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VH-EBG
| VH-EBG |
17702
64 64 507 |
City of Hobart |
| VH-EBG |
24JUL59
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Rolled out as 707-138 "City of Hobart" |
| VH-EBG |
08SEP59
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First flown |
| VH-EBG |
18SEP59
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Accepted
by Qantas. Boeing delivery date to Qantas (Ref: HAI D20) 
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| VH-EBG |
24SEP59
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Arrived Sydney at 1750 on delivery from Seattle. Carried a fifth pod. (TT: 32:47) |
| VH-EBG |
06OCT59
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Departed Sydney at 1602 on its first service (to San Francisco) |
| VH-EBG |
29OCT59
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Operated the first scheduled jet flight from Brisbane to London via the Kangaroo route. The flight originated in Sydney. (Ref: PAT 96) |
| VH-EBG |
27SEP60
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During crew training at Avalon, the captain's window cracked and blew out. The aircraft landed safely. |
| VH-EBG |
19NOV61
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Departed Sydney at 1848 on regular service to San Francisco from where the aircraft positioned to Seattle for 138B conversion |
| VH-EBG |
20NOV61
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Arrived Seattle at 0004 |
| VH-EBG |
10JAN62
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Handed over to Qantas |
| VH-EBG |
12JAN62
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Departed Seattle at 1046 for Vancouver |
| VH-EBG |
13JAN62
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Departed Vancouver on regular service to Sydney |
| VH-EBG |
15JAN62
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Arrived Sydney at 0720 |
| VH-EBG |
15JAN62
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Entered paint shop for V-Jet fin and rudder repaint |
| VH-EBG |
19JAN62
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Repaint
completed |
| VH-EBG |
11SEP64
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Departed Avalon to perform a flypast at the Albury air show then returned to Sydney |
| VH-EBG |
21SEP64
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Departed Sydney at 1853 for London via the Southern Cross route. Royal Flight. |
| VH-EBG |
08OCT64
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Departed Sydney at 1134 for London via the Kangaroo route. Royal Flight. |
| VH-EBG |
02DEC64
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Departed Sydney at 1646 on the inaugural 707 service to Hong Kong |
| VH-EBG |
31JAN68
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Departed Sydney at 1000 on its last Qantas service (to Auckland) |
| VH-EBG |
08MAR68
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Struck off Australian Register |
| G-AWDG |
13MAR68
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Sold to British Eagle Airways and named "Phoenix". Departed Sydney at 0800 on delivery |
| G-AWDG |
15MAR68
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Arrived Heathrow on delivery. The aircraft was used on inclusive tour charters from the U.K. to the Caribbean and on inclusive tour flights from London to Alicante, Gerona, Malaga, Palma, Rimini, Rome, Santiago, Split, Tenerife and Venice. (Source: "British Independent Airlines since 1946" p.101 by A.C. Merton Jones) |
| G-AWDG |
68
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Contribution from Barry Stanley: "On the day before the inaugural flight with British Eagle, G-AWDG was kept inside the hangar because wind and rain were forecast. The next morning it was discovered that the hangar door had come off its top track and was leaning against the rudder of G-AWDG. This necessitated repairs before the inaugural flight was able to depart." |
| G-AWDG |
06NOV68
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British Eagle declared bankrupt |
| G-AWDG |
29JAN69
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Leased
to Laker Airways. Operated inclusive tour flights in an all-economy
158 seat configuration. Destinations included the Canary Islands
and North Africa. (Source: "British Independent Airlines since
1946" pp.257-258 by A.C. Merton Jones).
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| G-AWDG |
10APR77
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Contribution from Barry Stanley: "Under the command of Captain Vic Smith with myself as Flight Engineer, Laker's G-AWDG was the first aeroplane to land at Tenerife in the Canary Islands after the KLM and Pan Am ground collision on 27 March 1977. The weather was still bad and we had to do a go around from the first approach and eventually landed from the other end. It was tragic to see the wreckage of the two aeroplanes looming out of the fog on the side of the runway." |
| G-AWDG |
18NOV77
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Operated the first scheduled service for International Caribbean from Montreal to Barbados. The flight diverted to Bermuda because a passenger experienced a heart attack. (Source: Barry Stanley) |
| G-AWDG |
78
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Operated with International Caribbean titles |
| G-AWDG |
24OCT78
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Operated a Libyan Arab flight into Heathrow |
| G-AWDG |
08NOV78
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Delivered from Gatwick to Maxton, North Carolina for Charlotte Aircraft |
| G-AWDG |
08DEC78
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Sold to Charlotte Aircraft |
| G-AWDG |
OCT79
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Sold to IASCO |
| N600JJ |
14NOV79
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Registered to Trafalgar Leasing Inc, New York |
| N600JJ |
08DEC79
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Noted at Orlando, Florida awaiting refurbishing by Page Airways. Still in Laker livery minus titles |
| N600JJ |
26APR80
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Noted at Le Bourget in ex Laker colour scheme |
| N600JJ |
06JUL80
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Still at Le Bourget |
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14APR81
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Noted at Le Bourget with no registration in a green, white and gold livery for Sheikh Abdallah Baroom |
| N600JJ |
14FEB82
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Noted at Heathrow as N600JJ (AL185/16) |
| N600JJ |
AUG82
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Photographed
with the upper fuselage painted gold  |
| N600JJ |
FEB83
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Photographed
at Le Bourget with the upper fuselage painted gold |
| N600JJ |
SEP84
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Photographed
with the gold paint removed from the upper fuselage |
| N600JJ |
01JUN87
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Sold to Aviation Management Consortium (Jeddah) (AL248/10) |
| N600JJ |
AUG87
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Registered to Skyways Aircraft Leasing Inc, League City TX (AL251/11) |
| N707KS |
20DEC87
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Noted
at Heathrow operated by Skyways Aircraft Leasing. Owned by Aviation
Management Consortium in which Sheikh Salem bin Laden has an interest.
