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VH-EAE
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VH-EAE |
19625 |
City
of Brisbane |
| VH-EAE |
23FEB68
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EAE |
25MAR68
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First flown |
| VH-EAE |
04APR68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. Handed over to Qantas at 0900 as "City of Brisbane". Purchase price US$7,385,216. Departed Seattle at 0035 as QF051D/140 on delivery to Brisbane. Flight time 14:30. |
| VH-EAE |
06APR68
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Arrived Sydney at 1817. (TT: 23:29) |
| VH-EAE |
APR70
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| VH-EAE |
01AUG72
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Renamed "City of Swan Hill" |
| VH-EAE |
25OCT75
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During push back at Sydney, the throttle of the tug stuck open. The nose gear drag strut broke and the aircraft collapsed on to the cab of the tug killing the driver. The aircraft was repaired by a Boeing team. |
| VH-EAE |
09NOV75
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Repairs completed. |
| VH-EAE |
04FEB78
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Departed Perth for Denpasar on its last Qantas service.. |
| VH-EAE |
23FEB78
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Struck off Australian Register on sale to ITEL for lease to British Midland |
| VH-EAE |
25FEB78
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Sold to ITEL Capital Leasing Corp (TT:33875:57 Landings: 12703) |
| G-BFLD |
27FEB78
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Registered to British Midland |
| G-BFLD |
27MAR78
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Arrived at East Midlands on delivery to British Midland |
| G-BFLD |
06APR78
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Delivered to Kuwait on sub-lease to Kuwait Airways |
| G-BFLD |
18SEP78
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Leased to Air Algerie |
| G-BFLD |
31JAN79
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Delivered East Midlands to Rome, all white with DETA Mozambique titles |
| G-BFLD |
16MAY80
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Rolled out at Lasham in full DETA colours |
| G-BFLD |
DEC80
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Sold to GATX Booth |
| G-BFLD |
28MAR81
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Returned from a lease to LAM |
| G-BFLD |
12APR81
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Noted
at Munich in DETA Linhas Aerea de Mocambique colours with BMA titles.
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| G-BFLD |
03JUL81
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Noted at East Midlands with Bangladesh Biman stickers |
| G-BFLD |
29JUL81
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Returned to East Midlands after Biman lease |
| G-BFLD |
31JUL81
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Leased to Zambia Airways. |
| G-BFLD |
16SEP81
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Departed East Midlands on lease to World Airways |
| G-BFLD |
03FEB82
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Arrived Tel Aviv for maintenance |
| G-BFLD |
02APR82
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Arrived at East Midlands ex Tel Aviv in full BMA colours |
| G-BFLD |
cFEB83
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Sold by GATX (GFS Air) to Chemco Leasing but still operated by BMA (AL195/15) |
| G-BFLD |
31OCT84
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Last service with BMA from Vienna to East Midlands (AL219/15) |
| G-BFLD |
03NOV84
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Stored at Seville, Spain. (TT: 48188:00 Landings: 17226) (AL219/15) |
| G-BFLD |
12MAY85
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Noted back at East Midlands |
| G-BFLD |
19AUG85
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Ferried East Midlands to Tel Aviv for hush kit mod (AL227/11) |
| G-BFLD |
20AUG85
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Cancelled from UK Register (AL227/11) |
| N862BX |
AUG85
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Registered to Radix Air Corp for operation by Burlington Northern Air Freight (AL227/11) |
| N862BX |
DEC85
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Registered to ATASCO Leasing Inc, New York NY (AL231/11) |
| N862BX |
03JAN86
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Noted
at Kansas City in full Burlington Air Express livery (AL231/11).
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| N862BX |
MAR86
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Registered to Meridian Trust Co, Reading PA operated by Burlington (AL234/10) |
| N862BX |
-
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Leased to Southern Air Transport |
| N862BX |
JAN92
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Leased to Buffalo Airways |
| N862BX |
02APR93
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Sold to Burlington Express (AL318/13) |
| N862BX |
08NOV93
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Sold to Aero USA Inc (AL326/13) |
| N862BX |
18JAN94
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Noted stored at Fort Worth-Meacham Field in ex-Burlington livery with no titles (AL328/14) |
| N862BX |
22APR94
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Ferried from Shannon to Gatwick (AL331/13) |
| 5N-BBD |
23APR94
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Sold
to ADC Airlines by GPA Group (AL331/13).
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| 5N-BBD |
27NOV95
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Arrived at Ostend after storage at Shannon (AL350/13) |
| 5N-BBD |
24AUG97
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Noted at Manston minus two engines (AL370/19) |
| 5N-BBD |
24JUN98
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Noted at Manston minus all engines (AL381/18) |
| 5N-BBD |
25NOV99
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Noted at Manston minus all engines (AL397/21) |
| 5N-BBD |
17NOV00
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Noted at Manston chopped into four pieces (AL409/23) |
| 5N-BBD |
12APR01
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Noted at Manston being cut up (AL414/24) |
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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) 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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