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WEBSITE UPDATES
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latest update appears at the top)
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REMARKS
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09JUL08
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The full story
of the restoration of VH-XBA is now accessible in the public area
of this website. |
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08MAY08
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Dick Woodrow has provided a list of his flights on VH-EBA from 17OCT63 to 13FEB66. These details have been incorporated into the history of VH-EBA. |
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08MAY08
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It has been our practice to include contributed log book extracts for VH-EBA within the history page for the aeroplane. Although this will continue, there have been several instances where these contributions have been sufficiently extensive to demand presentation as a stand-alone document. These documents, which can be viewed as a PDF (Portable Document Format), have been listed in a table on the page for VH-EBA. |
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08MAY08
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Added a summary of arrivals of non-British subjects on VH-EBA from 27AUG59 to 14FEB67 sourced from the National Archives of Australia by Colin Lock. This summary can be downloaded as a PDF here. |
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08MAY08
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Added a summary of flights by VH-EBA from 26JUL59 to 31OCT67 sourced from the log book of Bill Strangward by Colin Lock. This summary can be downloaded as a PDF here. |
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04MAY08
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Added a summary of flights by CF-PWV (formerly VH-EBA) from 23NOV67 to 15APR68 sourced from the log book of Bill Strangward by Colin Lock. This summary can be downloaded as a PDF here. |
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15APR08
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The former VH-EBG, now 9Q-CLK, is on the move again in connection with meetings regarding the disputed Zimbabwe election. |
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20JAN08
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The page on the Qantas HS-125s has been expanded and several new images have been added. The page now includes a brief reference to the Department of Civil Aviation HS-125 VH-CAO and the Department's lease of VH-ECE while their own aircraft was being repaired after a landing accident. Unfortunately, "Mouse" still defies identification. |
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03JAN08
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Recently, Bill Fishwick challenged the statement that the Qantas HS-125s were not given individual names. Bill had a distinct recollection that one of the aircraft was named "Mouse" for a brief period. Much discussion ensued and several engineers supported Bill's recollection although none could provide any proof. That was until Roger Chin delved into his archives. Thanks to Roger, who is still licensed on the aeroplane, we have been able to add this image of Mouse. We are still trying to establish which aeroplane carried the name. |
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28NOV07
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Added an image
of the former VH-EBA in Pacific
Western livery as C-FPWV. |
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27NOV07
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Bill Fishwick
has now provided us with a written account of his time at Avalon
in the early days of the 707. Bill's story complements the wonderful
photographs which he contributed earlier. Thanks Bill. |
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14NOV07
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Sometimes it
is possible to admire an image of a beautiful aeroplane without
appreciating what is going on at the time the photo was taken. Robert
Phillips has elaborated on the circumstances surrounding this image
of the former VH-EBB which was supplied by Paul Hockey. Thanks Robert. |
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27OCT07
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Added an image of the former VH-EBG as N707KS when the aircraft was owned by Sheikh Salem bin Laden. |
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26OCT07
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Bill Fishwick has contributed an account of an engine change on VH-EAI in Tahiti in May 1971. The story is illustrated with several of Bill's wonderful photos. |
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20OCT07
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Added five new
images: |
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13OCT07
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Thanks to Phil
Vabre of the Civil Aviation Historical Society, we have an interesting
photo of an unidentified crew member in the cockpit
of VH-EBB, probably not long after the aeroplane was delivered
to Sydney. Can anyone identify the gentleman? |
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27SEP07
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Thanks to Lumain
van Vuuren, General Manager Admin of FAAircraft Interiors and Exteriors
(Pty) Ltd in Lanseria, South Africa, we have a comprehensive selection
of images of the recent refurbishment
of the former VH-EBG. |
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11SEP07
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Bill Fishwick has discovered another batch of slides taken at Avalon and Sydney in 1959-61. These have been appended to his earlier contribution. Thanks Bill. |
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29AUG07
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She lives! The
elusive VH-EBG has turned up in South Africa. The aeroplane is still
in service with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo as 9Q-CLK. She was photographed at Lanseria, South Africa
