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VH-EAG
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VH-EAG |
19627 |
City
of Hobart |
| VH-EAG |
02APR68
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EAG |
30APR68
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First flown |
| VH-EAG |
11MAY68
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Handed over to Qantas as "City of Hobart" |
| VH-EAG |
16MAY68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. |
| VH-EAG |
16MAY68
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Departed
Seattle on delivery to Sydney via Honolulu as QF051.D.142 (STD 1700Z) Operating Crew: Captain C.G. Fox Captain L.W. Clark Second Officer M.Q. Blackley (HNL/SYD only) Navigation Officer R. Chilvers Navigation Officer W.B. Short (HNL/SYD only) Flight Engineer E.W. Fargas Flight Steward R.C. Curley (Source: Planning Notice XP.098/68 of 09MAY68 supplied by retired FSD Russ Curley) |
| VH-EAG |
18MAY68
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Arrived Sydney at 1538. (TT: 24:14) |
| VH-EAG |
11JUN68
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First B707 to land at Melbourne, Tullamarine Airport. Operated publicity and courtesy flights. Captain D. Harden |
| VH-EAG |
23JUN68
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Departed Sydney at 0759 for Brisbane, Auckland and Sydney on its first service. |
| VH-EAG |
27MAR74
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| VH-EAG |
22FEB74
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Renamed "Alice Springs" |
| VH-EAG |
27DEC74
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Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin with 271 evacuees |
| VH-EAG |
29DEC74
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Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin with 226 evacuees |
| VH-EAG |
25NOV76
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| VH-EAG |
02FEB79
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Operated
the last B707 service through Brisbane (QF95/QF96 SYD/BNE/POM/BNE/SYD)
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| VH-EAG |
13FEB79
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Operated an Antarctic flight out of Adelaide. |
| VH-EAG |
24MAR79
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Operated the last B707 service to Christchurch. |
| VH-EAG |
25MAR79
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Departed Sydney at 1100 as QF50 to Auckland on the last scheduled Qantas B707 service. Captains P. Oakley and G. Molloy. |
| VH-EAG |
25MAR79
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Departed Sydney at 2115 on a special one hour charter flight under the command of Captain John Blair. |
| VH-EAG |
26MAR79
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Operated the QF16 service from Sydney to Melbourne with 104 pax stranded by an ATC strike. The return QF16P from Melbourne to Sydney was the very last Qantas Boeing 707 flight (with only 4 passengers - a family of BA staff!). Departed Melbourne at 0916K under the command of Captain A. Wickes |
| A20-627 |
30MAR79
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Struck off Australian Register on sale to RAAF. Call-sign VM-NUR. (TT:38013 Landings: 14498) |
| A20-627 |
07APR79
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Rolled
out at Mascot in basic Qantas colours but with RAAF roundels applied.
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| A20-627 |
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Named "Windsor Town". |
| A20-627 |
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Modified
as a tanker.
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| A20-627 |
22DEC79
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| A20-627 |
21FEB01
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Withdrawn from service at Richmond and used for parts. (TT:50234.7 / RAAF:12175.1) |
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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. |
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26DEC06
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Revised date that A20-627 was withdrawn from service. |
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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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