VH-FNJ. Fokker F.27-2068 Friendship. c/n 10264.

Was also registered as: ZS-KVJ.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett-ANA for Airlines of N.S.W. - February 28, 1964

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FGF - November 24, 1964

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker (CofR 1039)

First flown as 'PH-FGF' - November 25, 1964

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNJ - December 01, 1964

Registered to Airlines of N. S. W.

Accepted by Ansett at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - December 01, 1964

The aircraft was configured to seat 40 passengers

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - December 02, 1964

It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - December 09, 1964

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

Saigon - Denpasar - Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts C. Henry, A. Beales, A. Garriock; Navigator W.C. Kennedy; LAME W. Moore

Operated its first revenue service - January 20, 1965

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

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - February 14, 1971

Leased to Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - April 13 - 21, 1971

It was converted to seat 44 passengers at some stage but the exact date is not known

Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - June 30, 1976

Returned to Ansett Airlines of Australia - July 24, 1977

Operated its final revenue service Mildura - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN707 - November 01, 1980

Sold to Commercial Airways (Pty) Ltd t/a Comair - November 26, 1980

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its delivery flight to South Africa - November 28, 1980

Delivery route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Darwin - Denpasar - Singapore - Medan - Colombo - Bombay -

Muscat - Salalah - Djibouti - Nairobi - Blantyre - Johannesburg

Flight crew: Cap J. Raby; Navigator B.S. McEwen

The Ansett crew ferried the aircraft as far as Bombay

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 09, 1980

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-KVJ - December 11, 1980

Registered to Commercial Airways (Sales) Pty Ltd, Johannesburg

Renamed Comair (Sales) Pty Ltd - December 23, 1982

Withdrawn from Comair service and stored Johannesburg - October 30, 1997

The intended export to the United States did not eventuate

Stored at Jan Smuts Airport, Johannesburg - 1997 - 1998

Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - May 25, 1998

Intended for use by Johannesburg Airport Fire Services

It was observed parked and intact at Johannesburg (Jan Smuts) with faded livery - January 2007

The aircraft had flown 57,859 hours with 63,378 cycles

 

 

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, November 1964.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-093.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1966.

(G. Wilkes Collection Copyright Image 1999-384.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 16, 1966.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-390.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 1966.

(G. Bennett Collection Copyright Image 1993-376.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, February 04, 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-253.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 01, 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-231.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 13, 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-252.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 16, 1968.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-630.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 16, 1968.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1993-629.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1968.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-980.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown.

(G. Bennett Collection Copyright Image 1993-377.)

VH-FNJ. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Wagga Wagga Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-902.)

VH-FNJ. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-631.)

VH-FNJ. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 1977.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-378.)

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

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-573.)

VH-FNJ. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 04, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-572.)

VH-FNJ. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1993-632.)

VH-FNJ. Comair - in the basic original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-574.)

VH-FNJ. Comair - in the basic original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1980.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1993-379.)

VH-FNJ. Comair - in the basic original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 24,1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1999-575.)

VH-FNJ. Comair - in the basic original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 1980.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1999-576.)

ZS-KVJ. Comair - in the original livery at Johannesburg Jan Smutts Airport, December 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-577.)

ZS-KVJ. Comair - in the revised livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, November 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-578.)

ZS-KVJ. Comair - in the revised livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, August 1996.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1999-579.)