VH-RMH Vickers Viscount

Built at the Vickers-Armstrong Hurn factory

Ordered by Ansett-ANA - July 23, 1958

First flown - March 19, 1959

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMH - March 31, 1959

Registered to Ansett-ANA

Originally configured with 52 seats later changed to 63 seats

Departed Wisely on delivery to Ansett-ANA - April 1, 1959

Arrived at Melbourne - April 7, 1959

Delivery route - Rome-Beirut-Bahrain-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-Saigon-Zamboanga-Biak-Darwin-Alice Springs

Flew its first service with Ansett-ANA - April 11, 1959

Used to transport pop group 'The Beatles' Sydney-Adelaide - June 12, 1964

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 1, 1968

Aircraft was not repainted in the Ansett 'delta' color scheme

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - December 18, 1969

Operated its final Ansett service - August 6, 1970

Withdrawn from service and in open storage at Essendon Airport, Melbourne

Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (F.E.A.T.) - becoming B-2023 - July 1970

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Taipei - September 1, 1970

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 1, 1970

Leased to Pelandok Airways - becoming 9M-AQE - January 1972 to January 1973

Leased to Air Vietnam - March 1974 to March 1975

Leased to PT Mandala Airline - becoming PK-RVN - March 1976

Aircraft was named 'Pesopati'

Aircraft ran off the runway whilst landing at Semarang, Indonesia - May 1, 1981

Written off and scrapped

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - in original livery with single tail bar titles at Hurn Airport, April 1959.

(Image 0129-266. L. Wise Photograph)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - full livery with the new 'V-832' tail titles at Essendon Airport, August 1965.

(Image 0129-230. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - full livery with the new 'V-832' tail titles, location & date unknown.

(Image 0129-246. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - full livery with the new 'V-832' tail titles at Sydney Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-392. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - full livery with the new 'V-832' tail titles at Sydney Airport, December 1966.

(Image 0129-327. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-173. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Sydney Airport, August 1969.

(Image 0129-111. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1970.

(Image 0129-048. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Coolangatta Airport, February 1970.

(Image 0129-049. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-RMH. Ansett-ANA - in its final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1970.

(Image 0129-393. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMH. Far Eastern Air Transport - in their basic livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1970.

(Image 0129-391. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMH. Far Eastern Air Transport - in their basic livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1970.

(Image 0129-089. P. J. Gates Collection)

PK-RVN. Mandala Airlines - in their original color scheme at East Midlands Airport, April 1976.

(Image 0129-094. R. N. Smith Collection)

PK-RVN. Mandala Airlines - in their revised colors and new titles at Jakarta, April 1978.

(Image 0129-126. R. N. Smith Collection)

PK-RVN. Mandala Airlines - in their last color scheme at Halim Airport, June 1980.

(Image 0129-064. R. N. Smith Collection)