VH-CZC. Douglas DC-9-31. c/n 47005-151.

 

This was the third of the six original DC-9s ordered new by Ansett - March 24, 1965

First flown - August 17, 1967

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZC - August 22, 1967

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

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - August 27, 1967

Departed Long Beach on the delivery flight to Australia - August 27, 1967

Arrived Melbourne (Essendon) Airport on completion of the delivery flight - August 29, 1967

Delivery route: Long Beach - Honolulu - Canton Island - Nadi - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains M. Wheaton, J. Oglesby, R. S. Bullen; Navigator W. C. Kennedy

Operated first revenue service - September 06, 1967

Operated final revenue service Canberra - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN397 - January 10, 1982

Placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport

Aircraft had flown 37,001 hours

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States - August 04, 1982

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

Flight crew: Captains J. Mee, N. Day, J. Dorward; F/Es V. Alborn, R. Osborn

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 12, 1982

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc, Chicago - August 16, 1982

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N937ML - August 16, 1982

Aircraft was named 'City of Chicago'

Sold to NSJ Corp with lease continuing to Midway Airlines - January 11, 1990

Sold to Express One International Inc - April 05, 1994

Sold to Bonanza Bus Lines Inc - April 19, 1996

Leased to Jet Train Corporation - April 1996 to November 13, 1996

Sold to Aeroservicios Carabobo CA t/a ASERCA - July 14, 1997

Entered onto the Venezuelan Aircraft Register as YV-709C - July 14, 1997

Aircraft was named 'Madre Maria de San Jose'

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - August 06, 1997

Advertised for immediate sale by Kellstrom Industries - November 17, 2000

Observed at Marino Caribbean International Airport in service with ASERCA - August 19, 2007

Withdrawn from service at Caracas Airport and stored - March 2008

Observed stored at Caracas with airframe parts missing - April 2009

Scrapped at Caracas - ?

 

VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, circa 1968.

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VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1968.

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VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1968.

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VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, November 1968.

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VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1968.

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VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1968.

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VH-CZC. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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VH-CZC. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1979.

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

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

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

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VH-CZC. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1979.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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VH-CZC. Midway Airlines - in the basic white livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1982.

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VH-CZC. Midway Airlines - in the basic white livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1982.

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VH-CZC. Midway Airlines - in the basic white livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1982.

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VH-CZC. Midway Airlines - in the basic white livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1982.

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N937ML. Midway - 'City of Chicago' in the original livery at Chicago Midway Airport, June 1983.

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N937ML. Midway Metrolink - 'City of Chicago' in the standard livery at Chicago Midway Airport, December 1984.

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N937ML. Midway - 'City of Chicago' in the final livery at Chicago Midway Airport, October 26, 1985.

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N937ML. Midway - 'City of Chicago' in the final livery at Chicago Midway Airport, February 1986.

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N937ML. Midway - 'City of Chicago' in the final livery at Chicago Midway Airport, December 1987.

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YV-709C. Aserca Airlines Venezuela - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 2004.

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