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

First flown - October 19, 1968

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZE - October 31, 1968

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - November 2, 1968

Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - November 2, 1968

Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Tontouta-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts M. Wheaton, R. Pyke, A. James; Navigator W.C. Kennedy

Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - November 4, 1968

Operated its first revenue service with Ansett-ANA - November 7, 1968

Operated its final revenue service as AN33 Sydney-Melbourne - July 15, 1981

Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Had flown 32,802 hours

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc, U.S.A.

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - July 25, 1981

Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Seattle-Amarillo-St Petersburg/Clearwater

Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, E. Walters; F/E E. Kelly

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N931ML - July 1981

Aircraft was named 'City of Detroit'

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 5, 1981

Sold to NSJ Corp with lease continuing to Midway Airlines - January 24, 1990

Returned to NSJ Corporation - September 12, 1991

Leased to Express One International Inc - September 26, 1991 to June 1995

Leased to Valujet Airlines Inc, Atlanta, Georgia - August 1995

Sold to Valujet Airlines - November 17, 1995

Reregistered as N965VV - August 1996

Leased to Spirit Airlines Inc, Detroit, MI - April 16, 1997

Reregistered as N132NK - August 1997

Withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Mojave - 1998 to December 9, 1999

Sold to Aeroturbine, Inc, Miami, FL - December 29, 1999

Flown to Opa Locka, Florida - December 1999

Broken up at Opa Locka - October 2000