VH-CZL Douglas DC-9-31

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

First flown at Long Beach as VH-CZL - November 1971

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - November 17, 1971

Departed Long Beach on the delivery flight to Australia - November 17, 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZL - November 18, 1971

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

Arrived Melbourne Airport on completion of the delivery flight - November 19, 1971

Flight crew: Captains M. A. Lane, J. Withecombe, D. B. Moodie; Navigator B. S. McEwen

Delivery route: Long Beach - Honolulu - Pago Pago - Nadi - Tontouta - Melbourne

Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - November 25, 1971

Operated final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN33 - December 22, 1981

Placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport

Aircraft had flown 25,225 hours

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States - February 08, 1982

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

Flight crew: Captains R. Neve, P. Lynch; Engineers B. King, L. Bettiol, K. Hale, M. Rance

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

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc - March 21, 1982

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N935ML - May 1982

Registered to Midway Airlines Inc

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 21, 1982

Sold to Seventh HFC Leasing Corp - August 1984

Leased to Midway Airlines as the registered operator

Sold to CL Aircraft Inc - July 28, 1988

Sold to Pegasus Capital Corp - January 18, 1989

Returned to Pegasus Capital Corp by Midway on termination of the lease - March 27, 1991

Placed in open storage at Orlando, Florida - April 1991

Intended sale to AAA Airlines (Aust) for use on a proposed Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane shuttle service - ?

The planned start-up of this airline venture did not eventuate

Leased to Spirit Airlines - May 1992

Leased to Aeronaves de Mexico SA de CV t/a Aeromexico as the registered operator - July 01, 1992

Withdrawn from service - June 2001

Arrived South Padre Island, Brownsville, Texas for storage in Aeromexico livery - November 15, 2001

Ferried South Pardre Island - Tucson in Aeromexico livery for scrapping - July 19, 2002

Sold to Pegasus AP - October 05, 2002

Observed stored at Tucson in good condition in full Aeromexico livery - January 24, 2003

Observed at Tucson in parted-out condition - February 26, 2006

Fuselage remains observed at Hamilton Aviation Facility, Tucson - September 15, 2009

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - August 08, 2013

VH-CZL. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1977.

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

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

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

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VH-CZL. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Canberra Airport, October 1979.

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

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

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VH-CZL. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1980.

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

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

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

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

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

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N935ML. Midway - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 1992.

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N935ML. Aeromexico - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, November 1993.

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N935ML. Aeromexico - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 1994.

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N935ML. Aeromexico - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, June 1995.