Ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1969

First flown - March 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZJ - March 29, 1971

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - March 31, 1971

Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - April 1, 1971

Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Wake Island-Port Moresby-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts R. Pyke, N. Smith, A. James

Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - April 2, 1971

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne-Hobart - April 7, 1971

Operated Ansett's last schedule service from Melbourne's Essendon Airport - June 19, 1971

Operated its final revenue service as AN33 Sydney-Melbourne - August 27, 1981

Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Had flown 26,311 hours

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - September 7, 1981

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

Flight crew: Capts J. Duff, I. McKenzie; Engineer R. Lawson

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc

Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to U.S. standards

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N932ML - October 26, 1981

Registered to Midway Airlines Inc

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 27, 1981

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc - November 12, 1981

Sold to Investors Asset Holding Corp - June 28, 1989

Withdrawn from use when Midway Airlines ceased operations - November 14, 1991

Sold to MWA Holdings Inc - March 20, 1992

Leased to Spirit Airlines Inc - June 4, 1992

Sold to Spirit Aircraft 1 Trust Inc - December 29, 1994

Lease to Spirit Airlines continued

Returned to Spirit Aircraft 1 Trust - April 1998

Sold to United States Navy for experimental research and development projects - May 1, 1998

Aircraft was named 'Firebird II'

Withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave, California - March 27, 2002

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register

Observed at Mojave minus engines - February 21, 2006