VH-RMX was delivered to Ansett in July 1974 as a passenger aircraft. It was converted to a pure freighter by Hayes in 1983. -RMX operated with and behalf of Ansett Air Freight until Ansett failed in 2001. Ansett sold it in 1996 and it then flew under a contract. In 2002 it was sold to TransAustralian Air Express (operating for Australian Air Express).and was reregistered VH-VLG.