbourne-Perth as TN2440 - April 17, 1984

Cancelled from the Nauru Aircraft Register - May 28, 1987

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TBS - May 28, 1987

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Aircraft was named 'Ernest Giles'

Registered to Australian Airlines Ltd - July 11, 1988

Operated final Australian Cargo service Melbourne-Perth - August 24, 1989

Stored in Perth as a result of the pilots' dispute that affected all Australian airlines

Ferried Perth-Melbourne as TN6147 - January 21, 1990

Australian Air Cargo markings removed and aircraft stored at Melbourne Airport - February 15, 1990

Sold to Sherrard Aviation Pty Ltd & leased to National Jet Systems - March 3, 1990

Sub-leased to Australian air Cargo and operated Melbourne-Sydney as TN2350 - March 26, 1990

Registered to Sherrard Aviation Pty Ltd - April 30, 1990

National Jet terminated lease to Australian Air Cargo - March 20, 1991

Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Arizona for major overhaul - March 30, 1991

Returned to Australia in an all-white color scheme - June 2, 1991

Chartered by Qantas for trans-Tasman freight flights - June 13, 1991

Sold to Rothschild Australian Aircraft Leasing Ltd and leased to Qantas - September 3, 1992

Repainted into full DHL livery by Ansett - September 1993

Leased to DHL for 1 year for mainly overnight Sydney-Auckland-Sydney freight services - September 1993

Registered to Rothschild Australia Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd - November 26, 1993

Leased to Premier Airlines - August 25, 1994 to March 30, 1995

Withdrawn from service and stored at Avalon Airport - March 31, 1995

Returned to Rothschild Australia Aircraft Leasing - November 19, 1995

Leased to Australian air Express and used on Perth-Melbourne-Perth route - November 20, 1995

Registered to Air Cargo Australia Pty Ltd - November 8, 2000

Registered to Rothschild Australia Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd - November 11, 2000

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

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

Registered to TransAustralian Air Express - November 19, 2002

TransAustralian Air Express P/L changed its name to TransAustralian Air (T.A.A.) - March 20, 2003

TransAustralian Air placed under administration - July 16, 2003

Aircraft transferred to National Jet Systems and operated for Australian Air Express - October 17, 2003

Operated final service for Australian air Express - October 31, 2003

Aircraft withdrawn from use and stored at Brisbane Airport

Registered to National Jet Systems (t/a JETEX) - November 26, 2003

Sold to Australian Aviation Pty Ltd, Brisbane - February 2004

Donated to Australian Training College, Brisbane - March 2004

VH-RMS. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at near Seattle, October 1969.

VH-RMS. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, May 1972.

VH-RMS. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978.

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

VH-RMS. Annsett - huge spelling error in titles at Melbourne Airport, August 1979.

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

C2-RN7. Air Nauru - in the original livery at Melbourne Airport, July 1981.

C2-RN7. TAA Cargo - in the basic Air Nauru livery at Canberra Airport, October 1984.

VH-TBS. Australian Cargo - in the basic Air Nauru livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1987.

VH-TBS. Australian Cargo - in the basic Air Nauru livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1987.

VH-TBS. Australian Cargo - in the basic Air Nauru livery at Melbourne Airport, February 1990.

VH-TBS. DHL - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1993.

VH-TBS. DHL - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993.

VH-TBS. Australian Air Express - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, November 2000.

VH-TBS. Australian Air Express - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-TBS. Aviation Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, October 2004.

VH-TBS. Aviation Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2005.