just ten days ago while visiting for interior modifications. Thanks
to Ian Malcolm of AFAVIA for the images. |
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23AUG07
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Thanks to a heads-up from QFM's Patron, Ron Yates, we have learned that Karen Glass delivered a talk on the 707 Project to the Qantas Flight Hostess Club at the august Queen's Club on 22 May. A transcript of Karen's talk can be found here. |
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05AUG07
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Now that XBA
is not making history on a daily basis, I have been able to catch
up with a backlog of historical images. |
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30JUL07
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Now that VH-XBA
has been decommissioned at Longreach, we have been able to close
off the Daily Diary with Norman
King's final report. Highlight of this report is a sound
recording of Ian Dorling's moving speech at the Longreach dinner
on 10 June 2007. |
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26JUN07
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There is a new page on Qantas 707 operations to Saigon during the Vietnam war. Skippy Squadron organiser and former Qantas Flight Service Director, Alan Kitchen, particularly wants to hear from Qantas tech crew who operated these flights. |
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22JUN07
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There have been
two additions to our collection of VH-XBA
video. |
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30MAY07
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As VH-XBA prepares
to depart Sydney for the last time, it is appropriate that we should
be able to present a series of 40 year-old images depicting what
was thought at the time to be her last departure from Sydney. These
photographs of EBA prior to her delivery to Pacific Western Airlines
as CF-PWV, were taken by Paul Hockey who probably imagined it was
the last time he would see EBA. Little was he to know in 1967 that
nearly 40 years later, EBA would re-enter his life in a big way.
Paul is one of the volunteer engineers who made it possible for
EBA to return to Australia permanently. |
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03MAY07
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Added a new page titled Qantas and the 707. This page was written by Dr Ron Yates who is the world authority on the subject. Our thanks to Ron Yates for permission to reproduce this paper. |
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18APR07
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Charles Page has sent us a remarkable story of how VH-EBA touched his life. Don't miss A Page from the History of VH-EBA. Thank you Charles. |
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15APR07
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Added two new
pages. |
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10APR07
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The remarkable story of X-RAY BRAVO ALPHA has been told on a series of 11 panels which have been placed on display at the Qantas Founders Outback Museum in Longreach. All 11 panels can be viewed here. |
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01APR07
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Noted aviation
artist, Nikyla Smith, has just completed a magnificent painting
of |
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04MAR07
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Peter Gates has filled a gap in our photo coverage with an image of VH-EBR in the V-Jet livery. Can anyone identify the location? Thanks Peter. |
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23FEB07
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Bruce Hoy has
provided us with two images of VH-EBA taken at Eagle Farm, Brisbane
on 19 December 1959. Bruce has been able to deduce the exact date
as he recalls that he was at the airport to meet his eldest brother
who was returning to Brisbane on the Qantas Super Constellation
from Port Moresby. The photos were taken by his father, Eric Hoy.
Thanks Bruce. |
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19FEB07
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Bob Kennedy has provided a dramatic photo of VH-EBB landing at Sydney on its delivery flight on 2 July 1959. Thank you Bob. |
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18FEB07
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Des
Sullivan from the Qantas Heritage Collection has kindly provided
three very interesting photographs: |
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07FEB07
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This day
in history. |
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03FEB07
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David Long has
reminded us what a priceless mine of information is to be found
in a pilot's log book. David has put his log book to good use to
describe his endorsement on the
B707-138B while also emphatically putting the business case
for the simulator! |
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02FEB07
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David Long has
contributed an interesting story about The
Slender Rice Flower. Thank you David. |
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28JAN07
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When Phill Aberline
was seconded from Qantas to Air Pacific, he probably never anticipated
that it would fall to him to have the honour of affixing the City
of Canberra name and coat of arms to VH-XBA during her Nadi
stopover. However, this was not to be Phill's only contribution
to the project. During his time in Fiji, he made the acquaintance
of a gentleman by the name of Victor Warren. Victor used to live
in Vancouver where his wife was a flight attendant with Canadian
Pacific. Victor, bless him, liked to photograph aeroplanes and sometime
around 1960 he took a series of colour slides of a Qantas Boeing
707-138 at Vancouver. Significantly, Victor also photographed the
first class and economy class cabins. What is of even greater significance
