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17701 |
City of Adelaide |
| VH-EBF |
08JUL59
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Rolled out as 707-138 "City of Adelaide" |
| VH-EBF |
21AUG59
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First flown |
| VH-EBF |
04SEP59
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Registered
to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd and accepted by Qantas same day. Boeing delivery date to Qantas (Ref: HAI D20) |
| VH-EBF |
10SEP59
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Arrived Sydney at 1045. (TT: 30:53) |
| VH-EBF |
22SEP59
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Departed Sydney at 1050 on a training flight to Darwin |
| VH-EBF |
30SEP59
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Departed Sydney at 0909 on a training flight to Brisbane |
| VH-EBF |
05OCT59
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Departed Sydney at 1302 on a training flight to Honolulu |
| VH-EBF |
08OCT59
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Departed
Sydney at 1220 on its first service (to London via USA) 
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| VH-EBF |
61
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Photographed
at Sydney
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| VH-EBF |
05NOV61
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Departed Sydney at 1851 on regular service to San Francisco from where the aircraft positioned to Seattle for 138B conversion |
| VH-EBF |
07NOV61
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Arrived Seattle at 0955 |
| VH-EBF |
20DEC61
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Returned to Qantas |
| VH-EBF |
23DEC61
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Departed
Seattle on return to Sydney.
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| VH-EBF |
17OCT62
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Record flight: Singapore to Sydney in 6 hrs 55 mins. Captain K. McKnight |
| VH-EBF |
10NOV62
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Royal Flight: London to Perth |
| VH-EBF |
01DEC62
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Royal Flight: Perth to Rome |
| VH-EBF |
21SEP64
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Royal Flight: London |
| VH-EBF |
10OCT64
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Departed Sydney at 1558 for London via the Kangaroo Route. Royal Flight: Singapore to London |
| VH-EBF |
16MAR66
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Royal Flight: Departed London at 2055 for Adelaide with the Queen Mother |
| VH-EBF |
07APR66
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Royal Flight: Sydney to Nadi with the Queen Mother |
| VH-EBF |
02MAY66
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Royal Flight Queen Mother until 05MAY66: Canberra-Auckland-Honolulu-Vancouver-Ottawa-London to London. (Ref: PAT 128) |
| VH-EBF |
19JUL66
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Departed Sydney at 1850 on charter flight to Kingston, Jamaica |
| VH-EBF |
23DEC67
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Departed Sydney at 1908 on its last Qantas service (to London via the Southern Cross route) |
| VH-EBF |
29JAN68
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Struck off Australian Register and stored at Sydney |
| N792SA |
15MAR68
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Sold to F.B. Ayer & Associates and re-registered N792SA. (TT: 25993:58) Leased to Standard Airways |
| N792SA |
26MAR68
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Departed Sydney at 1648 on delivery to Seattle in full Standard Airways livery |
| N792SA |
AUG69
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Standard Airways ceased operations and the aircraft was stored at JFK |
| D-ADAQ |
31JAN71
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Leased to Air Commerz of Hamburg |
| D-ADAQ |
24MAR71
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Delivered to Hamburg |
| D-ADAQ |
01SEP72
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Air Commerz ceased operations and the aircraft was stored at Dusseldorf |
| N792SA |
31JAN73
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Departed
Dusseldorf for Gander on delivery to Walter E. Heller & Co Inc,
New York. Returned to F.B. Ayer & Associates and stored at Marana
in Air Commerz livery. |
| N792SA |
APR76
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Delivered to Stansted, UK for overhaul |
| TC-JBP |
08JUL76
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Registered to Turk Hava Yollari. (Source: www.ole-nikolajsen.com) |
| TC-JBP |
10JUL76
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Departed Stansted on lease to Turk Hava Yollari in full THY livery and named "Seyhan" |
| TC-JBP |
78
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Struck off the Turkish Register. Date shown as 03JUL78 but perhaps this should be 03JAN78? (Source: www.ole-nikolajsen.com) |
| N792FA |
07JAN78
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Returned to Pan Ayer SA of Geneva and re-registered |
| N792FA |
21FEB78
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Delivered to Israeli Aircraft Industries of Tel Aviv for overhaul |
| N792FA |
01APR78
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Leased
to El Al in full El Al livery |
| N792FA |
01NOV78
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Returned to Pan Ayer |
| N792FA |
NOV78
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Leased to Bouraq Indonesian Airlines in full Bouraq livery |
| N792FA |
79
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Returned to Pan Ayer |
| N792FA |
26AUG79
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Noted at Long Beach minus Bouraq titles |
| N792FA |
23APR80
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Noted at Burbank minus Bouraq titles |
| N792FA |
02MAY81
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Noted at Burbank in basic THY colours with Bouraq logo on tail |
| N792FA |
05MAY83
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Ferried from Burbank to Miami (AL203/15) |
| N792FA |
07MAY83
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Arrived at Marana and stored (AL267/11) |
| N792FA |
06OCT83
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Noted
stored at Marana in basic Bouraq Indonesia livery (AL205/15). |
| N792FA |
08FEB85
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Stored at Marana minus engines |
| N792FA |
APR86
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Registered to FBA Inc |
| N792FA |
28JUL86
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Noted at Marana |
| N792FA |
14NOV88
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Noted at Marana (AL267/11) |
| N792FA |
11FEB89
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Noted at Marana to be parted out. Reportedly seized by the IRS. (AL268/11) |
| N792FA |
26MAR90
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Photographed
at Marana in basic Bouraq livery. Aircraft had been extensively
parted out and doors with surrounding structure had been cut from
airframe. |
| N792FA |
OCT93
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Broken up |
This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
Camera icon is linked to a photo.
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18APR07
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Added dates on and off the Turkish Register. |
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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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