VH-RMH. Boeing 767-277. c/n 22696-100.
Built for Ansett Airlines with three-man cockpit Construction completed at Seattle - August 1984 First flown as N1791B - August 28, 1984 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMH - September 20, 1984 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - September 24, 1984 Ferry route: Seattle-Honolulu-Nadi Ansett flight crew: Capts B. Porter, H Theunissen; F/E G. Lynch; Engineers B. Dyer, R. Elliott, S. Donald, W. O'Meara. Boeing flight crew: P. Bennett; Consultant J. Adams First revenue service was AN26 Melbourne-Sydney (Capt V. Collins; F/E R. Dorling) - September 28, 1984 Operated inaugural 767 service Sydney-Hamilton Is-Sydney (Capts B. Porter, G. Stewart; F/E G. Lynch) - December 8, 1984 Operated world's final Boeing 767 service crewed by a Flight Engineer as AN75 Brisbane-Melbourne (Capt R. Wood; F/O J. Farley; F/Es K. Dalby, R. Pollock) - April 7, 1998 Grounded by CASA at Melbourne Airport as result of non-compliance of airworthy directives - April 12, 2001 Returned to service - May 4, 2001 Intended sale and lease back from GECAS did not eventuate - May 2001Operated its final revenue service as AN218 Perth-Melbourne (Capt M. Hickman; F/O P. Mulvaney) - September 14, 2001 Aircraft stored at Melbourne when Ansett ceased all operations Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Trading - October 2001 Aircraft had flown 50,643 hours & 35,499 cycles as of September 14, 2001 Intended lease to KrasAir, Russia via management company Airfleet Resources did not eventuate Stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport Sold to Aeroturbine Inc, Miami, Florida - September 13, 2004 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 31, 2005 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N863AT - March 31, 2005 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - April 6, 2005 Ferried route: Melbourne-Honolulu-Opa Locka Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - May 16, 2006 Aircraft permanently retired at Opa Locka and parted out Forward fuselage has been separated for use as 767 flight-deck simulator in Toronto, Canada |
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VH-RMH. Ansett - in the 'South Cross' livery with birthday sticker at Melbourne Airport. (Image 4650-004. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
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