VH-FNI. Fokker F.27-2013. c/n 10181.
First flown as PH-FCV - July 6, 1961
Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNI - June 26, 1961
Delivered new to Ansett-A.N.A. at Melbourne - July 25, 1961
Flew first service for Ansett-A.N.A. - July 1961
Flew its last Ansett-ANA service - April 15, 1968
Painted in Airlines of South Australia colors - aircraft named 'City of Whyalla'
Registered to Airlines of South Australia - May 10, 1968
Involved in a highjacking incident on approach to Alice Springs Airport - November 15, 1972
Flew its last Ansett Airlines of Australia service - Wynyard-Melbourne - December 18, 1980
Sold to Commercial Airways - Comair - January 16, 1981
Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Comair - becoming ZS-JVI - January 23, 1981
Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 2, 1981
Withdrawn from Comair service and stored - November 1997
Sold to JODA Partnership - becoming N863MA - November 25, 1997
Delivered to Lima, Peru - February 14, 1998
Leased to AeroCondor Peru SA - becoming OB-1693 - April 30, 1998
Current as of 2005
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VH-FNI. Ansett-A.N.A. - in its original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1962. (Image 1999-041. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-FNI. Ansett-A.N.A. - in its original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1962. (Image 1999-405. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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VH-FNI. Ansett-A.N.A. - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 1999-406. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-FNI. Ansett-A.N.A. - in its final livery, date unknown. (Image 1999-870. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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VH-FNI. Airlines of South Australia - in the original livery at Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 1999-565. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-FNI. Airlines of South Australia - in the original livery at Adelaide Airport, May 1969. (Image 1999-564. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FNI. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Adelaide Airport, October 1972. (Image 1999-457. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-FNI. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1979. (Image 1999-566. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FNI. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1980. (Image 1999-567. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-FNI. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1980. (Image 1999-568. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FNI. Comair - in the original livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, January 1981. (Image 1999-591. R. Waller Collection) |
VH-FNI. Comair - in the original livery at Johannesburg Airport, January 1981. (Image 1999-492. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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ZS-KVI. Comair - in the modified livery at Johannesburg Airport, February 1983. (Image 1999-569. R. N. Smith Collection) |
ZS-KVI. Comair - in the modified livery at Johannesburg Airport, October 1987. (Image 1999-570. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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ZS-KVI. Comair - in the final livery at Johannesburg Airport, August 1996. (Image 1999-571. I. Malcolm Photograph) |
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