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VH-EBB
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VH-EBB |
17697 |
City
of Sydney |
| VH-EBB |
01APR59
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Rolled out as 707-138. Planned name “City of Sydney". |
| N31219 |
20MAY59
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First flown as N31219 |
| VH-EBB |
26JUN59
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd and accepted by Qantas. Cost £2,185,000 |
| VH-EBB |
30JUN59
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Departed
Seattle at 0500 on delivery flight. As it was the first Qantas 707
to be delivered, it was renamed "City of Canberra" for
the delivery flight. (Subsequently, it reverted to its planned name
"City of Sydney" as the name "City of Canberra"
was taken up by VH-EBC to operate the inaugural Qantas 707 service).
The delivery flight of VH-EBB was commanded by Capt A.A.E. Yates.
Set several civil speed records on delivery flight: San Francisco - Honolulu: 4 hrs 49 mins Honolulu - Nadi: 5 hrs 34 mins Nadi - Sydney: 4 hrs 47 mins |
| VH-EBB |
02JUL59
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Arrived
Sydney at 1348 on a Thursday. Flight time: 18 hrs 49 mins. First
Qantas 707 to be delivered. Commanded by Capt Eric Robinson. (TT:
40:38)  |
| VH-EBB |
06JUL59
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Flew Sydney-Melbourne in 56 minutes. |
| VH-EBB |
06JUL59
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After landing at Avalon, the pilots felt that the aircraft was pulling to the right. Inspection revealed a collapsed outer bearing on the rear, inner wheel of the starboard main undercarriage. As the wheel was seized on the axle and could not be removed, the aircraft was towed to the hangar with the wheel skidding. Even in the hangar the wheel could not be removed and the entire bogie was changed. (Source: NAA 58/476 pt3, Major Defects QEA, MD 185/59 via Colin Lock) |
| VH-EBB |
21JUL59
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Departed Sydney at 0730 on a proving flight to San Francisco and Vancouver. |
| VH-EBB |
16AUG59
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En
route from San Francisco to Sydney, the aircraft suffered an engine
failure and diverted to Brisbane because of unfavourable conditions
in Sydney. It is believed that this was the first visit to Brisbane
by a Boeing 707. VH-EBC also diverted to Brisbane shortly after
VH-EBB.
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| VH-EBB |
09SEP59
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Departed Sydney at 1605 on its first service to London via San Francisco |
| VH-EBB |
19NOV60
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Carried a "Round the World" commemorative airmail from London to Sydney via the Kangaroo route to mark the 40th anniversary of Qantas. The mail, which originated in Winton on 16NOV60, had been carried from Sydney to London via the Southern Cross route on VH-EBD. (Ref: PAT 99) |
| VH-EBB |
11SEP61
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Departed Sydney on return to Boeing in Seattle for conversion to 707-138B |
| VH-EBB |
12SEP61
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Arrived Seattle at 1205. (TT: 6350:32) |
| VH-EBB |
17OCT61
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Test flying |
| VH-EBB |
19OCT61
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Test flying completed (6:15) |
| VH-EBB |
19OCT61
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Returned to Qantas |
| VH-EBB |
23OCT61
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Departed Seattle at 1502 on return to Sydney |
| VH-EBB |
24OCT61
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Arrived Sydney at 0930. (TT: 6371:32) |
| VH-EBB |
06JUN63
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Photographed
at London, Heathrow. |
| VH-EBB |
27MAR67
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Departed Sydney at 1130 on its last Qantas service (to London via Kangaroo Route) |
| VH-EBB |
27APR67
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Struck off Australian Register |
| N790SA |
04MAY67
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Sold
to Seymour R. Gross of Chicago as N790SA. (TT: 24167:00 Landings:
11867)
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| N790SA |
06MAY67
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Leased
to Standard Airways |
| N790SA |
AUG68
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Used in movie "Lost Flight" with Lloyd Bridges. Carried Standard Airways livery with "Transpacific Airlines" titles |
| N790SA |
AUG68
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Leased to El Al |
| N790SA |
AUG68
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Returned to Standard Airways |
| N790SA |
AUG69
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Standard Airways ceased operations and aircraft impounded at Las Vegas |
| D-ADAP |
31JAN71
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Sold
to Air Commerz, Hamburg. |
| D-ADAP |
09MAY71