is that the aeroplane was VH-EBA. Enjoy! |
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07JAN07
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Added 4 new
images: |
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05JAN07
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Bill Fishwick has provided an outstanding selection of 16 colour images which he took at Avalon soon after 707 deliveries began in 1959. These remarkable images can be viewed here. Thanks Bill. |
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24DEC06
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Thanks to Southend
resident, Tony Rogers, we have video of the two test flights by
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10DEC06
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Readers can now follow the progress of the delivery flight of VH-XBA. |
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10DEC06
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Thanks to Malcolm
Nason for driving from Shannon to Dublin to take this sequence of
images of VH-XBA landing in Dublin on 8 December. |
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09DEC06
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Thanks to Gabe
Basco in Tenerife for this striking photo of VH-XBA landing at Tenerife
Sur Reina Sofia on 8 December. |
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09DEC06
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Again thanks
to Keith Burton we have 8 images of VH-XBA's final departure from
Southend. As a Southend resident with a passion for 707s, this was
probably a sad occasion for Keith as he has been photographing this
aeroplane at SEN for many years. Thank you Keith for your outstanding
contribution to the history of the aeroplane. |
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07DEC06
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Keith Burton
has provided more of his wonderful images of |
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06DEC06
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Added an image of VH-EAH in Qantas service. Thanks to Rod McDonnell. |
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06DEC06
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Southend resident,
Keith Burton, was on hand to record these beautiful images of |
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30NOV06
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Thanks to Keith
Burton for three stunning images of the taxy trials. |
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27NOV06
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Added four new
photos. |
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20NOV06
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For reasons of completeness, there is now a page listing Australian Boeing 707 operators other than Qantas. |
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03NOV06
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For one day
in 1992, the former VH-EBO which had left Qantas service twenty
years earlier, was named "City of Townsville" once again |
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28OCT06
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Results from
the search page indicate that readers have been looking for 707
specifications. Thanks to the assistance of Tracey Smiley, there
is now a page on |
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26OCT06
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Added two new
photos of VH-EBG taken at Seattle prior to delivery. Thanks to Tracey
Smiley for sourcing these wonderful photos. |
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13OCT06
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Added
two new photos of VH-EBM. VH-EBM taking-off from Brisbane circa 1965 thanks to retired Qantas Flight Attendant, John Stanley. VH-EBM as John Travolta's N707JT in the earlier blue livery. As a result of the official launch of the QFM 707 Project on 9 October 2006, the QFM page has been expanded to include several Honour Rolls recording the names of project team members. |
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07OCT06
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The
history of VH-EBA has been expanded
with the addition of flight details from the log book of Captain Howard
Morris. Did you fly EBA? Please send your log book details (date and sector) to the Webmaster. |
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02OCT06
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Added
a new page on the HS125 trainers which Qantas operated during the
707 era. Although they can never claim to be a 707, they certainly
qualify as the 707's Little Sisters. |
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11SEP06
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Added
three new images thanks to Keith Burton: VH-EBA in executive configuration as HZ-123 VH-EBA in storage at Southend as HZ-123 VH-EBA in storage at Southend as HZ-123 |
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02SEP06
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Added
two new images: VH-EBB in executive configuration as N138SR VH-EBM as John Travolta's N707JT |
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29JUL06
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Added a new gallery of 12 photos of VH-EBA on a pre-delivery photo sortie while still wearing the U.S. test registration N31239. Although it is obvious that the originals would have been stunning, it is unfortunate that these images had to be scanned from small prints which were badly deteriorated. Nevertheless, they should bring much enjoyment to readers. Thanks to Tracey Smiley for sourcing these images from Boeing. |
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28JUL06
