This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett-ANA for Airlines of N.S.W. - May 05, 1960

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as 'PH-FCI' - February 24, 1961

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofR 780)

First flown as 'PH-FCI' - February 28, 1961

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNG - March 17, 1961

Registered to Airlines of N.S.W., Sydney

Accepted by Airlines of N.S.W. at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - March 17, 1961

The aircraft was configured to seat 40 passengers

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - March 18, 1961

It arrived Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - March 25, 1961

Delivery route: Amsterdam - Rome - Athens - Beirut - Bahrain - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Saigon -

Zamboanga - Biak - Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains R. Lethbridge, C. Griffin, H. Knott

Entered service with Airlines of N.S.W. - March 1961

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne - November 25, 1969

Leased to M.M.A. - May 18 - 23, 1970

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - December 1970

Repainted in Ansett Airlines of Australia 'delta' livery - December 1970

Leased to Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea - February 23, 1971

Leased to Air Niugini - November 01, 1973

Sold to Air Niugini - July 01, 1976

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 22, 1976

Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-ANK - August 16, 1976

Sold to Rio-Sul Servicos Aereos Regionals SA t/a Rio-Sul - February 05, 1982

Cancelled from the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register - ?

Accepted by Rio-Sul ex Christchurch, N.Z. - April 18, 1982

Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PT-LCY (CofR 10932) - July 07, 1982

Sold to Pakistan International Airlines - September 12, 1989

Accepted by Pakistann International Airlines ex Porto Alegre - October 26, 1989

Entered onto the Pakistani Aircraft Register as AP-BDP - ?

The aircraft was named 'City of Jaobabad'

Operated first revenue service with PIA - November 26, 1989

Withdrawn from P.I.A. service and used as a source for spares at Karachi (Quaid-e-Azam) - October 1999

Scrapped at Karachi (Quaid-e-Azam) - 2000

The derelict fuselage still remained at Karachi (Quaid-e-Azam) - 2005

The remains were sold to the Pakistan Navy for spares - 2007

The aircraft had flown 84,360 hours with 89,997 cycles

This aircraft had the distinction of having the highest number of cycles of all F.27s ever in service

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Canberra Airport, April 1964.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1999-978.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at an unknown airport, March 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-979.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 1967.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-233.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-977.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-232.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-058.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 23, 1967.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-571.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the modified livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 17, 1969.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-572.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, January 25, 1970.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-147.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, February 1970.

(G. Bennett Collection Copyright Image 1993-369.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, February 1970.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-402.)

VH-FNG. Airlines of Papua New Guinea - in the basic Ansett 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 04, 1977.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-559.)

P2-ANK. Air Niugini - in the standard livery with additional 'Papua New Guinea National Airline' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1978.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1999-076.)

P2-ANK. Air Niugini - in the standard livery with additional 'Papua New Guinea National Airline' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1978.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-492.)

P2-ANK. Air Niugini - in the standard livery with additional 'Papua New Guinea National Airline' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-955.)

P2-ANK. Air Niugini - in the standard livery with additional 'Papua New Guinea National Airline' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1980.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-493.)

P2-ANK. Air Niugini - in the standard livery with additional 'Papua New Guinea National Airline' titles at Port Moresby Airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-561.)

P2-ANK. Air Niugini - in the standard livery with additional 'Papua New Guinea National Airline' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-075.)

PT-LCY. Rio Sul - in the standard livery at Rio de Janeiro Airport, July 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-136.)

AP-BDP. Pakistan - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 1999.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-563.)