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Arrived Hamburg on delivery |
|
D-ADAP
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Leased by Merpati Nusantara |
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D-ADAP
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01SEP72
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Impounded by Aer Lingus at Dublin. Air Commerz declared bankrupt three days later |
| N790SA |
08AUG73
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Sold to Frederick B. Ayer and Assoc, Geneva, Switzerland and ferried from Dublin to Marana, Arizona for storage |
| N790SA |
31OCT75
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Registered to F.B. Ayer |
| N790SA |
28MAR76
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Arrived Stansted for overhaul |
| TC-JBN |
05JUN76
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Noted at Stansted in full Turk Hava Yollari livery. Had been mistakenly registered as TC-JBP. Aircraft named "Ceyhan" |
| TC-JBN |
18JUN76
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Registered TC-JBN to Turk Hava Yollari. (Source: www.ole-nikolajsen.com) |
| TC-JBN |
24JUN76
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Delivered
ex Southend (Stansted?) to THY
|
| TC-JBN |
18DEC77
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Struck off the Turkish Register. (Source: www.ole-nikolajsen.com) |
| N790FA |
18DEC77
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Returned to FBA Corp |
| N790FA |
15FEB78
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Delivered
to Israel Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv |
| N790FA |
28SEP78
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Delivered to Jet Aviation, Basel, Switzerland ex HAECO, Hong Kong for executive conversion |
| N790FA |
JUN79
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Executive
conversion completed. Sold to Lowa Ltd and operated by Private Jet
Services of Basel (a Jet Aviation subsidiary) |
| N790FA |
01AUG79
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Arrived Sydney from Perth with the Foreign Minister of the State of Oman. (TT: 35434:00) |
| N790FA |
04AUG79
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Departed Sydney at 1200 for Auckland |
| N790FA |
MAR82
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Noted
at Munich. |
| N790FA |
MAR85
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Stored
at Basle. |
| N790FA |
DEC86
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Registered to Community Transport Inc, San Antonio TX (AL243/12) |
| N790FA |
JUN88
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Registered to Exec Aire Inc, San Antonio TX (AL261/12) |
| N790FA |
DEC88
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Registered to Jetran Inc, San Antonio (AL267/11) |
| N138SR |
NOV90
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Re-registered
to Comtran International Inc (AL290/10) Jetran were renamed Comtran International Inc (AL277/12) |
| N138SR |
08FEB93
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Ferried Amman-Gander-San Antonio (AL317/12) |
| N138SR |
19MAR94
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Noted at Prague (AL329/15) |
| N138SR |
08MAY94
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Noted at Paris, Le Bourget with Republique du Congo titles (AL331/13) |
| N138SR |
DEC94
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| N138SR |
11FEB95
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Noted
at Bangkok with AK on the tail (AL345/14) |
| N138SR |
22APR95
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Noted at Orlando with AK on the tail (AL343/14) |
| N138SR |
09JUL95
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Noted at Nice with AK on the tail (AL345/14) |
| N138SR |
25SEP96
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Noted
at Amsterdam with Kingdom Entertainment titles and tail logo. In
use by Michael Jackson. (AL359/15). |
| N138SR |
28AUG98
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Damaged beyond repair in an arson attack on the cockpit while the aircraft was parked at Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The damage was not discovered until 05SEP98 when the Comtran crew arrived to ferry the aircraft back to the USA. Operator also shown as Jaffe Group. |
| N138SR |
16APR05
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Noted
at Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Reported as "withdrawn from use".
(AL466/23) |
This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
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18APR07
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Added dates on and off the Turkish Register. |
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26AUG06
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Added a reference to an incident at Avalon on 06JUL59. |
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-138B 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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