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The aircraft history pages have undergone a major reorganisation. Previously, all B707-138B were listed together on one page and all the B707-338C were listed together on another page. As the histories have grown, so too has the length of these two pages. Accordingly, these pages have been split up and each aeroplane now has its own dedicated page. Apart from reducing the time it takes to load a combined page, it also improves the accuracy of the search function. As before, aircraft histories can be accessed from the Qantas menu which provides a link to all B707-138B and to all B707-338C. Each individual aircraft history page has a menu from which other aircraft of the same type can be selected. Please report any difficulties or broken links to the Webmaster. |
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25JUL06
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Added a page of 707-138B Seating Configurations. |
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24JUL06
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This website now has a search engine. The search facility is a free service of FreeFind and for this reason there will be advertising on the search result pages. However, such advertising is text only and very unobtrusive. Please note that although the search engine will take you to a page or a selection of pages on this site, it may not take you directly to the desired reference within the page. Remember you can use your browser's search function (Ctrl + F) to search within a page. Please advise the Webmaster if you experience any difficulties with the search engine. |
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23JUL06
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Added
another bumper crop of images. This time they are all of VH-EBA
on the production line and during test flying in the U.S. and after
conversion to turbofan. There is also a wonderful photo of Sir
Hudson Fysh in the right hand seat of the Dash 80 prototype. Thanks
to Tracey Smiley who sourced these images from Boeing and Qantas. Added a new page which lists all of the production serial numbers assigned to each aircraft. The individual aircraft histories, which previously included only the Manufacturer's Serial Number and the Line Number, have been amended to include the Cumulative Line Number and the Engineering Block Number. Also added a page entitled What's so special about EBA anyway? This page has links to a potted history of EBA as well as an EBA image gallery (which duplicates images already in the main gallery). |
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22JUL06
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Added
a bumper crop of 16 images, all thanks to Tom Singfield. VH-EBF with 40th anniversary markings in colour VH-EBH in British West Indian Airways colours as 9Y-TDC VH-EBK in British West Indian Airways colours as 9Y-TDB VH-EAB in Young Cargo colours as VH-EAB VH-EAB in Young Cargo colours as OO-YCL VH-EAB in Air Arctic Icelandic colours as TF-AEC VH-EAC in Qantas ochre colours VH-EBN in Singapore Airlines Cargo colours as 9V-BFW VH-EBQ in Somali Airlines colours as 6O-SBM VH-EBW with Red Cross markings as EL-AKH VH-EBZ in Aer Lingus colours as EI-ASO VH-EBZ with Zambia Airways titles as 9J-AEC VH-EBZ in Zambia Airways colours as 9J-AEC VH-EBZ with Bangladesh Biman titles as S2-ACG VH-EBZ in Aer Lingus colours as S2-ACG VH-EBZ in Libyan Arab colours as EI-ASO Many thanks Tom for this outstanding contribution. |
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17JUL06
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Added a new image of VH-EBA in the revised Pacific Western livery as C-FPWV taken at Paris in June 1976. Thanks to Tom Singfield for this photo. |
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13JUL06
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Added
two new images. VH-EBB in basic white as N790FA VH-EAJ in British Caledonian livery as G-BDSJ |
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24JUN06
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Ken Cannane has discovered that the registration VH-EVA was reserved for the first 707 although it was not taken up and the aeroplane became VH-EBA. Qantas even retouched a familiar pre-delivery photograph to produce a poster showing the aeroplane as VH-EVA. |
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18JUN06
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Added
no fewer than eight new images: VH-EBB in another variation of the gold and white colours as N790FA VH-EBD in the striking British Eagle livery as G-AVZZ "Enterprise" VH-EBF in full El Al livery as N792FA VH-EAF in a stunning take-off shot thanks to Bruce Hoy VH-EBU after the bird strike in Calcutta. Thanks to Peter Mangold and Alan Kitchen VH-EBU examining the damage after the bird strike VH-EBU in Air Niugini livery as P2-ANH thanks to Bruce Hoy |
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08JUN06
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Added
two images of VH-EBW at Port Moresby thanks to Bruce Hoy. VH-EBW on finals VH-EBW close-up of nose |
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02JUN06
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Added an image of 5Y-AXA (formerly VH-EAA) in the basic Air Niugini livery with African Express - Kenya titles. |
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01JUN06
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Added an image of VH-EAG at Port Moresby. Thanks to Bruce Hoy. |
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31MAY06
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Added an image of A20-627 (formerly VH-EAG) refuelling a Hornet. |
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04MAY06
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Added
no fewer than eight new images: VH-EBE in the Bahamas World dolphin livery as VP-BDE VH-EBI in the Braniff International red livery as N105BN VH-EBI in the Braniff International green livery as N105BN VH-EBL in the Braniff International red livery as N107BN VH-EBJ in Misr Overseas livery as SU-FAA VH-EBT in Pakistan International Cargo livery as G-BFLE VH-EBW in British Caledonian Cargo livery as G-BDEA VH-EAI in British Caledonian livery as G-BDLM Special thanks to Bob Garrard in the United States for allowing us to use his glorious photos of the Braniff aeroplanes. |
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21MAR06
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As
we approach the first anniversary of this website, we can reflect
