VH-MMO (2) Fokker F.27
Friendship
(c/n 10146)
Seen above in
this shot by Geoff Goodall is VH-MMO "RMA
Ord" at Perth Airport in July 1968
in the original MMA Friendship "Jetstream Service" color scheme.
The grainy shot below was
obtained from
MacRobertson
Miller in the mid-1970s after it had been repainted in full Ansett
markings. This Friendship was originally delivered to Ansett-ANA
in 1960 as
VH-FNF. It was
leased to MMA in 1964, and later to another Ansett Transport Industries
subsidiary,
Airlines of
North Territory
in December of 1981. Following stints with several other
ATA subsidiaries it
was
finally withdrawn from
service at Melbourne's; Tullamarine
Airport in 1989 where it was used
for
several years for fire training
practice. Bob Smith has an
excellent selection of photos of it on
the
Aussieliners site at:
http://www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-fnf/vhfnf.html