VH-RMB
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Type: L-188A / L-188AF Electra
Msn: 1047
Previous Identities:
| 09DEC58 | Ordered by Ansett-ANA |
| 28FEB59 | First flight |
| 01APR59 | Purchased by Ansett-ANA and handed over at Burbank |
| 04APR59 | Registered to Ansett-ANA as VH-RMB |
| 05APR59 | Departed Burbank via San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Island and Nadi. |
| 08APR59 | Arrived Essendon. Crew: Captains R. Sealey, N. Murdoch and J. McRobbie, Navigator W.C. Kennedy and Engineer Nealey. |
| 16APR59 | Entered service Essendon to Perth |
| 26APR61 | Departed Essendon for Burbank (Source: Ansett- see below) |
| 22MAY61 | Entered LEAP as LEAP #152 ANA-2 (Source: Lockheed - see above) |
| 23MAY61 | Returned to Essendon after LEAP (Source: Ansett- see below) |
| 10JUN61 | Completed LEAP (Source: Lockheed - see above) |
| 31JUL61 | Delayed at Essendon due to a bomb hoax |
| 09AUG61 | Arrived at Sydney with a suspected bomb on board but it transpired that it was a hoax |
| 18DEC69 | Registered to ATI |
| 02FEB71 | Operated a route endorsement flight to Cocos Islands. Crew: Captains K. Hants and J. McRobbie. |
| 06MAY71 | Last passenger service |
| 17JUN72 | Departed Melbourne for conversion to L-188AF freighter by Lockheed, Ontario, California. Routing via Port Moresby, Wake Island and Honolulu. Crew: Captains B. Porter and I. Armstrong-Taylor, Flight Engineer P. Nash and Navigator W.C. Kennedy. |
| 19JUN72 | Arrived at Ontario. |
| 06OCT72 | Departed Ontario after freighter conversion. |
| 10OCT72 | Arrived Melbourne from Ontario via Hilo, Wake Island and Port Moresby. Crew: Captains K. Hants and B. Amundsen, Navigator W.C. Kennedy and Flight Engineer P. Straney. |
| 19OCT72 | Returned to service Melbourne to Launceston |
| 15FEB82 | The aircraft participated in a memorial flypast for Sir Reginald Ansett who passed away on 23DEC81. Crew: Captain D. Brown and First Officer R. Cook. |
| 29JAN84 | Last service Melbourne/Hobart/Launceston/Melbourne. Crew: Captain R. McCrystal, First Officer P. Larrain and Flight Engineer K. Shirt. VH-RMB accumulated 53,886 hours with Ansett. |
| 29JUN84 | Sold to Turbo Power International |
| 31AUG84 | Cancelled from Australian register |
| 12SEP84 | Departed Melbourne as N358Q on delivery to Turbo Power International. Routing: Nadi, Faleolo, Hilo, San Francisco and Amarillo. Crew: Captains S. Clark and J.E. Rollston, Flight Engineer J.D. Norton and Navigator B.S. McEwen |
| MAR85 | To JBQ Aviation Corporation, Miami, Florida |
| DEC85 | Leased to Fred Olsen of Norway for approximately one month then returned to TPI |
| 27OCT86 | Leased to Fred Olsen of Norway |
| 05DEC86 | Returned to TPI |
| 18MAY88 | Seen at Miami leased to ALM |
| AUG89 | Registered to TPI International Airways Inc, Miami, Florida |
| 08APR92 | Repossessed by Internationale Nederlanden Bank NV and sold to MCA Aviation Corporation and sold again to JBQ Aviation Corporation, Miami, Florida, all on the same day. |
| 13OCT92 | Seen at Opa Locka with new registration N358WS, ALM titles and no engines |
| DEC92 | Reregistered N358Q to JBQ Aviation Corporation, Miami, Florida |
| 09NOV96 | Seen at Opa Locka missing many parts |
| JAN97 | Cancelled from US register |
| 25MAR97 | Seen at Opa Locka with only top part of fuselage remaining |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 6 | 04FEB04 |
Added
an image of the scrapping of N358Q thanks to René Dannies.
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| 5 | 31JAN04 |
Made
several corrections and additions to the dates and crew names for the freighter
conversion thanks to Gil White.
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| 4 | 28JAN04 |
Added
details of the memorial flypast on 15FEB82 thanks to Gil White.
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| 3 | 25JAN04 |
Added
crew names thanks to Gil White.
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| 2 | 21MAR01 |
Added
LEAP details thanks to Pete Clukey
Additional material thanks to Fred Niven and John Wilson Additional images thanks to Peter Gates |
