First flown - November 10, 1972

This was Ansett's first Series 200 Boeing 727

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMU - November 20, 1972

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Flown Seattle-San Francisco for lease to United - November 20, 1972

Sub-leased to NASA for noise abatement testing using temporary registration N7640U - December 1972

Returned to Ansett and departed San Francisco on delivery flight to Australia - February 17, 1973

Arrived Melbourne on delivery to Ansett Airlines - February 19, 1973

Delivery route was San Francisco-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Nadi

Flight crew: Capts A. Lane, B. McKenna, J.M. Whiteman; F/E W. Ross, F. Howard; Navigator W. C. Kennedy

Operated first revenue service with Ansett Airlines - February 26, 1973

Participated in the evacuation of Darwin following Cyclone Tracy - December 1974

Operated its final revenue service with Ansett as AN213 Adelaide-Melbourne - November 6, 1983

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne having flown 38,265 hours & 25,079 cycles

Departed Melbourne on delivery to United States - December 6, 1983

Ferry routing was: Pago Pago-Honolulu-Seattle

Flight crew: Capts A. Boomsma, R. Donaldson for Melbourne-Honolulu sector

Flight crew: Capts J. Dorward, T. Otway, F/E A. Clarke - Honolulu-Seattle sector

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 8, 1983

Transferred to Ansett Industries Australia Ltd, Sun Valley, California

Leased to Wien Air Alaska - becoming N274WC - December 16, 1983 to December 1, 1984

Sub-leased to Republic Airlines - December 1, 1984

Ownership transferred to Trans Pacific Enterprises, Belleview, WA - June 1984

Transferred to Northwest Airlines when it merged with Republic - October 1, 1986

Leased to Braniff - January 1, 1987

Sold to Aeron Aviation Corp but lease to Braniff continued - December 17, 1987

Repossessed by Aeron - December 1989

Sold to Security Pacific Eurofinance - March 2, 1990

Leased to Lineas Aereas de Costa Rica (t/a LACSA) - March 2, 1990 to April 1992

Leased to HCL Aviation (t/a Av Atlantic) - May 15, 1992 to June 15, 1994

Sub-leased to Braniff International - May 1992 to July 1992

Repossessed by First Security Bank, Utah on behalf of Security Pacific Eurofinance - June 15, 1994

Leased to Servicios Aereos Rutas Oriente SA (SARO) - November 1994

Reregistered as HK-3977X - December 1, 1994

Leased to Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia SA (t/a ACES Colombia) - December 20, 1994

Offered for sale by Aeron Aviation Resources - having flown 71,540 hours - May 14, 2001

Sold to Pegasus Aircraft Partners -

Leased to Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela CA (t/a Aeropostal) becoming YV-17C - May 2003

Current

VH-RMU. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in full 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, April 1978.

(Image 4610-253. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-RMU. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in full 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

(Image 4610-254. R. N. Smith Photograph)