VH-RMK Vickers Viscount 812

This aircraft was built at the Vickers-Armstrong Weybridge factory for Continental Airlines

First flown as N241V - April 01, 1958

Delivered to Continental Airlines Inc - May 10, 1958

Sold to Ansett-ANA - September 15, 1960

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMK - September 02, 1960

Registered to Ansett-ANA, Melbourne

It was originally configured with 52 seats but later changed to 63 seats

Departed Omaha on the ferry flight to Australia in the basic Continental livery - September 16, 1960

It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the ferry flight - September 28, 1960

Ferry route: Chicago - Montreal - Goose Bay - Sondrestromfjord - Keflavik - London - Napoli - Athens -

Damascus - Beirut - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Saigon - Zamboanga - Biak -

Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne

Ferry crew: Captains C. Lister, D. Bull; F/O J. Farrell; Navigator W. C. Kennedy; LAME J. Howard

Operated its first revenue service - October 1960

It was damaged when it overshot the runway on landing at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in heavy rain - May 13, 1962

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 01, 1968

The aircraft was not repainted into the Ansett 'delta' livery

Operated its final revenue service and placed in open storage at Melbourne (Essendon) - August 10, 1969

It had flown 26,902 hours

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - December 18, 1969

Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (F.E.A.T.) - May 23, 1970

Departed Melbourne (Essendon) on the ferry flight to Taiwan (Taipei) - July 10, 1970

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 13, 1970

Entered onto the Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-2021 - ?

Leased to PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines - October 1976

Cancelled from the Taiwanese Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MVO -

The aircraft was named 'Buru'

Was withdrawn from service after the starboard wing spar was found to be cracked - 1983

Placed in storage at Jakarta - 1983

Scrapped at Jakarta - February 1983

VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the basic Continental Airlines livery at an unknown airport, September 1960.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the basic Continental Airlines livery at an unknown airport, September 1960.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the 'V832' livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the 'V832' livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the 'V832' livery at Coolangatta Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the 'V832' livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, January 1967.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the final livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the final livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the final livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the final livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, September 1969.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the basic livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, March 08, 1970.

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VH-RMK. Ansett-ANA - in the basic livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, March 26, 1970.

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VH-RMK. Far Eastern Air Transport - in the basic livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, May 1970.

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VH-RMK. Far Eastern Air Transport - in the basic livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, June 1970.

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VH-RMK. Far Eastern Air Transport - in the basic livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, July 1970.

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B-2021. Far Eastern Air Transport - in the standard livery at Taipei Airport, October 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0129-243.)

PK-MVO. MNA Merpati Nusantara Airlines - 'Buru' in the standard livery at Jakarta Halim Airport, October 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0129-095.)

PK-MVO. MNA Merpati Nusantara Airlines - 'Buru' in the standard livery at Jakarta Halim Airport, date unknown.