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VH-EBL
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VH-EBL |
18739 |
City
of Geelong |
| VH-EBL |
02JUL64
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Rolled
out as 707-138B "City of Geelong" 
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| VH-EBL |
06AUG64
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First flown |
| VH-EBL |
19AUG64
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Departed Seattle at 1630 on delivery to Honolulu and Sydney |
| VH-EBL |
21AUG64
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Arrived Sydney at 1630. Flight time 15 hrs 3 mins. Captain C.G. (Fred) Fox |
| VH-EBL |
06SEP64
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Departed Sydney at 1158 on its first service (to London) |
| VH-EBL |
24FEB65
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Departed Sydney at 1856 on a special service to Boston |
| VH-EBL |
10APR65
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Departed Sydney at 0958 on the inaugural service to Christchurch. Flight time 2 hrs 26 mins. Captain Ron Uren |
| VH-EBL |
10DEC65
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Renamed "Winton" for Qantas' 45th anniversary promotion. Sir Hudson Fysh taxied the Avro 504K in front of VH-EBL. It is unknown how long the aeroplane carried the name "Winton" but it may have been for one day only. |
| VH-EBL |
21APR68
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Departed Sydney at 1700 on the last 138B service to Vancouver |
| VH-EBL |
10MAY68
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Departed Sydney at 1914 on its last Qantas service (to London via the Southern Cross route). Withdrawn from service and stored engineless and all white at Sydney |
| N107BN |
07JUN69
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Sold to Braniff International Airways Inc via Regency Income Corp. Painted in the lime green livery |
| N107BN |
18JUN69
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Struck off Australian Register as VH-EBL |
| N107BN |
19JUN69
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Departed Sydney at 1000 on delivery to Dallas via Honolulu |
| N107BN |
14OCT73
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Withdrawn
from service and stored. By this time the aircraft was painted in
the red livery  |
| N107BN |
74
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Traded in to Boeing |
| N107BN |
75
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To Commercial Air Transport Sales |
| N107BN |
JAN75
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Registered to Great American Insurance Company by this date |
| N107BN |
01NOV75
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Delivered to Boeing |
| N107BN |
75
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To Offset Inc, Hollywood |
| N107BN |
JAN76
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Registered to Boeing by this date |
| N107BN |
15JUL76
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Leased to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| N107BN |
21AUG76
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Noted
at Oakland in Merpati Nusantara colours and named "Princess
Bali" |
| N107BN |
03JUL78
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Departed Darwin for Denpasar but nosewheel would not retract. Aircraft returned to Darwin where locking pin was removed |
| PK-MBA |
MAY79
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Sold to MNA and re-registered |
| PK-MBA |
APR80
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Noted at Jakarta as PK-MBA |
| PK-MBA |
11OCT80
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Noted
at Jakarta minus MNA titles. |
| PK-MBA |
18JUN85
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Noted stored at Jakarta in faded MNA livery (AL225/11) |
| PK-MBA |
21NOV86
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Noted stored intact at Jakarta (AL242/10) |
| PK-MBA |
DEC86
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Sold to Omega Air (AL245/10) |
| N46D |
FEB87
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Registered to Omega Air (AL245/10) |
| N46D |
13MAR87
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Noted at Shannon (AL245/10) |
| N46D |
OCT88
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Noted at Shannon without engines and being parted out (AL273/9) |
| N46D |
31JUL93
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Broken up at Shannon by this date (AL322/13) |
This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
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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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