on how much information we have been able to gather together on our
chosen subject. Indeed, there is too much to risk losing it. Whilst
museum professionals like to think in terms of perpetuity, routine
backup procedures are not enough. For this reason, the site has been
submitted to the National Library of Australia Pandora Project to
be considered for online and offline archiving. It is very pleasing
to report that the site has been accepted. Pandora confers upon us
the following benefits: "The National Library of Australia will take the necessary preservation action to keep your publication accessible as hardware and software changes over time. The Library will catalogue your publication and add the record to the National Bibliographic Database (a database of catalogue records shared by over 1,100 Australian libraries), as well as to our own online catalogue. This will increase awareness of your publication among researchers using libraries." Read more about Pandora |
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20MAR06
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Added
a new image of the former VH-EBB as N790FA
post-GTM at Munich in 1982. (GTM = Gold Tap Mod) |
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18MAR06
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Added a new image of the former VH-EBX awaiting scrapping at Miami as LV-MZE circa 1994. |
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14MAR06
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Retired
Captain David Long has made a truly outstanding contribution to the
site. David has attempted to compile a comprehensive listing of all
Qantas Boeing 707 crew from the commencement of operations in 1959
until the final service in 1979. David is first to admit that the
list will not be definitive and there may be some names which were
caught in the net and perhaps should not be on the list. Nevertheless,
David is to be congratulated for tackling such a formidable task.
Any additions and/or corrections will be welcome. The List |
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03MAR06
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Added
two new images: VH-EBG in a striking gold livery as N600JJ VH-EAC in Worldways livery as C-GRYN |
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17FEB06
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Another item of memorabilia has been added to the site. It is a thirty page booklet titled "Welcome Aboard Your Qantas Jetliner". It was printed in July 1959 for distribution to passengers on the new 707. A pocket inside the back cover contains a bar price list dated March 1959. The booklet was clearly intended for passengers who had never flown on a jet aeroplane. If you yearn for a time when it wasn't un-cool to wax poetic about the magic of flight, this little booklet will delight. Start your trip down memory lane here |
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16FEB06
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Added
four new images: VH-EBG in executive configuration as N600JJ N707KS - not the former VH-EBG but rather an ex Pan Am 707-321B which took up this registration after the former VH-EBG was re-registered from N707KS to N707SK. Confusing? Certainly. That's why this image is presented on this site in the hope of avoiding future confusion. VH-EBB in Turk Hava Yollari livery as TC-JBN (Thanks to Gordon Reid) VH-EBJ in Montana Austria livery as OE-INA (Thanks to Gordon Reid) |
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27JAN06
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The page on the History of the 707 now includes photos of the Dash 80 on display at the NASM in Washington and a KC-97 Stratofreighter on display at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Special thanks to Pete Clukey for these photos. |
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26JAN06
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Added an image of the former VH-EBP with TWA as N14791. |
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20JAN06
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Added
three new images: VH-EBH in storage at Marana as VR-CAN VH-EAB in Nile Safaris Aviation livery as 5B-DAY VH-EAC in Ontario Worldair livery as C-GRYN |
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07JAN06
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Added an image of the former VH-EBG in executive configuration as N707SK. |
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21NOV05
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Added an image of the former VH-EBB as N138SR derelict and abandoned at Port Harcourt, Nigeria. This image is reproduced with the permission of the photographer Konstantin von Wedelstaedt. Thanks Konstantin. |
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09NOV05
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Added an image of the former VH-EBI as OE-IRA in the attractive livery of Montana Flugdienst of Austria. |
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12OCT05
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Added a very recent image of the former VH-EBA as HZ-123 stored at Southend. This photo was taken by Tom Coe on 9th October 2005 i.e. three days ago! Thanks Tom. |
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07OCT05
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The history of VH-EBB has been updated to reflect a recent report that N138SR (the former VH-EBB) was sighted at Port Harcourt, Nigeria on 16 April 2005. Although reported as "withdrawn from use", this probably just means that nobody has got around to scrapping it yet. |
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06OCT05
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Added
a new image of the former VH-EBA as N220AM
with Airmark Corp. The 707-138 Gallery has been reformatted slightly to show images of VH-EBA in a separate gold frame (because she's special!) |
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02OCT05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBI as SU-FAB with West Coast Airlines titles VH-EAA as TF-AEB with Air Arctic Icelandic titles VH-EAA as TF-AEB with Kenya Airways titles |
