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VH-EBU
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VH-EBU |
19294 |
City
of Broken Hill |
| VH-EBU |
14DEC66
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EBU |
29DEC66
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First flown |
| VH-EBU |
08MAR67
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Accepted by Qantas. Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd same day |
| VH-EBU |
28MAR67
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Departed Seattle on delivery to Sydney |
| VH-EBU |
30MAR67
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Arrived Sydney at 1135 (TT:22:30) |
| VH-EBU |
06APR67
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Departed Sydney at 1100 on its first service (to Christchurch) |
| VH-EBU |
11MAY67
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First aircraft painted with revised titles ("Qantas Australia") on fuselage |
| VH-EBU |
08JAN69
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Bush fires swept across Avalon airfield while VH-EBU and VH-EAJ were on the ground in connection with crew training details. Thanks to the quick actions of aircrew and engineers, the aircraft were saved by moving them around the field to escape the fires. (Source: AHSA Journal Jan-Feb 1969) |
| VH-EBU |
27JUL69
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Delivered to Lufthansa in Hamburg for wing life modification |
| VH-EBU |
02JAN70
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Departed Sydney at 1600 as QF950, its first freighter service to New York |
| VH-EBU |
31MAR70
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Departed Sydney at 1500 as QF150, its first freighter service to Minneapolis |
| VH-EBU |
01JUL70
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Departed Melbourne on the inaugural service to Christchurch |
| VH-EBU |
01MAR71
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Departed Sydney at 0920 for crew training at RAAF Edinburgh, SA |
| VH-EBU |
09APR71
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Bird
strike on take-off from Calcutta. Returned to Calcutta for temporary
repairs to leading edge of port wing. 
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| VH-EBU |
12APR71
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Arrived in Sydney at 1350 for permanent repairs |
| VH-EBU |
23APR71
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Repairs completed |
| VH-EBU |
26APR71
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Diverted to Dubai due Bahrain weather |
| VH-EBU |
26MAY71
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Departed Sydney at 1130 as QF755 for Hong Kong. An extortionist calling himself Mr Brown demanded payment of AU$500,000 to reveal the location of an altitude sensitive bomb. Money was handed over and the aircraft searched in flight but no bomb was found. The aircraft landed safely in Sydney at 1840. The aircraft was commanded by Captain Bill Selwyn. Two men were later arrested and jailed over the extortion. |
| VH-EBU |
04NOV71
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Test
flown at Sydney after overhaul and repainting in the ochre colour
scheme. VH-EBU was the first 707 to be painted in the new livery.
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| VH-EBU |
01APR73
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Operated the last London-New York service (QF533). Captain Ken Nicholson |
| VH-EBU |
28DEC74
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Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin to Brisbane with 247 passengers (85 adults, 78 children and 84 infants) |
| VH-EBU |
28DEC74
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Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin to Sydney with 270 passengers |
| VH-EBU |
APR75
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Renamed "City of Wollongong" |
| VH-EBU |
01JUL75
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Renamed "City of Parramatta" |
| VH-EBU |
18SEP75
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Departed Sydney at 1045 on the inaugural QF25 service to Port Moresby |
| VH-EBU |
20JUN76
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Flew to Peking with Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Captain Phil Oakley |
| VH-EBU |
01NOV76
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Departed Sydney at 2230 on its last service, the inaugural QF21 to Tokyo. Captain B. Eburn |
| VH-EBU |
03NOV76
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Arrived in Sydney as the QF22 from Tokyo. Captain Z.L. Krawczyk. Struck off Australian Register same day and sold to Air Niugini. (TT:32283:14) |
| P2-ANH |
23NOV76
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Registered to Air Niugini |
| P2-ANH |
29NOV76
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Departed Sydney for Air Niugini crew training at Avalon |
| P2-ANH |
15DEC76
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Returned to Sydney after crew training |
| P2-ANH |
02JAN77
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Entered
service with Air Niugini from Sydney to Port Moresby.
