VH-RMX. Boeing 727-277A. c/n 20551-1054.

was also registered as: VH-VLG.


First flown at Renton as VH-RMX - July 3, 1974

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMX - July 17, 1974

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - July 17, 1974

Arrived Melbourne on delivery to Ansett Airlines - July 19, 1974

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

Flight crew: Capt E. Mackay; Navigator B. S. McEwen

Operated first revenue service - July 24, 1974

Operated final passenger revenue service Hobart-Launceston-Melbourne - March 5, 1983

Returned to service as a freighter - March 31, 1983

Departed Melbourne on delivery to United States for freighter conversion - September 28, 1983

Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Phoenix-Dothan

Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, G.A. Robinson; F/E P. McMahon; Support M. Allen, H. Zelno, P. Macklow

Convetered to full freighter with large freight door by Hayes Aircraft

Conversion took 90 days to complete

Arrived Melbourne on delivery to Ansett Air Freight - January 1, 1984

Delivery route was Dothan-Los Angeles-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi

Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, R.D. Brennan; F/E P. McMahon; Support G. Topp, H. Zelno, R. Bush

Operated its first service as a pure freighter Melbourne-Hobart-Launceston-Melbourne - January 17, 1984

Participated in national 'Red Nose Campaign' by having large red nose painted on it - August 1988

Operated Melbourne-Norfolk Island-Melbourne relief flight - first 727 to land at Norfolk - October 6, 1988

Sold to Intrepid Aviation Partners LLC - December 13, 1996

Leased to Ansett Australia Cargo as registered operator

Operated its final A.A.F. revenue service AN6170 Melbourne-Perth - April 24, 1997

Ferried Perth-Melbourne with titles removed

Leased to Independent Air Freighters (I.A.F.) - May 13, 1997

Operated its first revenue service with I.A.F. - May 13, 1997

Aircraft was operated by I.A.F. on behalf of Ansett Air Freight / Ansett Australia Cargo

Ferried Perth-Essendon for modification to No 2 engine and fitting of winglets - December 24, 1998

Ferried Essendon-Tullamarine at completion of work - February 7, 1999

Returned to service Melbourne-Perth - February 9, 1999

Ansett Australia Cargo ceased operations - September 13, 2001

Transferred to Australian air Express - September 17, 2001

Operated its final service for Independent Air Freighters Perth-Melbourne - August 28, 2002

Returned to Intrepid Aviation - August 28, 2002

Sold to TransAustralian Air Express - September 18, 2002

Registered as VH-RMX to TransAustralian Air Express Pty Ltd - September 18, 2002

Overhauled and repainted in full Australian air Express livery at Melbourne - September / October 2002

Reregistered as VH-VLG - September 30, 2002

Aircraft was named 'Julie'

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Launceston as XM7074 - October 18, 2002

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

Aircraft had been renamed 'Sandra' - September 10, 2003

Transferred to National Jet Systems after T.A.A. was placed under administration - October 17, 2003

Registered to National Jet Express Pty Ltd (t/a JETEX) - November 26, 2003

Operated final revenue service Hobart-Melbourne as XM7471 - September 19, 2006

Withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Sold to Kelowna Flightcraft - October 2006

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 5, 2006

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Canada - October 7, 2006

Arrived Kelowna at conclusion of delivery flight - October 9, 2006

Delivery route: Melbourne-Cairns-Majuro-Kahului-Seattle (Boeing Field)-Kelowna

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GYKF - October 24, 2006

Registered to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Leased to Gulf & Caribbean Air - December 3, 2010

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - December 6, 2010

Entered onto the U. S. Aircraft Register as N251FL - December 8, 2010

Registered to International Trading Company of Yukon, Inc, Oklahoma City, OK

Ferried Hamilton-Pontiac, MI - December 2010

Current status - ?


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

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

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

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

VH-RMX. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, August 1983.

VH-RMX. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'delta' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1984.

VH-RMX. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'delta' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1984.

VH-RMX. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Southern Cross ' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1985.

VH-RMX. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Starmark ' livery at Melbourne Airport, October 1985.

VH-VLG. Australian Air Express - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2004.