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VH-EBP
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VH-EBP |
18810 |
Alice Springs |
| VH-EBP |
29JUN65
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Rolled out as 707-338C "Alice Springs" |
| VH-EBP |
30JUL65
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First flown |
| VH-EBP |
14AUG65
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Accepted by Qantas (TT:5:38). Departed Seattle same day on delivery. Captain Ken Nicholson |
| VH-EBP |
16AUG65
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Arrived Sydney at 1837 (TT:22:44) |
| VH-EBP |
18AUG65
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd |
| VH-EBP |
05SEP65
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Departed Sydney on its first service, a charter for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to Manila, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bombay, London and return. Captain Ken Nicholson |
| VH-EBP |
06APR66
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Modifications at Lockheed Air Services, Ontario, California |
| VH-EBP |
19APR66
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Returned to service |
| VH-EBP |
01MAY67
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Departed Sydney at 1002 for Mexico City then positioned to Boeing, Wichita for modifications |
| VH-EBP |
01JUN67
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Positioned from Wichita to Mexico City |
| VH-EBP |
14DEC68
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First aircraft to use the completed North-South runway at Sydney |
| VH-EBP |
08MAR71
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Departed Sydnety at 0844 on the first training flight to RAAF Edinburgh, SA |
| VH-EBP |
26JUN71
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Departed Sydney at 1230 for Alice Springs where VH-EAI was grounded with No 4 engine problem |
| VH-EBP |
05JAN72
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Departed Sydney at 2230 on a cattle charter to New Delhi |
| VH-EBP |
24APR72
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Departed Sydney at 0600 for Avalon on Korean Airlines crew training |
| VH-EBP |
28APR72
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Returned to Sydney from Avalon |
| VH-EBP |
16MAY72
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Departed Sydney at 0630 for Avalon on Korean Airlines crew training |
| VH-EBP |
19MAY72
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Returned to Sydney from Avalon |
| VH-EBP |
22MAY72
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Departed Sydney at 0800 for Avalon on Korean Airlines crew training |
| VH-EBP |
25MAY72
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Returned to Sydney from Avalon |
| VH-EBP |
27JUL72
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Departed Sydney at 1040 as QF150, a cargo charter to Minneapolis |
| VH-EBP |
17SEP72
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Departed Sydney at 1010 as QF120, a cargo charter to Darwin, Taipei, Manila and Pago Pago |
| VH-EBP |
08NOV72
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Departed Sydney on its last service, QF179, a sheep charter to New Delhi via Darwin and Singapore |
| VH-EBP |
10NOV72
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Returned to Sydney as QF265A from New Delhi via Manila. |
| VH-EBP |
19NOV72
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Departed Sydney at 0900 as QF052D on delivery to Trans World Airlines. Aircraft all white. Captain G.J. Bailey |
| VH-EBP |
20NOV72
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Sold to TWA. Engines were not included in the sale and these were later returned to Qantas. (TT: 23000:00) |
| VH-EBP |
21NOV72
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Struck off Australian Register |
| N14791 |
NOV72
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Re-registered to TWA. Operated as a freighter. Fleet Number: 4791 |
| N14791 |
APR73
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Entered
service with TWA as a freighter. Fleet Number: 4791  |
| N14791 |
DEC73
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Used in trial installation of Litton Omega Navigation System |
| N14791 |
30DEC78
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Last TWA service. (TT: 36436:00 Landings:19,683) |
| SU-BBA |
26MAR79
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Handed
over to Air Cargo Egypt at Wichita. Named "El Mansoufa"
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| SU-BBA |
31MAR79
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Noted at Shannon and Amsterdam |
| SU-BBA |
09AUG79
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Operated Pan Am flight PA901 (call-sign "Clipper 901") into JFK |
| SU-BBA |
16DEC79
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Operated a Uganda Airlines flight into Stansted. |
| SU-BBA |
12JUN80
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Operated Pelican Air Transport Ltd flight DP512A into Gatwick |
| SU-BBA |
17MAR82
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Last service (London to Cairo) (TT: 42610:00 Landings: 21542) (AL223/18) |
| SU-BBA |
29MAY84
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Noted at Cairo derelict (AL212/15) |
| SU-BBA |
20AUG84
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Sold to Farner Air Service for reduction to spares at Cairo (AL223/18) |
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MAY85
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Still present at Cairo |
| SU-BBA |
04DEC94
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Noted in use at Cairo Airport as a restaurant called "The Plane" (AL338/15) |
| SU-BBA |
25NOV98
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Noted
in use at Cairo Airport as a restaurant called "The Plane"
(AL385/21) Owned by Kamal El Gohari. |
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06MAR04
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Frank Knottenbeld visited the Mövenpick Hotel in Cairo with the intention of photographing the aircraft but he was told by hotel staff that it had been broken up and taken away on trucks "three months earlier". |
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Camera icon is linked to a photo.
This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
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03FEB07
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Added a report that the aircraft has been broken up. |
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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) 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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