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VH-EBN
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VH-EBN |
18808 |
City of Parramatta |
| VH-EBN |
21DEC64
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Rolled out as 707-338C "City of Parramatta" |
| VH-EBN |
29JAN65
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First flown |
| VH-EBN |
09FEB65
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Accepted by Qantas (TT:10:31) |
| VH-EBN |
10FEB65
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd |
| VH-EBN |
13FEB65
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Departed
Seattle at 0834 on delivery via Honolulu and Nadi. Commanded by
Captain A.A.E. Yates. Flight time 15 hrs 47 mins. 
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15FEB65
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Arrived Sydney at 1400. (TT:38:19) |
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19MAR65
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Departed Sydney at 1958 on its first service (to UK via the Kangaroo route). Operated a training session at Prestwick and then returned to Sydney as a migrant charter. |
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11MAY65
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Departed Sydney at 1417 on a VIP charter to Avalon |
| VH-EBN |
15SEP65
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Departed Singapore as QF178 on special charter to the Department of Defence to ferry 3 RAR servicemen and their families who had been stationed at Terendak Garrison in Malaysia home to Australia. One of many flights over several weeks returning troops from the Indonesian Confrontation operations. The flight was under the command of Captain Barry Tingwell, brother of the famous Australian actor Bud Tingwell. (Source: Stephen Swayne who, as a five year-old , received a King Neptune certificate to record his crossing of the equator) |
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16MAR66
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Departed Sydney at 2156 for Ontario, California for modifications by Lockheed Air Service. |
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05APR66
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Positioned from Ontario to Mexico City from where it operated a regular service to Sydney. |
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07APR66
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Arrived in Sydney at 1047 |
| VH-EBN |
24JUL67
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Departed Sydney at 1003 for Mexico City from where it positioned to Boeing in Wichita for modifications. |
| VH-EBN |
24AUG67
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Returned to Sydney at 1510 |
| VH-EBN |
31AUG67
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Fitted with dual Doppler |
| VH-EBN |
03SEP67
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Returned to service |
| VH-EBN |
21SEP67
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Departed Sydney at 1559 damaging lower aft fuselage on take-off. The aircraft returned safely to Sydney shortly after |
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27NOV67
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Departed Sydney at 1003 on the last Mexico City service |
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03FEB70
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Departed Sydney at 0613 as QF022S to Port Moresby in a 5 pallet 78 seat config to uplift spares and engineers for the repair of DC-4 VH-EDA which had suffered a nosewheel collapse at Port Moresby |
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29MAY70
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Departed Sydney at 1623 as QF950 on the first New York freighter service (10 pallets) |
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22JUN70
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Departed Sydney at 0800 carrying the Avro 504 Dyak to Tullamarine (Melbourne). Thence to Avalon for crew training |
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05AUG73
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During push back at Sydney at 0802 while operating QF850 to Auckland, the port main landing gear trunnion failed and protruded through the wing. The aircraft was immobilised at the International Terminal for three days. |
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08AUG73
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The aircraft was moved to the Jet Base in an operation lasting 7.5 hours |
| VH-EBN |
29MAR74
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Departed Sydney on the inaugural QF7 service to London via Perth and Bombay |
| VH-EBN |
08JUL74
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Departed for crew training at Avalon lasting for 29 hours |
| VH-EBN |
10JUL74
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Returned to Sydney after crew training at Avalon |
| VH-EBN |
16JUL74
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Departed Sydney at 0900 for Hong Kong to be overhauled by HAECO. (TT:29212:00 Landings 18244) |
| VH-EBN |
22AUG74
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Struck off Australian Register |
| 9V-BFW |
SEP74
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Sold to Singapore Airlines |
| 9V-BFW |
77
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Converted
to freighter. |
| 9V-BFW |
09FEB78
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All port tyres burst on landing at Singapore (Ref: HAI I9) |
| 9V-BFW |
24DEC80
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Noted at Orly in basic SIA colours without titles. |
| 9V-BFW |
11MAR81
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Noted
at Singapore minus titles and logo. |
| 9V-BFW |
02APR81
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Arrived Miami |
| N707GB |
10APR81
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Registered to International Air Leases, Miami |
| N707GB |
20MAY81
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Leased to TAMPA Colombia and entered service ex Miami same day |
| N707GB |
16JUL81
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Painted
in Arrow Air colours at Miami. Fleet Number 808. |
| HK-3030X |
13APR83
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Leased to TAMPA Colombia (AL200/12) |
| HK-3030X |
20APR83
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Noted
at Miami with TAMPA Colombia named "El Arriero" (AL201/16)
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| HK-3030X |
13JUN83
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Impounded at Miami by US Customs for carrying cocaine (AL201/16) |
| HK-3030X |
84
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Returned to Arrow Air after lease to TAMPA |
| N707GB |
JAN84
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Re-registered
N707GB (AL219/15) |
| N707GB |
18MAY84
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Noted
at JFK in TAMPA colours but operating an Arrow Air flight (AL211/13)
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01OCT84
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Noted back in service with TAMPA (AL219/15) |
| HK-3030X |
AUG91
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Photograph. |
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27OCT94
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Noted at Medellin in full TAMPA livery with no engines (AL337/16) |
| PT-WSZ |
25NOV98
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Sold to Skymaster Airlines LTDA of Brazil (AL386/19) |
| PT-WSZ |
13DEC98
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Noted at Viracopos in full Skymaster Airlines livery (AL386/19) |
| PT-WSZ |
23DEC98
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Registered to Citizen Holdings Ltd but operated by Skymaster Airlines (AL388/20) |
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OCT02
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Photographed
in Skymaster Airlines colours. |
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06JAN05
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Advertised for sale by Aviation Capital Leasing. 84976 hours 39828 cycles. (www.planemart.com) |
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c.2007
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Disassembled and trucked to a farm owned by Armando Proietti at Cabreúva,SP, Brazil. (Source: www.aerotransport.org) |
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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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21FEB25
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Flight number on 05AUG73 corrected from QF851 to QF850. |
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6
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27SEP19
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Added an image of the aircraft in Tampa livery and an Arrow Air tail as N707GB. |
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07MAR17
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Added an image of the aircraft in Tampa livery as N707GB. |
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28JAN17
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Added an event on 15SEP65 thanks to Stephen Swayne. |
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3
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20JUN16
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Added a reference to the aeroplane being moved to a farm circa 2007. |
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2
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29SEP07
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Aircraft was advertised for sale in January 2005 and is still available at the time of writing. |
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C 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) 4. 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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Please forward any errors or updates to the Webmaster. |
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These sources are gratefully acknowledged. |