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VH-EAC
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VH-EAC |
19623 |
City
of Sydney |
| VH-EAC |
28DEC67
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EAC |
25JAN68
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First flown at 1151. Pilot Hartz. |
| VH-EAC |
06FEB68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. Handed over to Qantas at 0930 as "City of Sydney". (TT: 6:27) Departed Seattle as QF051D/138 on delivery flight to Sydney via Nadi. Captain A.A.E. Yates. |
| VH-EAC |
08FEB68
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Arrived Sydney at 1515. (TT: 18:15) |
| VH-EAC |
26FEB68
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Departed Sydney at 1054 to Avalon for crew training. |
| VH-EAC |
03MAR68
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Departed Sydney at 1100 to Christchurch on its first service. |
| VH-EAC |
30MAR68
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Royal flight Auckland, Sydney with HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip. Captain Roly Probert. |
| VH-EAC |
OCT71
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Renamed
"Longreach"  |
| VH-EAC |
05JUN72
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Departed Sydney at 1140 for Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur with Prime Minister McMahon.Captain Alan Terrell. |
| VH-EAC |
17OCT72
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Royal flight Darwin to Singapore with HRH Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. |
| VH-EAC |
18FEB73
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Departed Sydney for Port Moresby, Jakarta, and Denpasar with Prime Minister Whitlam. Captain Ken Meares. For this flight, the word "Australia" on the fuselage was increased to the same size as "Qantas". |
| VH-EAC |
04OCT75
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Departed Sydney at 0800 on a three month lease to British Caledonian with an all red tail and BCAL titles on fuselage and a fifth pod. |
| G-BDKE |
08OCT75
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Struck
off Australian Register and entered on UK Register as G-BDKE. |
| G-BDKE |
31DEC75
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Lease to BCAL expired. Aircraft returned to Qantas in London. |
| G-BDKE |
02JAN76
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Arrived Sydney as G-BDKE and struck off UK Register. |
| VH-EAC |
09JAN76
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Restored to Australian Register as VH-EAC after BCAL lease |
| VH-EAC |
10MAR77
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Departed Christchurch at 1110 as QF191 on a Royal flight to Canberra. Captain N. Anderson. |
| VH-EAC |
23MAR77
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Departed Adelaide at 0700 as QF191 on a Royal flight to Port Moresby. |
| VH-EAC |
28OCT78
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Departed Sydney for Denpasar as QF735 on its last Qantas service. |
| VH-EAC |
30OCT78
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Struck off Australian Register on sale to ITEL Capital Service Corp. (TT: 34772 Landings: 13040) |
| VH-EAC |
22NOV78
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Rolled out at Sydney in Ontario Worldair livery. |
| C-GRYN |
24NOV78
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Leased to Ontario Worldair as C-GRYN. Departed Sydney same day on delivery to Honolulu and Vancouver with a fifth pod. |
| C-GRYN |
28NOV78
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Arrived in Toronto on delivery to Ontario Worldair (Fleet No 701) |
| C-GRYN |
01DEC78
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Entered
service to Montego Bay. |
| C-GRYN |
13JAN81
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Withdrawn from service at Toronto when Ontario Worldair went bankrupt |
| C-GRYN |
17JUN81
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Handed over to Worldways Airlines Ltd. |
| C-GRYN |
21JUN81
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First
service with Worldways Airlines Ltd. (Toronto to Azores). |
| C-GRYN |
19MAY83
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Last service for Worldways (Acapulco to Toronto) (AL200/13) |
| C-GRYN |
17JUN83
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Handed over to RAAF at Toronto (AL201/16) (TT:45571:12 Landings: 15537) |
| A20-623 |
18JUN83
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Departed Toronto for Washington, McClellan AFB (California) and Hickam AFB (Hawaii) (AL201/16) |
| A20-623 |
22JUN83
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Arrived
Richmond RAAF Base at 1615 with Worldways cheatline, white tail
with flashes, RAAF titles and roundels. |
| A20-623 |
04JUL83
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Arrived Sydney for overhaul by Qantas. |
| A20-623 |
17FEB84
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Rolled out in full RAAF livery after overhaul. Named "Clarendon" in RAAF service. |
| A20-623 |
08SEP85
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| A20-623 |
08MAY07
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Withdrawn from service at RAAF Richmond. (TT:56675.2 / RAAF:11104.0) |
| A20-623 |
10AUG07
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Noted at RAAF Richmond withdrawn from service with all four engines removed. |
| A20-623 |
21AUG07
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Noted at RAAF Richmond with four engines fitted and undergoing engine runs. Reportedly sold to Omega Air of the USA. |
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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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Issue
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Date
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Remarks
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24JUL08
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Added RAAF date of retirement and hours flown as supplied by 33 Sqn. A reference to A20-623 being originally named "City of Sydney" in RAAF service has been deleted as it is evidently in error. |
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22AUG07
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Added recent reports from Richmond thanks to Bob La Roche. |
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list. |
NOTES |
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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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