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24SEP05
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Added a new image of the former VH-EBN as HK-3030X with Tampa of Colombia. |
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10SEP05
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Added a new image of the former VH-EBG as G-AWDG with Laker. |
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30AUG05
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Added
four new images: VH-EBP as SU-BBA with Air Cargo Egypt VH-EBT as N861BX with Burlington Air Express VH-EAB as 5B-DAY with Avistar N7099 as OD-AFY with TMA |
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22AUG05
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Added a new image of the former VH-EBD as G-AVZZ with International Caribbean. (This is a better photograph replacing an earlier image). |
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06AUG05
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Added a new image of the former VH-EAF as a freighter with Korean Air Lines as HL7432. |
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25JUL05
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The
aircraft histories now have added functionality. A small camera icon
 has
been added to each history to indicate that there is a photo in the
Galleries. The camera icon is linked to the relevant photo.707-138B histories 707-338C histories |
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24JUL05
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Added more detail of the Qantas service of the VH-EA aeroplanes thanks to Eric Favelle. Similar detail for the VH-EB aeroplanes has been present on the site for some time. Eric, incidentally, claims the distinction of being the last staff passenger to be offloaded from a Qantas 707! |
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23JUL05
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Added a new image of the former VH-EAB in ZAS Airline of Egypt livery as SU-DAE |
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20JUL05
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We
are extremely grateful to Greg Banfield who has contributed no fewer
than ten new images to the site. These include the elusive freighter
N7099 and a particularly attractive
portrait of VH-EAG. A summary
of Greg's photographs follows: VH-EBE V-Jet VH-EBH V-Jet VH-EAA Ochre VH-EAD V-Jet VH-EAF V-Jet VH-EAG V-Jet VH-EAG Ochre VH-EAI V-Jet VH-EAJ V-Jet N7099 Freighter Also added two new images recently acquired by the Webmaster: VH-EBA in Tiger Air livery as N138TA VH-EBK in TAG livery as N58937 |
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19JUL05
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Thanks to Stewart Wilson, publisher of "AERO Australia" magazine, Geoff Brown's article "V-Jetliner Pioneers", which was added to the site earlier as a series of scanned images, can now be downloaded in its entirety as a PDF. This page also includes a link to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is required to view the article. |
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13JUL05
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Added a new image of the former VH-EBT in British Midland livery as G-BFLE coming over the fence. |
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29JUN05
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Something special was added today. This image of VH-EBA in Pacific Western Airlines livery as CF-PWV was taken in June 1973. |
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27JUN05
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Readers
of the magazine "AERO Australia" will be familiar with Geoff
Brown's excellent article "V-Jetliner Pioneers" which describes
the early days of Qantas Boeing 707 operations. By kind permission
of the publisher Stewart Wilson and the author Geoff Brown, the entire
article, including Eric Allen's photos, has been added to the site
and can be read here. A history of the development of the 707 has been added and can be read here. |
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26JUN05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBN in SIA livery with Arrow Air titles as N707GB VH-EBT with Ariana Afghan Airlines titles as G-BFLE VH-EBU in Train Cargo Peru livery as N707HW |
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11JUN05
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Added
no fewer than eight new images: VH-EBA a wonderful aerial photo in V-Jet livery. (Thanks to Nick Sayer) VH-EBD at Karachi during the delivery flight. (Thanks to Nick Sayer) VH-EBD taking-off from Singapore during the delivery flight. (Thanks to Nick Sayer) VH-EBE on a promotional visit to Adelaide. (Thanks to Phil Vabre) VH-EAE in Burlington Air Express livery as N862BX. VH-EAE in ADC Airlines livery as 5N-BBD. The eighth image is a bit of a "ring-in". It shows Tradewinds Airways (UK) B707-323C G-BFEO with a large Qantas sticker aft of door 1L. The aeroplane is obviously a freighter and was apparently chartered by Qantas. Does anyone know the details? There are now 51 images on the site. |
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08JUN05
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Added a new page on 707 Art. To date it features the work of just one artist but we have been honoured with five contributions from one of Australia's foremost aviation artists - Juanita Franzi. Readers may recognise these colour profiles as they featured in Stewart Wilson's book on the "707, DC-8 and VC-10". They have been reproduced here with Juanita's kind permission. |
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03JUN05
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Added an image of VH-EBF in partial Bouraq livery as N792FA.(Before they cut the holes in it!) |
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01JUN05
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Added
three new flown covers to the 707
Philately page. HNL-NAN HNL-SYD CAI-LHR Thanks again to Phil Vabre. |
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31MAY05
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Added
a new page titled 707 Memorabilia.
