Built for Ansett Airlines with three-man cockpit

Construction completed at Seattle - May 1983

First flown as N8292V - May 20, 1983

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RME - June 13, 1983

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 16, 1983

Ferry route: Seattle-Honolulu-Nadi-Melbourne

Ansett flight crew: Capt A. James; F/E J. Crago. Boeing flight crew: Capt S. Davis; F/E M. Eggleston

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN8 (Capt B. Porter) - June 28, 1983

Operated two 2-day charter flights for Polynesian Airlines for the Pacific Games - July 30/31, 1985

Route: Sydney-Nadi-Apia return (Capt B. Porter; F/O M. Ellis; F/E J. Jansen)

Had distinction of being the last aircraft to depart from old Brisbane Airport - March 20, 1988

Inaugurated Ansett's first full international service as AN219/220 - September 11, 1993

Route: Melbourne-Denpasar-Melbourne (Capt J. Duff)

Grounded by CASA at Melbourne Airport as result of non-compliance of airworthy directives - April 12, 2001

Returned to service on Melbourne-Launceston route - May 9, 2001

Intended sale and lease back from GECAS did not eventuate - May 2001

Operated final service Sydney-Melbourne as AN47 (Capt L Johnston; F/O P. Collison) - September 10, 2001

Aircraft was undergoing heavy maintenance when Ansett ceased all operations - September 13, 2001

Stored in the Ansett hangar at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Trading - October 2001

Aircraft had flown 51,757 hours & 36,073 cycles as of September 10, 2001

Removal of parts began - August 20, 2003

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 6, 2003

Broken up at Melbourne Airport - November 10, 2003

 

VH-RME. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.