VH-RMF. Boeing 767-277. c/n 22694-32.


Built for Ansett Airlines with three-man cockpit

Construction completed at Seattle - June 1983

First flown as N8287V - June 8, 1983

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RME - June 22, 1983

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Arrived Melbourne as AN53 at conclusion of delivery flight - June 25, 1983

Ferry route: Seattle-Honolulu-Nadi

Ansett flight crew: Capt M. Wheaton; F/E G. Lynch. Boeing crew: Capts D. Bennett, J. Dunham; F/E C. Short

Operated first revenue service as AN8 Melbourne-Sydney - July 3, 1983

Operated inaugural 767 service Melbourne-Perth-Melbourne as AN224/209 - August 14, 1983

Operated Ansett Air Freight's first 767 freighter service to Tasmania - October 1, 1985

Route was AN441/442 Melbourne-Launceston-Melbourne

Operated the first AN1431/1432 Melbourne-Hobart-Melbourne freighter service - January 21, 1986

Operated inaugural Sydney-Denpasar-Sydney service as AN217/218 - September 11, 1993

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

Returned to service - May 1, 2001

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

Operated its final service as AN59 Sydney-Melbourne (Capt P. Green; F/O W. Crowley) - July 24, 2001

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

Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Trading - October 2001

Aircraft had flown 51,128 hours & 36,634 cycles as of July 24, 2001

Intended lease to KrasAir, Russia via management company Airfleet Resources did not eventuate

Painted all-white with grey wings - October 2002

Test flown at Melbourne (Capts J. Snowball, M. Klapp) - December 5, 2002

Sold to Aeroturbine Inc, Miami - September 13, 2004

Overhaul commenced at Melbourne - May 2005

Test flown at Melbourne (Capt J. Dorward) November 30 and December 2, 2005

Validation test flight performed (Capts J. Dorward, L. Griffiths) - January 30, 2006

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight as N767AT - March 3, 2006

Ferry route: Melbourne-Honolulu-Victorville (California)

Flight crew: Capt R. Sullivan; F/O G. Robinson

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register -

Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest - April 24, 2006

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA - May 31, 2006

Ferried Victorville-Miami for painting / preparation for lease Gadair European Airlines - June 12, 2006

Ferried Miami-Goodyear in full Gadair livery to escape Cyclone Ernesto - August 29, 2006

Lease to Gadair did not eventuate and aircraft returned to Wells Fargo Bank

Placed in open storage at Goodyear - October 2006

Flew Goodyear-Tucson return test flight (Capts G. Robinson, D. Spain, W. van Wormer) - January 25, 2007

Sold to Dallas Mavericks Ownership Group - February 16, 2007

Ferried Goodyear-Dallas on delivery - February 17, 2007

Ferried Dallas-Roswell for painting into Dallas Mavericks livery - February 27, 2007

Ferried Dallas-Kelowna, BC, Canada for upgrading by Flightcraft Engineering - April 17, 2007

Work included fitting 100 seat VIP luxury coach interior and ETOPS upgrade

Reregistered as N767MW - April 24, 2007

Leased to Pace Airlines Inc and operated for Dallas Mavericks

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VH-RMF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 4650-026. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-RMF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Sydney Airport, September 1994.

(Image 4650-003. R. N. Smith Photograph)