What did National Jet use the B737QC for?

didn't VH-CZS go to DJ too?

Nope - Jitconnect for a while.

It's now in South Africa.

fair enough!!

Didn't need much of a 'by your leave' anywhere. Wandered through the gate at the old international terminal to perv on the 727 demonstrator on her world tour at Mascot in '63. No restriction walking around inside and out, unescorted, taking pics, yarning with the crew. Same with BOAC Comet, HP Herald (RR Darts). Most gates unlocked. You could walk across the tarmac to the grass near the old tower and poke around DC-3s, Hudsons , etc. parked there. Same at Fairbairn, Canberra Airport, at least on the south side. Never once saw anyone anywhere given the bum's rush.

The first tower at Mascot, incidentally, was a simple wooden affair erected in the late twenties, where Mr Burgess, the ringmaster, would superintend movements with his loud hailer and light. Around 1940 the first proper tower was built where TAA and EWA later had their terminal. That tower building still exists and if you know where to look, you can pick it out all but swallowed up in the QF domestic terminal.

hear hear to the work and dedication of POCOs all around the country!

CharlieLimaX-Ray. The National Jet Systems B737-300QC was used for both passenger and freight operations, both domestic and international. I remember seeing the aircraft in South East Asia during the mid nineties with a load of passengers who were deported from Australia. The Captain was George Marlow. For those who know Warren Seymour of National Jet fame you may be interested in knowing he has shed kgs and is now a resident in the US.

BTW. I think National Jet had a dispensation to operate the B737-300QC as a freighter with up to 12 movements per week during curfew hours at SYD.

Thanks for that B772.

I thought the John Flynn, ex-Elders/IXL chief pilot (on their corporate 737, before they got rid of it) was hired by National Jet to fly their 737?

Correction - Puff
 

For the record... I believe that VH-CZQ, quickly recovered from the Ansett Administrators and leased immediately to Virgin within weeks of the fateful day, was a GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) owned bird not Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS).

Note the 'non-standard 'Ansett' white painted fueselage and Virgin tail livery in the photos.

P2G

According to The Boeing 737 technical Guide, there were 30 B737-100's built with 22 going to Lufthansa, 5 for Malaysian Airlines, and 2 for Avianca. Nothing mentioned about NAC (New Zealand) or Ansett.

Ansett's first 737 was a -277, CZM delivered '81?

That would be because they were all second hand.

3 built for Lufthansa, 1 for SQ.

It may have been the predecessor to Malaysian and Singapore Airlines that had the 737-100's, known as MSA or Malaysia Singapore Airlines. They split in 1972 to form Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2550x7k.jpg

NAC never had 737-100's. Ansett NZ had a few when they started.

3 of the Ansett NZ B737-100's were built for Lufthansa They then went to America West before ending up in NZ in approx. mid 1987 where they stayed for approx. 4 years. A further B737-100 ZK-NED City of Nelson was operated by MSA as 9M-AOV and then America West as N709AW before being put into service on 6 Aug 1987 by Ansett NZ. The a/c was withdrawn from service on 27 Jan 1990 after being replaced by a BAe146-300.

Airfix have just released a 1/144th Ansett B737-200.

The Mascot past
 

Fantome:

Your post no: 46, shows some of the good old days at the airport.

Do you remember the old runway / strip, that made up the three for the complex, 16 and 34, 07 and 25 and 03 ? and not sure if the opposite 21 was in operation. The direction 03 seems to be in my mind although it could be that, plus or minus some?

Tmb