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VH-EBK
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VH-EBK |
18334 |
City of Newcastle |
| VH-EBK |
10JUL61
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Rolled out as 707-138B "City of Newcastle" |
| VH-EBK |
14AUG61
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First flown |
| VH-EBK |
29AUG61
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Departed Seattle at 1852 on delivery |
| VH-EBK |
01SEP61
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Arrived Sydney (flying time 16 hrs 39 mins) |
| VH-EBK |
01OCT61
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Departed Sydney at 1857 on its first service (to San Francisco) |
| VH-EBK |
31OCT61
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Departed Sydney at 0555 for Hong Kong on crew training |
| VH-EBK |
06FEB62
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Operated
the inaugural service from Sydney to London via Djakarta (Ref: PAT
107)  |
| VH-EBK |
23DEC64
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Departed Sydney at 1212 as QF735 for Singapore. After passing through a rain storm on finals the aircraft landed heavily on the nosewheel first causing extensive structural damage to the lower nose area |
| VH-EBK |
04JAN65
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Arrived Sydney at 2140 having flown empty and unpressurised from Singapore. The NLG area was shored up with timber beams. |
| VH-EBK |
06JAN65
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Repairs commenced in conjunction with block overhaul |
| VH-EBK |
13FEB65
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Repairs completed |
| VH-EBK |
13MAR65
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Departed Sydney at 1910 for London via the Southern Cross route. Royal Flight: London to San Francisco with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh |
| VH-EBK |
18MAR65
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Departed Sydney at 1856 for London via the Southern Cross route. Royal Flight: San Francisco to Sydney with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh |
| VH-EBK |
SEP65
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Fitted with Inertial Navigation System for trials |
| VH-EBK |
11JAN66
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| VH-EBK |
27APR68
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Departed Sydney at 1900 on the last 138B service to San Francisco |
| VH-EBK |
08SEP68
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Departed Sydney at 0859 on its last Qantas service (to Auckland). Stored all white and engineless at Sydney |
| VH-EBK |
05DEC68
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Struck off Australian Register |
| 9Y-TDB |
08DEC68
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Departed
Sydney at 0939 on a four month lease to British West Indian Airways
Ltd, Port of Spain, Trinidad |
| 9Y-TDB |
APR69
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Returned to Qantas |
| 9Y-TDB |
04JUL69
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Sold to BWIA |
| 9Y-TDB |
19SEP69
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Departed
Sydney for Port of Spain on delivery to BWIA |
| 9Y-TDB |
OCT77
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Withdrawn from service at Port of Spain |
| 9Y-TDB |
OCT77
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Sold to Euro Air Financing |
| 9Y-TDB |
14JAN78
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Ferried from Tulsa to Basle, Switzerland |
| 9Y-TDB |
02FEB78
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Registration cancelled |
| N58937 |
MAR78
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Sold to Jet Aviation, Zurich for VIP conversion |
| N58937 |
25APR78
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Registered to TAG Aviation |
| N58937 |
12JUN78
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Delivered from Basle to Tulsa |
| N58937 |
02JUN79
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Noted at San Antonio undergoing interior VIP fitout |
| N58937 |
06OCT79
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Noted in Dee Howard hangar at San Antonio undergoing VIP conversion |
| N58937 |
02FEB80
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Noted still in San Antonio |
| N58937 |
23JUL80
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Departed
Newark for Le Bourget with TAG Aviation. |
| CN-ANS |
18MAY83
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Sold
to Royal Moroccan Air Force. (AL200/12) Also reported as CNA-NS but this is suspect. |
| N58937 |
MAR85
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Registered to TAG Group USA |
| N58937 |
15MAR00
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Cancelled from the US Register. |
| CN-ANS |
c2000
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Appeared
as a static backdrop in the movie Black Hawk Down which was
filmed at Kenitra in Morocco. |
| CN-ANS |
14DEC06
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Google
Earth indicates that the aeroplane is still extant at Kenitra, Morocco.
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This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
Camera icon is linked to a photo.
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Remarks
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28AUG08
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Added information that suggests that the aeroplane is still extant. Thanks to Richard Vandervord for his detective work! |
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03MAY08
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Added the date of cancellation from the US 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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