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 2001Operated 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 Current |
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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) |
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