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 at conclusion of delivery flight - February 19, 1973

Delivery route: San Francisco-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne

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

Operated first revenue service - February 26, 1973

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

Operated final revenue service Adelaide-Melbourne as AN213 (Capt A. Rankin) - November 6, 1983

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne having flown 38,265 hours and 25,079 cycles

Ownership transferred to Ansett Industries Australia Ltd, Sun Valley, California

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

Ferry route: Melbourne-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

Entered onto the U. S. Aircraft Register as N274WC

Registered to Ansett Industries Australia Ltd

Leased to Wien Air Alaska as registered operator - December 16, 1983

Registered to Trans Pacific Enterprises Inc, Belleview, WA - June 1984

Wein Air Alaska ceased operations due to bankruptcy - November 28, 1984

Aircraft returned to lessor - November 29, 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 with lease to Braniff continuing - 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

Entered onto the Colombian Aircraft Register 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

Sold to Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela CA (t/a Aeropostal) - May 2003

Entered onto the Venezuelan Aircraft Register as YV-17C

Withdrawn from use and scrapped - ??

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

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

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

N274WC. Wein Air Alaska - in the full livery at an unknown airport, May 1984.

N274WC. Lacsa - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, December 1991.

N274WC. Av Atlantic - in the revised livery at Miami Airport, August 1992.

N274WC. Av Atlantic - in the all-white livery at Miami Airport, April 1994.

HK-3977X. Aces Colombia - in the full livery at Miami Airport, January 1998.