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| P2-ANH |
06JAN77
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Operated an Air Niugini proving flight from Port Moresby to Kagoshima, Japan |
| P2-ANH |
03JUN79
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Departed Port Moresby for overhaul by Qantas in Sydney. (TT:40172:00 Landings:16661) |
| P2-ANH |
30JUN79
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Returned to service Sydney to Port Moresby |
| P2-ANH |
25SEP79
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Arrived in Sydney at 1430 from Port Moresby and Brisbane. Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney in full Air Niugini colours. (TT:40821:00 Landings: 17132) |
| P2-ANH |
OCT79
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Sold to ITEL Capital Service Corp of USA. Still stored at Sydney in Air Niugini colours |
| P2-ANH |
18NOV79
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Advertised for sale at AU$5M |
| P2-ANH |
DEC79
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Leased to Air Niugini |
| P2-ANH |
DEC79
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Returned to ITEL and stored at Sydney |
| P2-ANH |
15FEB80
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Leased to Air Niugini while P2-ANA under overhaul |
| P2-ANH |
28MAR80
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Arrived in Sydney at 2110. Returned to ITEL and stored in Sydney |
| P2-ANH |
10AUG80
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Departed Sydney at 1000 to Hong Kong for overhaul and modifications by HAECO |
| P2-ANH |
SEP80
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Leased to Air Niugini |
| P2-ANH |
08OCT80
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Returned to ITEL and stored at Sydney |
| P2-ANH |
NOV80
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Departed Sydney for Hong Kong |
| P2-ANH |
09MAR81
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Sold to GATX Financial Services |
| P2-ANH |
18MAR81
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Noted parked in Hong Kong with a writ attached to the aircraft |
| P2-ANH |
27APR81
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Noted at Hong Kong with Air Niugini titles and logo removed |
| N707MB |
14JUN81
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Sold
to International Air Leases, Miami, Florida. (AL177/13) P2-ANH registration cancelled following day (AL178/13) Seats and galleys from P2-ANH were seen in Port Moresby on 16JUN81. Note: Registration N707MB was also allocated to Boeing 707-355C msn 19986. |
| N707MB |
17JUN81
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Arrived in Miami still in basic Air Niugini livery but no titles or logo |
| 9Q-CDA |
12SEP81
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Repainted as 9Q-CDA (AL181/11) |
| 9Q-CDA |
13SEP81
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Rolled out at Miami in Zaire Cargo livery (AL181/11) |
| 9Q-CDA |
27SEP81
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Departed Miami on lease to Zaire Cargo (AL181/11) |
| 9Q-CDA |
28SEP81
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Leased to AMCO (Airline Management Consulting & Operations) but still leased to Zaire Cargo (AL182/15) |
| N707HW |
11MAY82
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In service with Arrow Air in basic Zaire Cargo livery (AL183/16) |
| OB-T-1264 |
JAN83
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Leased to TAISA (Transportes Aereos Internacionales SA) of Lima, Peru (AL196/15) |
| OB-T-1264 |
27FEB83
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Entered
service ex Lima to Asuncion in "Train Cargo" titles (AL197/16).
|
| OB-T-1264 |
DEC84
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Returned to International Air Leases (AL220/15) |
| N707HW |
JAN85
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Re-registered
(AL220/15). |
| B-2426 |
JUL85
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Sold to Shanghai Airlines (AL225/11) |
| B-2426 |
18JUL85
|
Noted
at Miami in Shanghai Airlines livery (AL226/12) |
| B-2426 |
29JUN88
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Noted at Hong Kong for maintenance (AL262/12) |
| N707HW |
DEC88
|
Registered to Export Air Leasing Inc, Miami (AL267/12) |
| G-EOCO |
06OCT89
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Registered to Anglo Cargo Airlines, UK (AL277/12) |
| G-EOCO |
11OCT89
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Leased to Anglo Cargo Airlines, UK (AL277/12) |
| G-EOCO |
17MAY92
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Sold to USAF by Omega Air for Joint-STARS (AL307/12) |
| G-EOCO |
18MAY92
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Arrived at AMARC Davis Monthan |
| G-EOCO |
21JUN92
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Noted
at AMARC Davis Monthan still in full Anglo Cargo livery (AL309/14).
|
| G-EOCO |
02SEP92
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UK registration cancelled (AL311/14) |
| 67-30053 |
17JUN93
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Departed
AMARC for Lake Charles, LA for Joint-STARS conversion |
| 93-0597 |
25NOV97
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Handed over to USAF as E-8C Joint-STARS P-3 (3rd Production Aircraft) after conversion at Melbourne FL. Assigned 93rd ACW, Robins AFB, GA (AL376/23) |
| 93-0597 |
28APR01
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Noted at Warner Robins AFB with a green stripe and code WR on the tail |
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This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron
Cuskelly
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09SEP06
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Added a reference to bush fires at Avalon on 08JAN69. |
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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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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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