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VH-EAD
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VH-EAD |
19624 |
City
of Melbourne |
| VH-EAD |
12FEB68
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EAD |
18MAR68
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First flown |
| VH-EAD |
27MAR68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. Handed over to Qantas at 0900 as "City of Melbourne". Purchase price US$7,385,216. (TT: 3:19) Departed Seattle at 1814 on delivery to Sydney as QF051D |
| VH-EAD |
29MAR68
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Arrived Sydney at 1556. (TT: 24:35) |
| VH-EAD |
17APR68
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Departed Sydney at 1000 to Christchurch on its first service. |
| VH-EAD |
30APR70
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On take-off at Rome, Fiumicino, neither pilot detected a gross misalignment of the nosewheel steering resulting in a runway excursion after the take-off was rejected. (Source: DCA Special Investigation Report 70-2) There were no injuries and the aircraft was delayed for only 27 hours for rectification. |
| VH-EAD |
25MAY71
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Renamed "City of Newcastle" |
| VH-EAD |
11JUN73
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Photographed
at Sydney.  |
| VH-EAD |
16APR74
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Renamed "City of Ballarat" |
| VH-EAD |
20AUG74
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Photographed
at Sydney. |
| VH-EAD |
29DEC76
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Departed Sydney at 2015 as QF641/870 on the last B707 service to Johannesburg. |
| VH-EAD |
MAY77
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Reported to be on option to ITEL |
| VH-EAD |
DEC78
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Photographed wearing Garuda titles. |
| VH-EAD |
15JAN79
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Photographed
at Brisbane. |
| VH-EAD |
04FEB79
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Departed Sydney at 1201 to Auckland on its last Qantas service. Withdrawn from service at Sydney. (TT:37140:30 Landings: 14618) |
| VH-EAD |
30MAR79
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Struck off Australian Register. |
| A20-624 |
01APR79
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Sold to RAAF as A20-624. Call-sign VM-NUQ |
| A20-624 |
31MAY79
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Departed Sydney at 1100 on a test flight after overhaul. |
| A20-624 |
01JUN79
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Departed Sydney at 1235 on delivery to RAAF Richmond. |
| A20-624 |
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Named "Richmond Town" |
| A20-624 |
16AUG80
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Photographed
at Brisbane. |
| A20-624 |
25NOV86
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Carried
Pope John Paul II on his Australian tour. |
| A20-624 |
10FEB08
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Photographed
at Brisbane.
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| A20-624 |
30JUN08
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Withdrawn
from service at RAAF Richmond. (TT:50964.8 / RAAF:13824.8)
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| A20-624 |
08JUL08
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Towed from the 33 Sqn hangar and parked with the other retired 707s at Richmond. |
| N624RH |
01JUN11
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Registered to Omega Air Inc., San Antonio, Texas |
| N624RH |
23OCT11
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Departed
Richmond for Pago Pago and Honolulu as "Omega 74" on delivery
to Omega Air Inc. The aircraft is destined for Golden Isles Airport,
Brunswick, GA for heavy maintenance prior to entering service with
Omega Air as a tanker.
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| N624RH |
06JUN12
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Departed
Honolulu for Amberley in support of military exercises in far north
Queensland.
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| N624RH |
14JUN12
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Photographed
on approach to Amberley returning from one of several sorties in
support of military exercises in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
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| N624RH |
18JUN12
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Photographed
departing Amberley for the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
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| N624RH |
19JUN12
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Photographed
arriving Amberley from the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
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| N624RH |
02JAN15
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Change of ownership from Omega Aerial Refueling Service Inc. to Omega Air Inc., San Antonio, Texas and registered this date. (Source: Aviation Letter JAN 15) |
| N624RH |
10APR15
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The
aircraft suffered an uncontained turbine failure of the #1 engine
on climb-out from Point Mugu Naval Air Station, California en route
to Brunswick, Georgia where the #1 engine was to be changed because
of excessive oil consumption. The engine was shut down and the aircraft
diverted to Victorville, California where it landed safely. (Source: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91022) |
| N624RH |
30MAR16
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Registered to Aircraft Endeavours LLC, San Antonio, Texas. (Source: FAA) |
| N624RH |
JUN16
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The
aircraft is currently in service under contract to the USN. |
| N624RH |
28DEC18
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Noted at Brunswick, GA, seemingly in service but with #1 engine removed. |
FURTHER READING ON THE RAAF 707s |
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Remarks
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12NOV23
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Added an NTSB incident report at 10APR15. |
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11APR23
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Clarified the circumstances of the runway excursion at Rome on 30APR70. |
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15
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02DEC20
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Added an image of VH-EAD thanks to Eric Allen. |
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14
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08JUN20
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Added an image of VH-EAD wearing Garuda titles. |
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13
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17JAN19
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Noted at Brunswick GA on 28DEC18 with #1 engine removed. |
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12
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13AUG16
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Added change of registered owner to Aircraft Endeavours LLC, San Antonio, TX. Thanks to Neil Louis. |
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11
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01JUL16
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Added a recent image thanks to Omega. |
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10
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09JUN15
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Minor change to registration details. |
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9
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19JUN12
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Added five images of the aircraft taken yesterday and today! Thanks to Mick Raftery. |
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8
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15JUN12
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Added an image of the aircraft taken yesterday! Thanks to Mick Raftery. |
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7
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14JUN12
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Added an image of the aircraft in service with Omega. Thanks to Ivan Nishimura of HNL RareBirds. |
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6
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28OCT11
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Added two images of the final departure from Richmond. |
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5
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25OCT11
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Added details of planned use by Omega. |
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4
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24OCT11
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Added delivery to Omega Air. |
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3
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02OCT11
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Added to the US Register. |
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24JUL08
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Added RAAF date of retirement and hours flown as supplied by 33 Sqn. |
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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) 4. 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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Please forward any errors or updates to the Webmaster. |
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These sources are gratefully acknowledged. |