Ordered new by T.A.A. - 1959

Allocated the registration of VH-TFL but was not taken up

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FBG - November 13, 1959

Registered to KNV Fokker NV

First flown as PH-FBG - November 16, 1959

Sold to M.M.A. - December 7, 1959

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight to Australia - December 9, 1959

Arrived Perth at conclusion of delivery flight as 'VH-TFL' - December 16, 1959

Flight crew: Capts A. Whitham (MMA Chief Pilot), S. Goddard, J. Murray; Navigator L. Thrift

Delivered in full Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines 'Jetstream' livery

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-MMS - December 24, 1959

Registered to Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines Ltd

Operated promotional flight Perth-Port Headland-Perth - December 28, 1959

Aircraft named 'Swan' by Mrs Shane Paltridge - December 28, 1959

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - December 29, 1959

Operated its first revenue service Perth-Broome-Port Headland-Derby - December 31, 1959

Flight crew: Capts S. Goddard, K. Beer; F/O N. Dorrington

Aircraft was nicknamed 'The Black Duck' & later 'The Supersonic Duck' by flight crews

It was first Friendship in the world to reach 10,000 hours

Withdrawn from service for overhaul - September 3 to October 30, 1962

First Friendship in the world to achieve 20,000 hours

Ownership transferred to Ansett Transport Industries - June 8, 1969

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

Withdrawn from M.M.A. service having flown 41,048 hours - January 1972

Transferred to Airlines of South Australia - January 1972

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - February 1972

Leased to M.M.A. to cover maintenance of F.28s - July 8 to August 5, 1977

Ferried Perth-Adelaide on return to Airlines of South Australia - August 6, 1977

Leased to Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - May 26, 1979 to March 1, 1980

Operated inaugural Air N.S.W. Sydney-Albury-Melbourne service - May 4, 1983

Logged the highest hours flown by any Australian registered Friendship - April 1984

Had flown 62,817 hours with 57,170 cycles

Withdrawn from service for repainting into new Ansett 'Southern Cross' livery - November 1984

Operated its final Ansett service WX865 Sydney-Canberra-Melbourne (Capt L. Campbell) - October 19, 1987

Flown to Melbourne's Essendon Airport and stored - 69,982 hours / 64,393 cycles

Estimated to have carried 1,854, 518 passengers during its career

Flown Essendon-Tullamarine for storage - January 25, 1989

Leased to Air Cruising for a Pacific Islands tour - May 6 - 22, 1991

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 6, 1991

Sold to Transpacific Enterprises Inc - December 13, 1991

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Peru as OB-1454 in an an all-white livery - December 13, 1991

Ferry route: Melboure-Alice Springs-Broome-Denpasar-Seoul-Bangkok-Calcutta-Delhi-Karachi-

Bahrain-Jeddah-Cairo-Athens-Milano-Preswick-Reykjavik-Sondrestromfjord-Goose Bay-

Philadelphia-Miami-Panama City-Guayaquil-Lima

Arrived Lima, Peru at conclusion of delivery flight - December 24, 1991

Flight crew: Capt D. Alidga; F/O M. Perochena (son of owner); Engineer J. Falconi

Leased to Expresso Aero SA - December 31, 1991 to February 23, 1994

Aircraft was named 'Salcantay'

Returned to Transpacific Enterprises Inc - October 1993

Ferried to Santiago, Chile for storage - August 3, 1994

Cannibalised for parts - but still relatively intact as of 2003

Had flown 72,020 and 69,478 cycles

PH-FBG. Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines - in the original livery at Amsterdam, November 1959.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-051.)

PH-FBG. Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines - in the original livery at Amsterdam, December 1959.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-175.)

VH-TFL. Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines - in the original livery at Amsterdam Airport, December 1959.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1993-064.)

VH-MMS. MMA Jetstream Service - in the final livery at Perth Airport, November 1967.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1999-625.)

VH-MMS. MMA Jetstream Service - in the final livery at Perth Airport, January 1968.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1993-024.)

VH-MMS. MMA Jetstream Service - in the final livery at Perth Airport, date unknown.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1999-427.)

VH-MMS. MMA Jetstream Service - in a modified livery at Perth Airport, date unknown.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1999-415.)

VH-MMS. MMA - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1971.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-448.)

VH-MMS. MMA - in the Ansett 'delta' livery at Narrandara Airport, November 1978.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-449.)

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

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1999-798.)

VH-MMS. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-872.)

VH-MMS. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Airport, November 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-283.)

VH-MMS. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at unknown airport, November 1979.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-387.)

VH-MMS. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-025.)

VH-MMS. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1982.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-319.)

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

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-450.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1993-027.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1985.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-452.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - 'Southern Cross' livery with 'Victoria B'day' decals at Canberra, November 1985.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-627.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - 'Southern Cross' livery with 'Victoria B'day' decals at Canberra, November 1985.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-626.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1999-805.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Canberra Airport, January 1986.

(E. D. Daw Photograph. 1999-628.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with birthday sticker at Melbourne Airport, March 1986.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-453.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with birthday sticker at Adelaide Airport, April 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1993-026.)

VH-MMS. Ansett - in the all-white livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, December 1991.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-454.)