Second of six DC-9s ordered new by Ansett - March 24, 1965

During construction the fuselage had been distorted in the wing cut-out area on port side

Douglas agreed to a 'lifetime guarantee' covering costs associated with any repairs to this section

First flown - February 19, 1967

Aircraft had been wired and instrumented for low-pressure tyre testing

Acceptance flight flown (Capt D. Lane (Ansett); Capt P. Patten (Douglas) - March 30, 1967

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZB - March 30, 1967

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Utilised within the U.S. for Ansett pilot training along with VH-CZA

Pilot training completed and aircraft prepared for departure - April 4, 1967

Fitted with only 4 rows of seats & 2 x 500 gallon flexible fuel cells mounted on pallets on cabin floor

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - April 11, 1967

Was first Douglas DC-9 Series 30 to be accepted by a non-U.S. airline

Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - April 11, 1967

Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts M. Withecombe, D. Brown; Navigator W.C. Kennedy & Douglas pilot D. Wriebracht

Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - April 13, 1967

Operated its first revenue service with Ansett-ANA - April 17, 1967

Participated in Memorial Fly-Past for the late Sir R. M. Ansett - February 15, 1982

Flight crew: Capt F. Boomsma; F/O D.G. Cashell

Operated its final revenue service as AN56 Launceston-Melbourne - March 27, 1982

Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 30, 1982

Had flown 30,184 hours

Sold to Marfreless Inc / Corsair for lease to U.S. Navy - September 29, 1982

Departed Melbourne as N3281K - November 15, 1982

Ferry route: Melbourne-Christchurch-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Phoenix

Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, J. Norrish; F/E G. Dalgleish

Overhauled to U.S. Navy requirements by Air International Inc

Test flown then ferried Phoenix, AZ-Millington, TN - September 29, 1982

Leased to U.S. Navy (U.S. Navy Reserve) as C-9B 'RT2391'

Later became BuAer 162391 'City of Millington' and based at Millington

Sold to McDonnell Douglas Corp - becoming N537MD - November 30, 1990

Sold to Aeronautics Leasing Inc - December 7, 1990

Sold to Airborne Express Inc - December 7, 1990

Reregistered N947AX to ABX Air Inc - January 7, 1991

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