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| 09DEC58 | Ordered by Ansett-ANA |
| 13FEB59 | First flight |
| 27FEB59 | Purchased by Ansett-ANA and handed over at Burbank |
| 05MAR59 | Registered to Ansett-ANA as VH-RMA (Reginald Myles Ansett) |
| 07MAR59 | Departed Burbank via Las Vegas, San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Island and Nadi. (The aircraft was paid for in Las Vegas to avoid state taxes). Crew: Captains A. Lane, A. Lovell and A. Thomson, Navigator W.C. Kennedy and Flight Engineers M. Perry and C. Ford. Sadly, Captain F. Patterson, who was to be part of the crew, died of a heart attack in Las Vegas. |
| 10MAR59 | Arrived Essendon. Reg Ansett had joined the flight at Nadi. |
| 18MAR59 | Entered service Essendon to Sydney with Captains A. Lovell and A. Lane |
| 22MAR59 | Shortly after departure from Sydney, rising oil temperature resulted in an engine being shut-down. The aircraft continued on to Melbourne where it arrived only a few minutes late. |
| 06APR59 | Set a record Sydney/Brisbane. Captains A. Lovell and K. Nicholls. |
| 25APR61 | Arrived at Burbank from Melbourne via Nadi, Canton Island and Honolulu. Crew: Captains N. Murdoch, A. Thomson and D. Moodie, Navigator W.C. Kennedy and Engineer C. Ford |
| 26APR61 | Entered LEAP as LEAP #134 ANA-1 |
| 19MAY61 | Completed LEAP |
| 20MAY61 | Returned to Melbourne from Burbank via Honolulu, Canton Island and Nadi after modifications. Crew: Captains N. Murdoch, W. Ross, P. Longbottom and A. Lane and Navigator W.C. Kennedy. |
| FEB63 | Under major overhaul at Essendon, Melbourne. (12,823 hours). First Electra in the world to reach 6,000 hours, 12,000 hours and to undergo a major overhaul |
| 07APR63 | Delayed at Brisbane due to a bomb hoax (also involving Viscount VH-RMJ and F-27 VH-FNE) |
| NOV67 | Under major overhaul at Essendon, Melbourne. (27,771 hours) |
| 18DEC69 | Registered to ATI (Operations) Ltd |
| 01NOV70 | Withdrawn from service until December 1970 |
| 28APR71 | Operated last passenger service |
| 06MAR72 | Departed Melbourne for conversion to L-188AF freighter by Lockheed Aircraft Services, Ontario, California. Routing: Port Moresby, Wake Island and Honolulu. Crew: Captains B. Porter and S. Davis, Navigator W.C. Kennedy and Engineer P. Straney. |
| 18JUL72 | Test flown after freighter conversion. |
| 20JUL72 | Test flown after freighter conversion. |
| 22JUL72 | Departed Ontario for Melbourne via Honolulu, Wake Island and Port Moresby |
| 25JUL72 | Arrived Melbourne from Port Moresby after freighter conversion completed. Crew: Captains A. James and G. Backhouse, Navigator B.S. McEwen and Engineer G. Lynch. |
| 03AUG72 | Returned to service Melbourne to Launceston |
| 16DEC81 | Arrived in Darwin with a fuel leak from under a patch over a wing plank. Drip rate inside limits. Flown in service Darwin – Adelaide on that day, and on arrival grounded with fuel leak rate well above limit. Overnight patch removed and wing plank found completely cracked with separation of 0.5 mm. Aircraft ferried to Melbourne and out of service for three months. (Source: Dominic Crain) |
| 23DEC83 | Last service Melbourne/Adelaide/Perth/Melbourne. Crew: Captain S. Smythe, First Officer K. Lumsden and Flight Engineer G. Young. The aircraft was stored at Tullamarine pending sale. |
| 29JUN84 | Sold to Turbo Power International as N356Q |
| 08OCT84 | Cancelled from Australian register |
| 12OCT84 | Departed Melbourne on delivery to TPI International Airways via Nadi, Pago Pago, Hilo and San Francisco. Crew: Captains D. Brown and J.E. Rollston, Flight Engineer S.K. Finger, Navigator J.H. Delaat and Engineer W. Clow. |
| MAR85 | Registered to JBQ Aviation Corporation, Miami, Florida |
| 10FEB88 | Delivered Miami/Gander/East Midlands Airport on lease to Air Bridge Carriers |
| 11FEB88 | Entered service with Air Bridge Carriers from East Midland to Dublin |
| AUG89 | Registered to TPI International Airways Inc, Miami, Florida |
| 23NOV89 | Seen at Stansted with Air Bridge Carriers and new registration N355WS |