(AL254/9) Sold to Sheikh Salem bin Laden around this time (AL253/11) |
| N707KS |
APR90
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Registered to First City Texas Houston NA (AL283/9) |
| N707KS |
JUN91
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| N707SK |
APR92
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Re-registered
to First City Texas Houston NA (AL307/12) Note: The registration N707KS was subsequently allocated to a Boeing 707-321B msn 20025 which was also operated by Skyways. |
| N707SK |
NOV92
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Registered
to New First City Texas Houston NA (AL314/14) |
| 9Q-CLK |
MAR98
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Sold
to the Republique du Congo by this date (AL395/25) The registration is derived from the initials of Laurent Kabila who was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) until his assassination in January 2001. |
| N707SK |
27MAY98
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Registration N707SK cancelled. Aircraft exported to Republic of Congo. |
| 9Q-CLK |
05
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Unconfirmed sighting in service at Johannesburg towards the end of 2005. It had been reported earlier that the aircraft was owned by Wimbi Dira Airways of the Democratic Republic of the Congo but the airline has advised that they never owned or operated the aircraft but that Hewa Bora Airways did. Communications with HBA have gone unanswered. |
| 9Q-CLK |
07
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Reported by Aerotransport.org as being in storage at N’Djili Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 9Q-CLK |
19AUG07
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Noted
at Lanseria, South Africa for interior modifications. (Source: Ian
Malcolm, AFAVIA)
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| 9Q-CLK |
20AUG07
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Commencement
of interior refurbishment by FAAircraft at Lanseria, South Africa.
FAAircraft website |
| 9Q-CLK |
25SEP07
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Completion
of interior refurbishment by FAAircraft at Lanseria, South Africa.
Photos of the interior here. |
| 9Q-CLK |
SEP07
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Reported that the aircraft is owned and operated by Presidential Airways and that a flight to New York (JFK) via Brussels is imminent. |
| 9Q-CLK |
OCT07
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It is reported that the aircraft has been impounded at Lanseria with several parties taking legal action against the owners. |
| 9Q-CLK |
01NOV07
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The aircraft departed Lanseria, destination unknown. |
| 9Q-CLK |
11APR08
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The aircraft flew DRC President Joseph Kabila to Lusaka, Zambia, for a SADC meeting on the disputed Zimbabwe elections (meeting held April 12th). In the best traditions of all great democracies, the aircraft uses the call-sign "Congo 001" when the President is on board. The aeroplane is based at N'Djili airport in Kinshasa. |
| 9Q-CLK |
13APR08
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The aircraft flew DRC President Joseph Kabila from Lusaka, Zambia, to Lubumbashi, DRC |
| 9Q-CLK |
14APR08
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The aircraft flew DRC President Joseph Kabila from Lubumbashi, DRC to Kinshasa. |
| 9Q-CLK |
07AUG08
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Arrived in Beijing, presumably for the Olympics. |
| 9Q-CLK |
06NOV08
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The
aircraft flew DRC President Joseph Kabila to Nairobi for talks on
the humanitarian crisis in the DRC. |
| Please
report any sightings of this
aircraft. Sources in the DRC have issued this warning to spotters: Please be EXTREMELY careful whenever in the presence of this aircraft on DRC soil. It is usually heavily guarded with armed soldiers of the Presidential Guard. By DRC law, taking photographs of 9Q-CLK is prohibited. Expect this to be aggressively enforced while on Congolese soil. Even getting too close to it can be hazardous to your health. |
This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
Camera icon is linked to a photo.
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Issue
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Date
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Remarks
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11
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08NOV08
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Added a recent sighting in Nairobi. |
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10
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19AUG08
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Added a recent sighting in Beijing. |
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9
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16APR08
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Added further information thanks to Scupp. |
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8
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15APR08
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Added several recent sightings thanks to Scupp. |
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7
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02NOV07
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Added the departure date from Lanseria (01NOV07). |
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6
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31OCT07
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Added the cancellation date for N707SK (27MAY98). |
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5
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07OCT07
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The aircraft is impounded at Lanseria. |
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4
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27SEP07
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Added
details and images of the 2007 refurbishment thanks to Lumain van
Vuuren of FAAircraft. Added three anecdotes from Barry Stanley. See 68, 10APR77 and 18NOV77. |
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3
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22AUG07
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Added a recent sighting by Ian Malcolm. |
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2
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25JUL07
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Added a recent sighting received via Paul Sheehan. |
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1
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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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