VH-RMW Boeing 727-277A

This was the third of four new aircraft ordered by Ansett Airlines - December 09, 1970

First flown - April 01, 1974

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMW - April 05, 1974

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Departed Seattle on the delivery flight to Australia - April 06, 1974

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - April 08, 1974

Delivery route: Seattle - Hilo - Pago Pago - Nadi - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains A. Lane, N. Murdoch, E. J. Smith; F/E I. Horne, J. Donk; Navigator W. C. Kennedy

Relief crew: Captain E. Mackay; F/E J. Crago; Navigator B. S. McEwen

Operated first revenue service - April 11, 1974

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN39 - October 21, 1983

Flight crew: Captain M. Bishop

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport

Aircraft had flown 30,054 hours with 22,150 cycles

Leased to Wien Air Alaska as the registered operator - November 26, 1983

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States - December 01, 1983

Ferry route: Melbourne - Nadi - Pago Pago - Honolulu - Marana

Flight crew: Captains J. Dorward, T. Otway; F/E A. Clarke; LAME M. Palmer

Ownership transferred to Ansett Industries Australia Ltd, Sun Valley, California

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 08, 1983

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N276WC - December 1983

Ownership transferred to Trans Pacific Enterprises, Belleview, WA - June 1984

Leased to Republic Airlines when Wein Air Alaska ceased operations - December 01, 1984

Transferred to Northwest Airlines when it merged with Republic Airlines - October 01, 1986

Sub-leased to Braniff as the registered operator - January 01, 1987

Sold to Aeron Aviation Corp with the lease to Braniff continuing - December 17, 1987

Returned to the lessor when Braniff ceased operations - April 1988

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 13, 1989

Leased to Dan-Air Ltd - January 16, 1989

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BPNS (CofR G-BPNS/R1) - January 16, 1989

Registered to Dan-Air Services Ltd, London

Sub-leased to Australian Airlines during pilots' dispute - November 01, 1989 to January 13, 1990

Sub-leased to Air Malta - March 29, 1990 to October 31, 1990

Sold to Capita Ltd and placed in storage at Lasham, U.K. - November 1992

Sold to Dawson Trading Ltd - ?

Registered to Dawson Trading Ltd - November 16, 1992

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GRYZ - September 16, 1993

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 16, 1993

Leased to Royal Aviation Inc as the registered operator - September 18, 1993

Sold to Royal Aviation Inc - December 1995

Sold to Prewitt Leasing Inc - June 1997

Converted to freighter configuration - August 1997

Reregistered as C-GACC - August 14, 1997

Leased / sold to Allcanada Express Ltd, Mississauga, Ontario - August 25, 1997

Registered to All Canada Express Inc - July 11, 2003

Withdrawn from use and parked at Miami - April 2005

Damaged at Miami when blown into 727-231 N54344 by Hurricane Wilma - October 24, 2005

Despite suffering only minor damage it was later declared an insurance write-off

Broken up at Miami - April 2006

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - September 13, 2006

VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 1979.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1979.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1980.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane' at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1981.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane' at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1981.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane' at Townsville Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMW. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane' at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1982.

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VH-RMW. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1983.

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VH-RMW. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 1983.

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VH-RMW. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Cairns Airport, September 1983.

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VH-RMW. Wien Air Alaska - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1983.

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VH-RMW. Wien Air Alaska - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1983.

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N276WC. Wien Air Alaska - in the standard livery at Seattle Boeing Field, December 1983.

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N276WC. Wien Air Alaska - in the standard livery at Seattle Boeing Field, June 1984.

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N276WC. Republic - in the interim livery at an unknown airport, September 1986.

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N276WC. Braniff - in the basic 'Republic' livery at an unknown airport, April 1987.

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N276WC. Braniff - in the basic 'Republic' livery at an unknown airport, April 1987.

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N276WC. Braniff - in the standard livery at Seattle Airport, September 1987.

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G-BPNS. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1989.

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G-BPNS. Dan-Air London - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1989.

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G-BPNS. Air Malta - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1990.

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G-BPNS. Air Malta - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1990.

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C-GACC. All Canada Express - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 1997.

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C-GACC. All Canada Express - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1998.