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VH-EAD
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VH-EAD |
19624 |
City
of Melbourne |
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12FEB68
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
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18MAR68
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First flown |
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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 |
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29MAR68
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Arrived Sydney at 1556. (TT: 24:35) |
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17APR68
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Departed Sydney at 1000 to Christchurch on its first service. |
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30APR70
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On take-off at Rome the nosewheel steering failed and the aircraft ran off the runway. There were no injuries and the aircraft was delayed for only 27 hours for rectification. |
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25MAY71
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Renamed "City of Newcastle" |
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16APR74
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Renamed "City of Ballarat" |
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20AUG74
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29DEC76
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Departed Sydney at 2015 as QF641/870 on the last B707 service to Johannesburg. |
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MAY77
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Reported to be on option to ITEL |
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15JAN79
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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 Withdrawn from service at Sydney.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) |
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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. |
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Named "Richmond Town" |
| A20-624 |
16AUG80
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| A20-624 |
25NOV86
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Carried
Pope John Paul II on his Australian tour. |
| A20-624 |
30JUN08
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Withdrawn
from service at RAAF Richmond. (TT:50964.8 / RAAF:13824.8)
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08JUL08
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Towed from the 33 Sqn hangar and parked with the other retired 707s at Richmond. |
END OF AN ERA - The RAAF Commemorates 29 Years of 707 Operations
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This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
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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. |
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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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