Sixth aircraft ordered new by Ansett-ANA - June 28, 1958

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FBL - January 26, 1960

Registered to KNV Fokker NV

First flown as PH-FBL - January 26, 1960

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNF - March 4, 1960

Registered to Ansett-A.N.A.

Accepted by Ansett-ANA at Schiphol - March 10, 1960

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight to Australia - March 11, 1960

Ferry route: Amsterdam-Rome-Athens-Beirut-Bahrain-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-

Saigon-Zamboanga-Biak-Darwin-Alice Springs

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - March 19, 1960

Flight crew: Capts J.E. Elliott, L. Chalmers, R. Mitchell; Navigator W.C. Kennedy; LAME J. Ayers

Aircraft arrived in Airlines of N.S.W. livery but was never operated by them

Flew first revenue service for Ansett-A.N.A. - March 1960

Leased / sold to MacRobertson Miller Airlines - M.M.A. - 1964

Reregistered VH-MMO - June 16, 1964

Registered to Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines Ltd

Aircraft had flown 9,142 hours with 9,745 cycles to date

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - September 29, 1969

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - August 1, 1970

Leased to M.M.A. - November 29 to December 3, 1970

Leased to M.M.A. - January 4 - 24, 1971 & July 5 - 8, 1971

Operated final Ansett Melbourne-King Island-Melbourne AN875/876 service - November 5, 1980

Operated Ansett's inaugural Alice Springs-Tennat Creek-Katherine-Darwin service - February 5, 1981

Leased to Airlines of Northern Australia - December 1981

Became first aircraft to be painted in the Airlines of Northern Australia livery

Operated Ansett's final F.27 service Alice Springs-Ayers Rock-Alice Springs - March 6, 1983

Leased to Air New South Wales - March 7, 1983

Returned to Ansett - January 26, 1984

Leased to Air Queensland - July 27, 1984

Operated first revenue service with Air Queensland - July 28, 1984

Operated final revenue service with Air Queensland - October 15, 1984

During lease to Air Queensland it operated in Airlines of Northern Australia livery

Returned to Ansett Airlines of Australia - October 18, 1984

Withdrawn from service after operating Sydney-Canberra-Melbourne service - May 15, 1988

Returned to service for short period

Withdrawn from service after operating AN855/856 Melbourne-Burnie-Melbourne - July 22, 1988

This was the last Ansett F.27 service to / from Tasmania (Capt J. Swift; F/O P. Lomas)

Returned to service operating Melbourne-Canberra service - October 28, 1988

Flew its final revenue service Hamilton Island-Cairns-Brisbane (Capt J. Swift; F/O P. Lomas) - May 25, 1989

Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne for storage - May 26, 1989

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 30, 1990

Aircraft had flown a total of 62,649 hours with 61,772 cycles

Reduced to spares at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Fuselage presented to Melbourne Airport Fire Services for fire training practice

Delivered to Adelaide Airport Fire Services for fire training - July 22, 1999

VH-FNF. Ansett-A.N.A. - in the original livery at unknown airport, July 1960.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1999-234.)

VH-FNF. Ansett-A.N.A. - in the original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-285.)

VH-MMO. MMA Jetstream Service - in the full livery at Perth Airport, January 1966.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-137.)

VH-MMO. MMA Jetstream Service - in the full livery at Perth Airport, January 1969.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-431.)

VH-MMO. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-138.)

VH-MMO. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne's Airport, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-787.)

VH-MMO. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at unknown airport, December 1976.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-592.)

VH-MMO. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-023.)

VH-MMO. Airlines of Northern Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-434.)

VH-MMO. Airlines of Northern Australia - in the full livery at Darwin Airport, October 1982.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-433.)

VH-MMO. Airlines of Northern Australia - in the full livery at Canberra Airport, November 1982.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-624.)

VH-MMO. Airlines of Northern Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1983.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-191.)

VH-MMO. Airlines of Northern Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, May 1983.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-987.)

VH-MMO. Air Queensland - in Airlines of Northern Australia livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-984.)

VH-MMO. Air Queensland - in Airlines of Northern Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1984.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-130.)

VH-MMO. Air Queensland - in Airlines of Northern Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1984.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-435.)

VH-MMO. Air Queensland - in Airlines of Northern Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-983.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with birthday sticker at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-796.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with 'Victoria' stickers at Melbourne, January 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-986.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with 'Victoria' stickers at Melbourne, July 1985.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-437.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, April 1988.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-438.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, August 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-985.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, August 1988.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-439.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, January 1990.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-440.)

VH-MMO. Ansett - in the process of being broken up for scrap at Melbourne Airport, November 1991.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-988.)