VH-RMO. Boeing 767-204. c/n 23807-184.


Ordered new by International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) for lease to Britannia Airways

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-BNCW - August 4, 1987

Registered to Britannia Airways

Construction completed at Seattle - August 1987

First flown as N6005C - August 14, 1987

Delivered to Britannia Airways - August 25, 1987

Returned to ILFC at end of lease - May 19, 1996

Cancelled from U.K. Aircraft Register - May 21. 1996

Leased to Ansett Australia

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMO - May23, 1996

Registered to Ansett Australia Ltd

Ferried Luton-Dothan, AL for refurbishment by Pemco World Air Services

Arrived Melbourne as AN4292 at conclusion of delivery flight - July 27, 1996

Ferry route: Dothan-San Diego-Hilo-Nadi-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts G.S. Stewart, B. Weiler; F/O S.J. Matthews; Engineers K. Wombwell, L. Bettiol,

N. Dunston, R. Hutton; Technical Officer L. Kennedy; Quality Assurance Officer C. Waterman

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN14 (Capt N. Hess) - July 31, 1996

Damaged at Sydney Airport when nosewheel retracted during routine maintenance - May 19, 2000

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

Returned to service Melbourne-Sydney as AN950 - April 20, 2001

Ownership transferred to Morgan Stanley Ansett Worldwide (MSA) then to Ansett Worldwide - July 2001

Operated its final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as AN55 - September 13, 2001

Aircraft stored at Melbourne when Ansett ceased all operations - September 13, 2001

Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Worldwide - October 5, 2001

Test flown at Melbourne as AN4089 (Capt I. Roberts; F/O D. Secker) - June 16, 2002

Aircraft had flown 48,609 hours with 22,850 cycles

Departed Melbourne as AN4040 on delivery flight for storage in USA - June 22, 2002

Ferried route: Melbourne-Honolulu-Mojave

Flight crew: Capt H. Otto; F/O G. Neate, D. Secker; Engineers P. Tsemetzis, B. Turnbull

Placed in storage at the Avtel facility for Ansett Worldwide

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 27, 2002

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N807AN - July 5, 2002

Registered to Morgan Stanley Ansett Worldwide, New York

Sold to AAR Parts Trading Inc - July 20, 2004

Parting out commenced by Flight Director - August 2004

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - August 20, 2004

Seen at Mojave in Ansett Australia livery minus undercarriage, nose & other parts - October 2006

Scrapped - April 16, 2007

G-BNCW. Britannia - in the full livery, September 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4650-075.)

VH-RMO. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1996.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 4650-125.)