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VH-RMG. Vickers Viscount 832. c/n 414.
Built at the Vickers-Armstrong Hurn factory Ordered by Ansett-ANA - July 23, 1958 First flown - February 23, 1959 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMG - March 12, 1959 Registered to Ansett-ANA Originally configured with 52 seats later changed to 63 seats Departed Blackbushe on delivery to Ansett - March 13, 1959 Arrived at Melbourne - March 17, 1959 Delivery route - Rome-Beirut-Bahrain-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-Saigon-Zamboanga-Biak-Darwin-Alice Springs Flew its first service with Ansett-ANA - March 20, 1959 Damaged after it aquaplaned off runway whilst landing at Eagle Farm, Brisbane - January 6, 1967 Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 1, 1968 Aircraft was not repainted in the Ansett 'delta' color scheme Operated its final Ansett service - August 12, 1969 Withdrawn from service and placed in open storage at Essendon Airport, Melbourne Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - December 18, 1969 Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (F.E.A.T.) - becoming B-2015 - 1970 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Taipei - April 8, 1970 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 13, 1970 Had flown 25,172 hours Sold to PT Mandala Airlines - becoming PK-RVP - May 29, 1986 Aircraft was named 'Christina Martha Tiahatu Nona Atz' and later ' Airlannga' Withdrawn from use and stored at Jakarta - August 1994 Scrapped |
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VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in the original livery with incorrect c/line on Hurn production line, February 1959. (Image 0129-138. E. D. Daw Collection) |
VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in the original livery on the ramp at Hurn, March 1959. (Image 0129-263. L. Wise Photograph) |
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VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in the original livery on the ramp at Hurn, March 1959. (Image 0129-262. L. Wise Photograph) |
VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in the original livery but with the incorrect c/line at Hurn, March 1959. (Image 0129-261. L. Wise Photograph) |
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VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in the original livery on the ramp at Blackbushe, March 1959. (Image 0129-260. L. Wise Photograph) |
VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - with the flight crew & staff ready for delivery flight, March 1959. (Image 0129-265. L. Wise Photograph) |
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VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in the 'V-832' tail livery at Sydney Airport, October 1966. (Image 0129-398. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 0129-394. G. Bennett Collection) |
VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 0129-397. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-RMG. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, September 1969. (Image 0129-045. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-RMG. Far Eastern Air Transport - in their basic livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, April 1970. (Image 0129-395. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-RMG. Far Eastern Air Transport - in their basic livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, April 1970. (Image 0129-396. G. Bennett Collection) |
B-2015. Far Eastern Air Transport - in their full color scheme at Taipei, May 1972. (Image 0129-046. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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PK-RVP. Mandala Airlines - in their full color scheme at Jakarta, October 1987. (Image 0129-098. R. N. Smith Collection) |
PK-RVP. Mandala Airlines - in their full color scheme at Jakarta, October 1988. (Image 0129-128. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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PK-RVP. Mandala Airlines - in their full color scheme at Jakarta, October 1988. (Image 0129-129. P. J. Gates Collection) |
PK-RVP. Mandala Airlines - in their full color scheme at Jakarta, December 1988. (Image 0129-221. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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PK-RVP. Mandala - in their new color scheme & no c/line at Jakarta, August 1991. (Image 0129-047. R. N. Smith Collection) |
PK-RVP. Mandala - in their new color scheme & thin c/line at Jakarta, August 1992. (Image 0129-099. R. N. Smith Collection) |