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VH-EBQ
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VH-EBQ |
18953 |
City of Ballarat |
| VH-EBQ |
28JUL65
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Rolled out as 707-338C "City of Ballarat" |
| VH-EBQ |
07SEP65
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First flown |
| VH-EBQ |
15SEP65
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Accepted by Qantas (TT:8:49) |
| VH-EBQ |
16SEP65
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Departed Seattle on delivery same day |
| VH-EBQ |
18SEP65
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Arrived Sydney at 1654 (TT:24:32) |
| VH-EBQ |
11OCT65
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Departed Sydney at 1414 for training at Avalon |
| VH-EBQ |
14OCT65
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Departed Sydney at 1128 on its first service (to Nadi) |
| VH-EBQ |
20APR66
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Positioned to Lockheed Air Service, Ontario, California for modifications |
| VH-EBQ |
02APR67
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Departed Sydney at 0838 for Mexico City from where it positioned to Boeing, Wichita for modifications |
| VH-EBQ |
04MAY67
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Returned to Sydney at 1155 |
| VH-EBQ |
01OCT69
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Departed Sydney at 2102 on the inaugural QF530 service to London via the Southern Cross Route |
| VH-EBQ |
10DEC71
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Rolled out in the ochre colour scheme |
| VH-EBQ |
02SEP72
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| VH-EBQ |
28JAN74
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Departed Sydney at 1715 on its last Qantas service (Christchurch-Melbourne-Christchurch-Sydney) |
| VH-EBQ |
01FEB74
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Struck off Australian Register |
| 9M-ASQ |
21FEB74
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Re-registered 9M-ASQ to Malaysian Airline System, Kuala Lumpur |
| VH-PTF |
22FEB74
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Sold to Malaysian Airline System, Kuala Lumpur. (TT:28792:08 Landings: 10443). Test flown at Sydney same day in full MAS livery using "trade plate" registration VH-PTF |
| 9M-ASQ |
23FEB75
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Departed
Sydney at 1000 on delivery to Kuala Lumpur |
| 9M-MCQ |
29JUN75
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Re-registered to MAS |
| 9M-MCQ |
14FEB80
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Last service for MAS, Kuala Lumpur to Frankfurt |
| 9M-MCQ |
23FEB80
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Delivered to Somali Airlines |
| 6O-SBM |
24FEB80
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Arrived
in Hamburg in full Somali livery for maintenance |
| 6O-SBM |
29FEB80
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Sold to Somali Airlines |
| 6O-SBM |
01APR80
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Departed Hamburg for Mogadishu |
| 6O-SBM |
15MAR85
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Sold to Jet Avionics System, Miami (AL221/14) |
| 6O-SBM |
09MAY85
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Arrived Hamburg (AL223/18) |
| 6O-SBM |
21MAY85
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Sold to Omega Air (AL223/18) |
| 6O-SBM |
31MAY85
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Flown to Shannon in Somali livery (AL225/11) |
| 6O-SBM |
OCT85
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Stored at Shannon in Somali colours minus three engines (AL227/11) |
| N342A |
DEC85
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Registered to Omega Air Inc, Washington DC (AL230/10) |
| N342A |
04FEB86
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Sold to Boeing Military Airplane Co, Wichita (for KC-135 spares) (AL235/9) |
| N342A |
MAR86
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Registered to Boeing Military Airplane Co, Wichita (AL234/10) |
| N342A |
02MAR86
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Ferried from Shannon to Stansted |
| N342A |
02APR86
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Arrived at Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona for parting out. (Store Code AACZ0145) |
| N342A |
MAY86
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Registration cancelled |
| N342A |
30MAR99
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Noted at Davis Monthan totally parted out and sitting on trestles |
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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 B707-338C/327C/349C list. |
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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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