VH-CZK. Douglas DC-9-31. c/n 47548-633.

 

Second of three additional airframes ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1969

First flown - July 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZK - July 20, 1971

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

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - July 20, 1971

Departed Long Beach on the delivery flight to Australia - July 20, 1971

Arrived Melbourne (Essendon) Airport on completion of the delivery flight - July 22, 1971

Delivery route: Long Beach - Honolulu - Wake Island - Port Moresby - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains M. Wheaton, R. Pyke, N. Smith; Navigator W. C. Kennedy

Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide - July 29, 1971

Operated final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN1047 - September 13, 1981

Placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport

Aircraft had flown 25,807 hours

Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to the United States - September 27, 1981

Ferry route: Melbourne - Nadi - Pago Pago - Hilo - Seattle - Amarillo - St Petersburg (Clearwater)

Flight crew: Captains F. Boomsma, J. Bertram; Engineers D. Lynn, S. Donald

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc

Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to U. S. standards for Midway

Acceptance flights carried out by Captain F. Boomsma and Midway’s Captain R. Smith - November 16 - 17, 1981

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N933ML - November 18, 1981

Registered to Midway Airlines Inc

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 19, 1981

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc - November 24, 1981

Leased to American International Airways Inc - March 04 to December 15, 1982

Sold and registered to Investors Asset Holding Corp - June 28, 1989

Leased to Midway Airlines Inc as the registered operator

Returned to Investors Asset Holding when Midway Airlines ceased operations - November 14, 1991

Ferried to Marana, Arizona for storage - December 1991

Sold to Global Aircraft Sales Inc - April 1993

Leased to Zuliana de Aviacion t/a Zuliana Air - April 1993

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Venezulan Aircraft Register as YV-459C - ?

Returned to Global Aircraft Sales and stored when Zuliana suspended operations - February 28, 1997

Observed stored at Maracaibo - November 17, 2012

Aircraft is reported to have been scrapped but confirmation is required

 

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-243.)

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 1978.

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VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 1978.

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-246.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-247.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-248.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-249.)

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1980.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-546.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-250.)

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

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VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-253.)

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonweath Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1981.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-547.)

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonweath Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1981.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-254.)

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonweath Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1981.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-255.)

VH-CZK. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonweath Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 1981.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-252.)

N933ML. Midway - in the original livery at an unknown airport, February 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-340.)

N933ML. American International Airways - in the basic original Midway livery at an unknown airport, June 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-256.)

N933ML. Midway Metrolink - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-415.)

N933ML. Midway - in the revised 'Metrolink' livery at Chicago Airport, November 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-416.)

N933ML. Midway - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-257.)

N933ML. Midway - in the standard livery at Marana Airport, June 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-341.)

YV-459C. Zuliana - in the all-white livery at Miami Airport, March 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-258.)

YV-459C. Zuliana - in the revised white livery at Miami Airport, August 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-259.)

YV-459C. Zuliana - in the revised white livery at Miami Airport, December 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-260.)

YV-459C. Zuliana - in the revised livery at Miami Airport, February 1996.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-261.)

YV-459C. Zuliana - in the final livery at Miami Airport, January 1997.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-555.)