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VH-EAB
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VH-EAB |
19622 |
City
of Canberra |
| VH-EAB |
21NOV67
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EAB |
28DEC67
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First flown at 1132. Duration 2:10. Pilot Decker. |
| VH-EAB |
10JAN68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. and handed over to Qantas at 0930 as "City of Canberra". Purchase price US$7,382,542.00. (TT: 6:47) Departed Seattle as QF051D on delivery to Nadi, Brisbane and Sydney under the command of Captain A. Yates. |
| VH-EAB |
12JAN68
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Arrived Sydney at 0915. (TT: 23:20) |
| VH-EAB |
10FEB68
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Departed Sydney at 2257 to Tokyo on its first service. |
| VH-EAB |
AUG71
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Renamed "Winton" |
| VH-EAB |
71
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Used by Prime Minister Whitlam to visit China. "Australia" on fuselage was increased to same size as "Qantas" |
| VH-EAB |
25APR73
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Chartered
by Ansett-ANA for one day to cover an Easter peak. (Source: Fred
Niven) 
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| VH-EAB |
14OCT73
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Departed London on a Royal flight to Vancouver, Honolulu, Nadi and Sydney with HM Queen Elizabeth II for the opening of the Sydney Opera House. Captains J. Ross, N. Anderson, A. Morris, P. Oakley. |
| VH-EAB |
17OCT73
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Royal flight arrived Sydney. |
| VH-EAB |
22OCT73
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Departed Sydney on the return Royal flight to Singapore and London. This was the first Qantas Royal flight to carry the Monarch around the world. |
| VH-EAB |
22JUL74
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Operated a Royal flight from Port Moresby to Canberra with HM Queen Elizabeth II (first reigning Monarch to visit PNG). |
| VH-EAB |
APR77
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Sold to ITEL. (TT: 32350:00) |
| VH-EAB |
NOV77
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Was
being prepared for delivery to Young Cargo but placed back in service
because of the delayed delivery of 747 VH-EBN. Painted in "Have
a Qantastic Christmas" livery. |
| VH-EAB |
18DEC77
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Departed Sydney on its last Qantas service as QF58/352 to Christchurch. |
| VH-EAB |
23DEC77
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Sold to ITEL Capital Services Corp. (TT: 34274:00 Landings: 11882) |
| VH-EAB |
27DEC77
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Struck off Australian Register. |
| OO-YCL |
28DEC77
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Leased
to Young Cargo as OO-YCL and departed Sydney on delivery to Ostend.
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| OO-YCL |
25MAY79
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Arrived in Sydney in Air Niugini colours after overhaul by Bedek in Israel |
| P2-ANA |
28MAY79
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Registered to Air Niugini on a six year lease from ITEL |
| P2-ANA |
26DEC79
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| P2-ANA |
DEC84
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Purchased by Air Niugini (AL220/15) |
| P2-ANA |
30JAN85
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Operated last flight for Air Niugini from Port Moresby to Brisbane and return |
| P2-ANA |
01FEB85
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Withdrawn
from service at Port Moresby (AL220/15) Later ferried to Hong Kong for storage |
| P2-ANA |
01APR85
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Sold to TRATCO (AL222/18) |
| P2-ANA |
09APR85
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Departed Hong Kong for Singapore |
| P2-ANA |
13APR85
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Arrived Brussels for storage (AL222/18) |
| TF-AEC |
13JUL85
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Noted
at Brussels as TF-AEC (AL225/11) |
| TF-AEC |
24JUL85
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Registered to Air Supply Corp but operated by Air Arctic in pax config (AL226/12) |
| TF-AEC |
08AUG85
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Noted at Brussels with Surinam Airways sticker (AL226/12) |
| TF-AEC |
10AUG85
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Entered service with Surinam Airways (AL226/12) |
| TF-AEC |
07SEP85
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Returned to Brussels after Surinam lease (AL227/11) |
| TF-AEC |
01DEC85
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Departed Brussels for Dubai on delivery to Air Maldives (AL230/10) |
| TF-AEC |
FEB86
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Sold to Zakani Aviation Services of Egypt (AL235/9) |
| TF-AEC |
12MAR86
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Photographed
at Amsterdam with ZAS Airline of Egypt titles |
| TF-AEC |
13MAR86
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Noted at Amsterdam operated by Zakani Aviation Services of Egypt (AL233/12) |
| TF-AEC |
23MAR86
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Registration TF-AEC cancelled |
| SU-DAE |
01APR86
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Re-registered to ZAS Airline of Egypt |
| SU-DAE |
02APR86
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Noted
at Amsterdam with ZAS Airline of Egypt (AL237/11) |
| SU-DAE |
05MAY86
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Noted at Stansted (AL235/9) |
| ST-ALL |
02JUL88
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Sold
to Nile Safaris Aviation (AL265/13) |
| ST-ALL |
27AUG88
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Noted at Amsterdam with Nile Safaris Aviation (AL263/19) |
| 5B-DAY |
-
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Noted
at Cologne with Nile Safaris Aviation titles and registration 5B-DAY
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| 5B-DAY |
31MAY90
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To
Avistar (Cyprus) Ltd (AL284/10) |
| 5B-DAY |
01JUN90
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Noted on the Florida West ramp at Miami (AL285/9) |
| 5B-DAY |
21SEP90
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Ferried Miami-Shannon-Amsterdam (AL288/13) |
| 5B-DAY |
29SEP90
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Noted at Ostend (AL288/13) |
| 5B-DAY |
04OCT90
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Noted at Frankfurt operating medical relief flights (AL288/13) |
| 5B-DAY |
15MAY91
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Noted
at Ostend with UN markings and an eagle emblem on the tail (AL295/13) The eagle emblem is that of Clipper International (AL297/15) |
| 5B-DAY |
27SEP91
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Noted at JFK in a blue and white colour scheme with UN titles (AL300/16) |
| 5B-DAY |
07APR92
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Arrived Southend for a B check (AL307/13) |
| 5B-DAY |
11MAY92
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Test flown at Southend (AL307/13) |
| 5B-DAY |
28MAY92
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Delivered Southend-Amsterdam-Lake Charles LA for Grumman Aerospace Corp. Grumman Aerospace titles applied at Southend. NLG door marked "P1" to denote first production USAF Joint-STARS conversion. (TT:57619:00 Landings:19706) (AL307/13) |
| 5B-DAY |
29MAY92
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Registration cancelled (AL308/13) |
| N4131G |
MAY92
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Re-registered to Grumman Aerospace Corp |
| N4131G |
OCT95
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Registration cancelled (AL349/16) |
| 92-3289 |
11JUN96
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Delivered to 93rd Air Control Wing at Robins AFB as USAF E-8C Joint-STARS P-1 (1st Production Aircraft) |
| 92-3289 |
OCT96
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Participated in Operation Joint Endeavour in Bosnia |
| 92-3289 |
28APR01
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Noted at Warner Robins AFB with a multi-coloured stripe and code WR on the tail |
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Camera icon is linked to a photo.
This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list. |
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There
are four numbers in the second column of each header. These are: 1. The Constructor's Number (c/n or Manufacturer's Serial Number) 2. The Line Number (The order in which final assembly began) 3. Cumulative Line Number (The order in which the aircraft were rolled out) 3. Engineering Block Number (Customer Number) Note: During early production, the Line Number was often the same as the Cumulative Line Number. Source: "The Boeing 707 & 720" Air-Britain 1972. |
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