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City of Tamworth

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18JUL67
 Rolled out as 707-338C
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31AUG67
 First flown
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06SEP67
 Accepted by Qantas
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07SEP67
 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. (Qantas Empire Airways became Qantas Airways on 01AUG67). Departed Seattle on delivery same day
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09SEP67
 Arrived Sydney at 1615. (TT:25:34)
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20SEP67
 Departed Sydney at 0917 for crew training at Avalon
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26SEP67
 Departed Sydney at 0901 on its first service (to Tokyo)
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23AUG69
 Departed Sydney for Hamburg for wing life mods by Lufthansa
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21SEP69
 Departed Hamburg
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19APR73
 Chartered by Ansett-ANA for one day to cover an Easter peak. (Source: Fred Niven)
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10NOV74
 Underwent an engine change at Brisbane.
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02APR75
 Departed Brisbane on the inaugural Christchurch service. Captain Neil Andersen
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16JUN75
 Departed Sydney at 0825 on a charter to Punta Arenas, Chile. Capt Alan Terrell
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19SEP75
 Operated Air Niugini's first international service Port Moresby-Manila-Hong Kong. Capt Howard Morris, F/O Wallis and S/O Beale. (Source: Log Book of Howard Morris)
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11JAN76
 Departed Sydney to Hong Kong for block overhaul by HAECO prior to sale
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20MAR76
 Test flown
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02JUN76
 Arrived Sydney at 2010. Anticipated sale to British Caledonian did not eventuate and the aeroplane was stored at Sydney with a white top and tail.
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30SEP76
 Test flown after storage, having been repainted in full Qantas colours
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20OCT76
 Departed Sydney at 1020 for Noumea as QF440
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18MAR77
 Departed Sydney on its last service as QF729 to Denpasar. Thence Denpasar-Perth-Denpasar
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20MAR77
 Arrived in Sydney as QF730 from Denpasar. Captain R. Dykstra (TT:30483:57 Landings: 11537)
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05APR77
 Struck off Australian Register
9J-AEL
29APR77
 Sold to Zambia Airways
9J-AEL
20MAY77
 Departed Sydney on delivery to Lusaka in full Zambia Airways livery
9J-AEL
SEP80
 Carried the Zambian President to Belgrade for the funeral of Joseph Tito
9J-AEL
10DEC81
 Operated a British Caledonian flight into Manchester, UK
9J-AEL
SEP85
ST-ALP
04MAR89
 Noted at Amsterdam with Trans Arabian Air Transport (AL269/11).
ST-ALP
04JUN92
 Arrived Southend. (TT:62750:00 Landings:20446) (AL308/13)
ST-ALP
14JUN92
 Ferried Southend-Amsterdam-Lake Charles LA for Grumman Aerospace for Joint-STARS conversion (AL308/13)
N4115J
14JUN92
 Re-registered to Grumman Aerospace Corp (AL309/14)
N4115J
OCT95
 Registration cancelled (AL349/16)
92-3290
13DEC96
 Delivered to 93rd Air Control Wing at Robins AFB as USAF E-8C Joint-STARS P-2 (2nd Production Aircraft).
92-3290
DEC96
 Participated in Operation Joint Endeavour in Bosnia
92-3290
28JUL07
 Noted at Birmingham, AL in bare metal with serial number only. Presumed to be undergoing major maintenance. (AL489/27)
92-3290
JUL10
 Photographed in service with the USAF.

 

 


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This summary was developed for the Qantas Foundation Memorial by Ron Cuskelly

 

Issue
Date
Remarks
3
22AUG07
 Added a recent sighting.
2
25MAR07
 Added a reference to operating Air Niugini's first international service on 19SEP75.
1
27JUL06
 Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list.

 

NOTES
1
 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.
2
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