VH-BZD. Convair 340-32. c/n 110.

Was also registered as: N440W; N1846; N1846D; N5803; N900WC.

This aircraft was originally ordered by Braniff Airways but it was not taken up

Constructed by the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, San Diego, Califoirnia

Construction completed at San Diego - August 08, 1953

Placed in storage - October 26, 1953

Sold to Ansett Airways - June 10, 1954

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZD - June 21, 1954

Registered to Ansett Airways

Departed San Diego on the delivery flight to Australia - August 04, 1954

It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - August 16, 1954

Delivery route: Kansas City - New York - Gander - Shannon - London - Rome - Beirut - Bahrain -

Karachi - New Delhi - Calcutta - Singapore - Jakarta - Darwin - Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Essendon) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane - October 04, 1954

It was leased to Butler Air Transport - October 1958

Operated its first Butler revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Casino - October 03, 1958

It was withdrawn from Butler service - February 1959

Sold to Beldex Corporation via Remmert Werner Inc - March 01, 1959

Departed Melbourne (Essendon) on the ferry flight to the United States - March 01, 1959

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 16, 1959

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N440W - ?

Converted to CV-440 standard with an executive interior

Reregistered as N1846 - October 31, 1962

Registered to Southern Ohio Railroad Company

Transferred to Mead Corp, Ohio, then to Air Transport Leasing Corp

Reregistered as N1846D - ?

Sold to Allegheny Airlines - January 04, 1965

It was converted to CV-580 standard by Pacific Airmotive Corp - January 1965

Reregistered as N5803 - April 08, 1965

Registered to Allegheny Airlines

Sold to Sunny South Aircraft Service Inc - July 25, 1978

Leased to Charter Air Corp operating as Charter Airlines as the registered operator

Reregistered as N900WC - July 25, 1978

Leased to Mackey International Airlines as the registered operator - May 1979

Leased to Puerto Rico International Airlines t/a Prinair as the registered operator - August 08, 1981

Sold to Prinair - November 03, 1983

Sold to Executive Car & Truck Leasing after Prinair ceased flying - February 13, 1986

Sold to Kelowna Flightcraft - March 1990

The aircraft was not entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register

Converted to parts and scrapped - early 1990s

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, September 1954.

(E. D. Daw Collection Copyright Image 1029-010.)

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, October 1954.

(J. Hopton Collection Copyright Image 1029-175.)

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, October 1954.

(B. Colledge Copyright Image 1029-054.)

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, October 1954.

(B. Colledge Copyright Image 1029-052.)

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, November 1954.

(B. Colledge Copyright Image 1029-041.)

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, circa 1954.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1029-179.)

VH-BZD. Ansett Airways - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, circa 1954.

(L. Wise Copyright Image 1029-073.)

VH-BZD. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(B. Colledge Copyright Image 1029-044.)

VH-BZD. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Coolangatta Airport, date unknown.

(G. Canciani Collection Copyright Image 1029-200.)

VH-BZD. Ansett-ANA - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(E. Coates Copyright Image 1029-125.)

N900WC. Charter Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1029-102.)

N900WC. Mackey - in the Charter Airlines livery at Miami Opa Locka Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1029-065.)

N900WC. Prinair - in the Charter Airlines livery at Miami Airport, November 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1029-107.)

N900WC. Prinair - in the Charter Airlines livery at an unknown airport, December 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1029-281.)