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VH-EBS
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VH-EBS |
18955 |
Kalgoorlie |
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14DEC65
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Rolled out as 707-338C "Kalgoorlie" |
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19JAN66
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First flown |
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01FEB66
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Accepted by Qantas (TT:2:42) |
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02FEB66
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd |
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03FEB66
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Departed Seattle at 0857 for modifications at Lockheed Air Services, Ontario, California. Arrived at 1127. Captain A.A.E. Yates |
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07MAR66
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Departed Ontario at 1350 for San Francisco, Honolulu and Sydney |
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09MAR66
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Arrived Sydney at 1754. (TT:22:02) Captain Fred Fox |
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14MAR66
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Departed Sydney at 1007 for crew training at Avalon |
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19MAR66
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Departed Sydney at 1201 on its first service (to London via the Kangaroo Route) |
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26JUN67
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Departed Sydney at 1000 on regular service to Mexico City from where it positioned to Boeing, Wichita for modifications |
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03AUG67
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Returned to Sydney at 1000 |
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14SEP67
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Became the first Qantas 707 to visit Port Moresby. Captain Dave Harden |
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15NOV72
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Departed Sydney on a charter to Papeete and Lima, Peru. Captain Robert Bruce |
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11MAR73
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Operated its last Qantas service (Sydney-Auckland-Sydney) (TT:24497:15 Landings: 8804) |
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30MAR73
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Departed Sydney at 1100 on lease to Malaysian Airline System in full MAS livery but retaining Australian registration |
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11JUL73
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Struck off Australian Register |
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10OCT73
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Sold to Malaysian Airline System and re-registered. (TT:25734:52 Landings: 9322) |
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15OCT75
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Re-registered to MAS |
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01JAN81
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Withdrawn from service by MAS |
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20JAN81
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Ferried from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu for storage |
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OCT81
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Sold to Air Supply Corp, Lichtenstein |
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24OCT81
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Flown from Luxembourg to Basle with a white top and no titles. Sold to United African Airlines and painted as 5A-DJO and delivered to Tripoli |
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19NOV81
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Noted at Stansted operated by United African with white top and no titles (AL183/16) |
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02JUL82
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Operated a Libyan Arab flight into Heathrow |
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20SEP82
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Operated a Libyan Arab flight into Heathrow |
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14MAR83
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Crashed 24km north of Sebha, Libya after engine failure on take-off while being operated by Jamahiriya Air Transport. The five man crew was killed and the aircraft destroyed |
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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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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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