| 09AUG90 | Delivered Ostend to Banjul on lease to World Airline Gambia |
| 21DEC90 | Departed Banjul after having been impounded |
| 22DEC90 | Departed Ostend for Prestwick and Keflavik on return to TPI |
| MAY91 | TPI ceased trading and the aircraft was later stored at Opa Locka, Florida. |
| 08APR92 | Aircraft repossessed by Internationale Nederlanden Bank NV and sold to MCA Aviation Corp the same day. MCA then sold the aircraft to JBQ Aviation Corporation, Miami, Florida, again on the same day. |
| 31MAY92 | Seen stored at Opa Locka, Florida |
| OCT92 | Re-registered N356Q to JBQ Aviation Corporation, Miami, Florida |
| 09NOV92 | Arrived Castle Donington from Opa Locka via Gander and Keflavik |
| 17NOV92 | Seen at Dublin operating for Ei-Air Exports |
| 29DEC92 | Re-registered N356CE |
| 01MAY93 | Leased to Hunting Cargo Airlines Ltd. (Source: Gil White) |
| 06MAY93 | Ferried Southend to East Midlands Airport in full Hunting Cargo Airlines colours |
| 02AUG93 | Ferried Edinburgh to Bournemouth for storage |
| 28AUG93 | Noted in service with Channel Express |
| 07SEP93 | Seen at Helsinki operating for Hunting Cargo |
| 01JUL94 | Departed Coventry for Keflavik, Bangor and Opa Locka. Call sign "Renown 801" |
| 20JUN95 | Seen at Opa Locka, Florida in Renown Aviation colours as N356Q |
| NOV96 | Registered to First Security Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 06NOV96 | Seen at Opa Locka, Florida with Amerer Air titles |
| 04DEC96 | Arrived Vienna, Austria |
| 22AUG98 | Cancelled from the US register on sale to Austria |
| 28SEP98 | Registered OE-ILB to Amerer Air. Wet-leased to TNT International |
| 24JUL01 | Total Hours: 64341 Total Cycles: 49819 |
| JUN02 | Advertised for sale by Amerer Air. |
| 21JAN05 | According to the website www.Groundspeedrecords.com OE-ILB claimed a ground speed record for the Electra of 455 knots while en route to Vienna at FL220. Crew: Capt P. Gottinger, F/O C. Hartl, F/E T. Walther. |
| 23DEC05 | Positioned from Vienna to Linz and stored. Reportedly the CofA will not be renewed. (AL 470/59) |
| 27OCT06 | Ferried from Linz to Coventry in Amerer Air colours as OE-ILB. (Source: Chris Witt) |
| 28OCT06 | Departed Coventry, UK for Keflavik as OE-ILB on delivery to Buffalo Airways of Canada. Call-sign was BFL1039. (Source: Chris Witt) |
| 29OCT06 | Departed Keflavik for Iqaluit and Red Deer. (Source: Chris Witt) |
| 27NOV06 | Imported into Canada. (Source: Transport Canada) |
| 03JUL07 | Registered to Buffalo Airways Ltd., Hay River as C-FBAQ (AL489/67) |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 13 | 22SEP07 |
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a claim for a ground speed record on 21JAN05 thanks to Tom Walther.
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| 12 | 20AUG07 |
Added
date on to Canadian Register.
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| 11 | 12DEC06 |
Added
date of importation into Canada.
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| 10 | 28NOV06 |
Added
further detail of the delivery flight to Buffalo Airways thanks to
Chris Witt.
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| 9 | 30OCT06 |
Added
reference to aircraft being delivered to Buffalo Airways.
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| 8 | 22FEB06 |
Added
reference to aircraft being withdrawn from service and stored.
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| 7 | 23APR05 |
Added
reference to wing damage. Refer 16DEC81. Thanks to Dominic Crain.
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| 6 | 08FEB04 |
Added
two images of the aircraft as N356Q with Air Bridge titles thanks
to Peter Gates.
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| 5 | 25JAN04 |
Added
crew names thanks to Gil White.
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| 4 | 14JUN02 |
Added
two images of the aircraft in Amerer Air colours together with the
fact that the aircraft is advertised for sale. Thanks to Ulrich Hoppe
for the photos.
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