VH-FNC. Fokker F.27-2013. c/n 10143.
First flown as PH-FBH - December 29, 1959
Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNC - February 4, 1960
Delivered new to Airlines of New South Wales at Melbourne - February 12, 1960
Arrived in full Ansett-A.N.A. colors and was repainted
Flew its first Airlines of N.S.W. service - February 1960
Painted in the Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. 'Delta' colors - October 31, 1969
Withdrawn from Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. service - October 5, 1976
Ferried to Melbourne for storage - November 5, 1976
Sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines - becoming PK-MFR - July 25, 1977
Repainted in Melbourne in Merpati colors
Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 26, 1977
Withdrawn from Merpati service and stored Surabaya, Indonesia - February 1994
Scrapped - October 1998
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VH-FNC. Airlines of N.S.W. - in its original livery at Sydney Airport, January 1966. (Image 1999-387. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FNC. Airlines of N.S.W. - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, March 1967. (Image 1999-239. B. Dannecker Collection) |
VH-FNC. Airlines of N.S.W. - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, December 1968. (Image 1999-241. B. Dannecker Collection) |
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VH-FNC. Airlines of N.S.W. - in its final livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, May 1969. (Image 1999-240. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-FNC. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Brisbane Airport, February 1975. (Image 1999-784. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
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VH-FNC. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1976. (Image 1999-838. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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PK-MFR. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in the original livery at Jakarta Airport, August 1982. (Image 1999-839. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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