VH-RMV. Boeing 727-277. c/n 20549-989.
First flown - November 5, 1973 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMV - November 14, 1973 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - November 14, 1973 Delivery route was Seattle-San Francisco-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne arriving - November 16, 1973 Flight crew: Capts N. Murdoch, I.K. Armstrong, M. Wheaton; F/E H. Clark; Navigator B.S. McEwen Operated first revenue service with Ansett Airlines - November 22, 1973 Damaged when starboard undercarriage went through the wing on landing at Melbourne - September 5, 1981 Was operating AN1183 Coolangatta-Melbourne Operated its final revenue service with Ansett Sydney-Melbourne - October 18, 1983 Flight was under command of Capt P. Sullivan Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne having flown 31,407 hours & 23,413 cycles Departed Melbourne on delivery to United States - November 13, 1983 Ferry routing was: Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-San Francisco-Seattle Flight crew: Capts J. Duff, P. Johnson; F/E B. Webber Ownership transferred to Ansett Industries Australia Ltd, Sun Valley, California Leased to Wien Air Alaska - becoming N275WC - November 13, 1983 to December 1, 1984 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 30, 1983 Ownership transferred to Trans Pacific Enterprises, Belleview, WA - June 1984 Leased to Republic Airlines - December 1, 1984 Transferred to Northwest Airlines when it merged with Republic - October 1, 1986 Leased to Braniff - August 1, 1987 to December 1989 Sold to Aeron Aviation Corp but lease to Braniff continued - December 17, 1987 Sold to Express One International but did not enter service with them - February 8, 1990 Leased to Aviogenex - becoming YU-AKR - March 17, 1990 to November 15, 1990 Returned to Express One - becoming N275WC Leased to Braniff - November 1990 to May 1992 Returned to Express One and converted to freighter configuration - February 1995 Sold to Central BLF Inc and leased back to Express One - February 1995 Withdrawn from use and stored at Grayson, Texas - June 1995 Sold to Aviation Enterprises Inc and sub-leased to Express One - November 13, 1996 Operated its first revenue service with United States Postal Service - December 12, 1998 Leased to Transasain Air Express - 2002 Arrived Melbourne on delivery to Transasian Air Express - April 12, 2002 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TXH - May 10, 2002 Registered to Transasian Air Express Transasian Air Express renamed TransAustralian Air Express - May 28, 2002 Operated first revenue service for Australian air Express XM7074 Melbourne-Launceston - September 11, 2002 TransAustralian Air Express Pty Ltd changed its name to TransAustralian Air (T.A.A.) - March 20, 2003 Transferred to National Jet Systems after T.A.A. placed under administration - July 16, 2003 Continued to operate for Australian air Express Registered to National Jet Express Pty Ltd (t/a JETEX) - November 26, 2003 Current |
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