VH-RMK Vickers Viscount

Built at the Vickers-Armstrong Weybridge factory for Continental Airlines

First flown as N241V - April 1, 1958

Delivered to Continental Airlines Inc - May 10, 1958

Sold to Ansett-ANA - September 15, 1960

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMK - September 2, 1960

Registered to Ansett-ANA

Originally configured with 52 seats later changed to 63 seats

Departed Omaha on delivery to Ansett-ANA in basic Continental colors - September 16, 1960

Delivery route - Chicago-Montreal- Goose Bay-Sondrestromfjord-Keflavik-London-Napoli-Athens-Damascus-

Beirut-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-Saigon-Zamboanga-Biak-Darwin-Alice Springs

Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport in basic Continental livery - September 28, 1960

Ferry crew: Capts C. Lister, D. Bull; F/O J. Farrell; Navigator W.C. Kennedy; LAME J. Howard

Operated its first revenue service with Ansett-ANA - October 1960

Damaged when it overshot the runway on landing at Sydney in heavy rain - May 13, 1962

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 1, 1968

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

Operated its final Ansett service and placed in open storage at Melbourne - August 10, 1969

Had flown 26,902 hours

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

Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (F.E.A.T.) - becoming B-2021 - May 23, 1970

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Taipei - July 10, 1970

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 13, 1970

Leased to PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines - becoming PK-MVO - October 1976

Aircraft was named 'Buru'

Was withdrawn from service after starboard wing spar was found to be cracked - 1983

Placed in storage at Jakarta - 1983

Scrapped at Jakarta - February 1983

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in basic Continental colors & no titles on delivery, September 1960.

(Image 0129-166. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery with 'V-832' tail titles at Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-165. P. J. Gates Collection)

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

(Image 0129-167. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the full livery with 'V-832' tail titles at Melbourne Airport, January 1967.

(Image 0129-384. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - with new 'Viscount II' tail titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-250. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - with new 'Viscount II' tail titles at Sydney Airport, date unkbown.

(Image 0129-402. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - with new 'Viscount II' tail titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unkbown.

(Image 0129-382. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - with the 'Viscount II' tail titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-005. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - with 'Viscount II' tail titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, September 1969.

(Image 0129-383. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the basic Ansett livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1970.

(Image 0129-385. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMK. F.E.A.T. - in the basic livery without titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, May 1970.

(Image 0129-380. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-RMK. F.E.A.T. - in the basic livery without titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1970.

(Image 0129-193. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-RMK. F.E.A.T. - in the basic livery without titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, July 1970.

(Image 0129-424. P. J. Gates Collection)

B-2021. Far Eastern Air Transport - in the full livery at Taipei, October 1972.

(Image 0129-243. R. N. Smith Collection)

PK-MVO. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in the old livery at Halim Airport, October 1980.

(Image 0129-095. R. N. Smith Collection)

PK-MVO. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in the old livery at Halim Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-332. P. J. Gates Collection)