VH-RMV. Boeing 727-277. c/n 20549-989.

was also registered as VH-TXH.


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

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - November 16, 1973

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

Flight crew: Capts N. Murdoch, I.K. Armstrong, M. Wheaton; F/E H. Clark; Navigator B.S. McEwen

Operated first revenue service - November 22, 1973

Damaged when starboard undercarriage went through the wing on landing at Melbourne - September 5, 1981

Was operating service Coolangatta-Melbourne as AN1183

Operated final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne (Capt P. Sullivan) - October 18, 1983

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne having flown 31,407 hours with 23,413 cycles

Departed Melbourne on delivery to United States - November 13, 1983

Delivery route: Melbourne-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 - November 13, 1983

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 30, 1983

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N275WC - December 1, 1993

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

Leased to Republic Airlines following Wien's bankruptcy - December 1, 1984

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

Sub-leased to Braniff - August 1, 1987

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

Rolled out in Braniff livery at Miami - December 19, 1987

Sold to Express One International but did not enter service with them - February 8, 1990

Leased to Aviogenex - March 17, 1990

Entered onto the Yugoslav Aircraft Register as YU-AKR

Returned to Express One at end of lease - November 15, 1990

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N275WC

Leased to Braniff Airlines - November 1990

Returned to Express One at end of lease - May 1992

Converted to freighter configuration - 1994 / 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Withdrawn from use and stored at Grayson, Texas - June 1995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 first revenue service with United States Postal Service - December 12, 1998

Offered for sale by Jack Previtt & Associates - 2001

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 Melbourne-Launceston as XM7074 - 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

Operated final revenue service Perth-Melbourne as XM7034 - March 30, 2007

Aircraft had flown 67,259 hours with 43,504 cycles

Stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Registered to Australian Air Express Pty Ltd - May 17, 2007

Sold to C & L Aerospace, Brisbane

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 10, 2007

Scrapped on site at Melbourne Airport - February 5, 2008


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

VH-RMV. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1983.

N275WC. Braniff - in the full livery at an unknown airport, May 1988.

N275WC. Braniff - in the full livery at Orlando Airport, October 1989.

N275WC. Braniff International - in the green livery at Miami Airport, May 1991.

N275WC. Express One - in the full livery at Miami Airport, February 1993.

VH-TXH. Australian Air Express - in the all-white livery at Melbourne Airport, December 2002.
VH-TXH. Australian Air Express - in the full livery at Townsville Airport, March 2006.