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VH-RMJ. Vickers Viscount 832. c/n 417.
Built at the Vickers-Armstrong Hurn factory Ordered by Ansett-ANA - July 23, 1958 First flown - May 6, 1959 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMJ - May 15, 1959 Registered to Ansett-ANA Originally configured with 52 seats later changed to 63 seats Departed Wisely on delivery flight - May 17, 1959 Delivery route - Rome-Beirut-Bahrain-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-Saigon-Zamboanga-Biak-Darwin-Alice Springs Ferry crew: Capts M. Grocott, C.G. Lister, S.W. Russell; Navigator W.C. Kennedy; Engineer J. Clayton Arrived at Melbourne's Essendon Airport - May 22, 1959 Operated its first commercial service with Ansett-ANA - May, 1959 Aircraft was damaged when fire in #1 engine could not be extinguished in flight Was operating flight AN327 Sydney-Canberra-Melbourne - August 16, 1965 Made an emergency landing at Mangalore Airport, Victoria where fire was extinguished by airport fire crew 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 - February 22, 1970 Had flown 25,972 hours Sold to Consolidated Aviation Holdings Pty Ltd - February 26, 1970 Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (F.E.A.T.) - becoming B-2017 - May 1970 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Taipei - May 22, 1970 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 22, 1970 Leased to PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines - becoming PK-MVN - October 14, 1975 Aircraft was named 'Sumbawa' Was withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Jakarta - 1984 Scrapped at Jakarta - July 1985 |
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VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - with the original 'Viscount II' tail titles at Essendon Airport, November 1959. (Image 0129-249. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - with the original 'Viscount II' tail titles at Sydney Airport, date unknown. (Image 0129-226. E. Coates Collection) |
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VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - with the revised 'Viscount II' tail titles at Essendon Airport, December 1967. (Image 0129-237. R. N. Smith Collection) |
VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - with the revised 'Viscount II' tail titles at Essendon Airport, date unknown. (Image 0129-003. J. Hopton Photograph) |
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VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - with the revised 'Viscount II' tail titles at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (Image 0129-164. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - with the revised 'Viscount II' tail titles at Melbourne Airport, November 1969. (Image 0129-388. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - in their basic color scheme and no titles at Essendon Airport, March 1970. (Image 0129-163. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-RMJ. Ansett-ANA - in their basic livery and no titles at Essendon Airport, March 1970. (Image 0129-387. G. Bennett Collection) |
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VH-RMJ. F.E.A.T. - in their basic livery without titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, May 1970. (Image 0129-386. G. Bennett Collection) |
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PK-MVN. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in their revised livery at Jakarta Airport, date unknown. (Image 0129-125. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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