VH-EAG

 

VH-EAG

19627
707
1278
7818

City of Hobart
Alice Springs
VH-EAG
02APR68
 Rolled out as 707-338C
VH-EAG
30APR68
 First flown
VH-EAG
11MAY68
 Handed over to Qantas as "City of Hobart"
VH-EAG
16MAY68
 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd.
VH-EAG
16MAY68
 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
 Arrived Sydney at 1538. (TT: 24:14)
VH-EAG
11JUN68
 First B707 to land at Melbourne, Tullamarine Airport. Operated publicity and courtesy flights. Captain D. Harden
VH-EAG
23JUN68
 Departed Sydney at 0759 for Brisbane, Auckland and Sydney on its first service.
VH-EAG
27MAR74
VH-EAG
22FEB74
 Renamed "Alice Springs"
VH-EAG
27DEC74
 Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin with 271 evacuees
VH-EAG
29DEC74
 Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin with 226 evacuees
VH-EAG
25NOV76
VH-EAG
02FEB79
 Operated the last B707 service through Brisbane (QF95/QF96 SYD/BNE/POM/BNE/SYD)
VH-EAG
13FEB79
 Operated an Antarctic flight out of Adelaide.
VH-EAG
24MAR79
 Operated the last B707 service to Christchurch.
VH-EAG
25MAR79
 Departed Sydney at 1100 as QF50 to Auckland on the last scheduled Qantas B707 service. Captains P. Oakley and G. Molloy.
VH-EAG
25MAR79
 Departed Sydney at 2115 on a special one hour charter flight under the command of Captain John Blair.
VH-EAG
26MAR79
 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
 Struck off Australian Register on sale to RAAF. Call-sign VM-NUR. (TT:38013 Landings: 14498)
A20-627
07APR79
 Rolled out at Mascot in basic Qantas colours but with RAAF roundels applied.
A20-627
-
 Named "Windsor Town".
A20-627
-
 Modified as a tanker.
A20-627
22DEC79
A20-627
21FEB01
 Withdrawn from service at Richmond and used for parts. (TT:50234.7 / RAAF:12175.1)
A20-627
20NOV09
 The aircraft was dismantled at Richmond. The forward fuselage (back to the leading edge of the wing) will be preserved in the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. Earlier, the fin and rudder were removed for display at the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach.
A20-627
22MAY10
 The fin and rudder were photographed on a trailer at Mascot pending delivery to the Qantas Founders Outback Museum at Longreach.
A20-627
SEP11
 The forward fuselage will now be going to HARS at Albion Park. (Source: HARS)

 

 


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This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron Cuskelly

 

Issue
Date
Remarks
6
02OCT11
 The forward fuselage will now be going to HARS at Albion Park.
5
29MAY10
 Added two images of the fin and rudder en route to Longreach. Thanks to David Murphy for the photos.
4
02DEC09
 Added details of the dismantling at Richmond.
3
24JUL08
 Added RAAF date of retirement and hours flown as supplied by 33 Sqn.
2
26DEC06
 Revised date that A20-627 was withdrawn from service.
1
27JUL06
 Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list.

 

NOTES
1
 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.
2
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