VH-CZK. Douglas DC-9-31. c/n 47548-633.
Ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1969 First flown - July 1971 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZK - July 20, 1971 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - July 20, 1971 Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - July 20, 1971 Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Wake Island-Port Moresby-Melbourne Flight crew: Capts M. Wheaton, R. Pyke, N. Smith; Navigator W.C. Kennedy Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - July 22, 1971 Operated its first revenue service Melbourne-Adelaide - July 29, 1971 Operated its final revenue service as AN1047 Sydney-Melbourne - September 13, 1981 Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport Had flown 25,807 hours Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - September 27, 1981 Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Seattle-Amarillo-St Petersburg/Clearwater Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, J. Bertram; Engineers D. Lynn, S. Donald Sold to Midway Airlines Inc Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to U.S. standards Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N933ML - November 18, 1981 Registered to Midway Airlines Inc Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 19, 1981 Sold to Midway Airlines Inc - November 24, 1981 Leased to American International Airways Inc - March 4 to December 15, 1982 Sold to Investors Asset Holding Corp - June 28, 1989 Returned to Investors Asset Holding when Midway Airlines ceased operations - November 14, 1991 Ferried to Marana, Arizona for storage - December 1991 Sold to Global Aircraft Sales Inc - April 1993 Leased to Zuliana de Aviacion t/a Zuliana Air - April 1993 Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register Enteren onto Venezulan Aircraft Register as YV-459C Returned to Global Aircraft Sales and stored when Zuliana suspended operations - February 1997 Sold to ABX Air t/a Airborne Express Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as Current |