To date it includes a selection of 707 postcards and trading cards
and a Qantas promotional folder commemorating the 10th anniversary
of the first commercial jet service across the Pacific. Other items
of Qantas 707 memorabilia will always be welcome. The 707 Philately page now includes four new flown covers which were supplied by Phil Vabre. Phil is the Webmaster of the Civil Aviation Historical Society whose website is highly recommended. |
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29MAY05
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Added an image of VH-EBX with TAR as LV-MZE. |
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24MAY05
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Added a new page titled 707 Philately.To date it includes only four flown covers but it is hoped that readers will be able to supply more. Please contact the Webmaster if you have any Qantas 707 philatelic material. |
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23MAY05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBA at HZ-123 with the Saudi Government. VH-EBB as N138SR at Zurich in 1994. VH-EAA as N526SJ in CF AirFreight livery. |
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13MAY05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBA at Heathrow, probably in 1959. VH-EBB as N138SR as used by Michael Jackson. VH-EBN as HK-3030X in Tampa Colombia livery. |
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12MAY05
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Added one new image of VH-EBT departing from Brisbane. |
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11MAY05
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Added
a Photo Checklist
page to indicate at a glance which aeroplanes are illustrated on the
site and therefore those for which images are required. Added three new images: VH-EBM as N108BN in TAG livery. VH-EAE as G-BFLD with British Midland. VH-EBV as ST-ALP with Trans Arabian Air Transport. |
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10MAY05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBR as 6O-SBN in Somali Airlines livery. VH-EBU as OB-T-1264 in Train Cargo livery. VH-EAA as 5Y-AXA in African Express livery. |
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09MAY05
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Added
one new image: VH-EBT as G-BFLE in British Midland livery. |
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07MAY05
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Added
two new images: VH-EAI as C-GGAB in Worldways livery and RAAF titles VH-EAJ as 5X-UBC in Uganda Airlines livery |
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06MAY05
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Added
three new images of former Qantas 707s in E-8 Joint-STARS configuration: VH-EBV 92-3290 (USAF photo) VH-EAA 90-0175 (Thanks to Michael Schmidt) VH-EAF 86-0416 (USAF photo) |
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05MAY05
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Added
two new images: VH-EBU as G-EOCO in Anglo Cargo livery VH-EBL as PK-MBA in Merpati Nusantara livery |
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04MAY05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBD as G-AVZZ with Laker Airways/International Caribbean VH-EBD as N500JJ in basic Laker livery VH-EBO as 5N-ARQ in Allied Air livery Also added a 707 Chronology |
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30APR05
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Added
three new images: VH-EBG as G-AWDG with Laker Airways. (Thanks to John Woodside) VH-EBR as 9M-MCR with Malaysian Airline System (Thanks to Arno Janssen) VH-EBR as N449J in Somali Airlines livery (Thanks to Arno Janssen) |
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29APR05
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Added an image of VH-EBO as 5N-ARQ with DAS Air Cargo. |
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28APR05
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Added
two more images of 138s post-Qantas. VH-EBJ in Egypt Air livery as SU-FAA VH-EBM in executive configuration as N707XX (replacing an earlier, less sharp photo) |
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25APR05
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Added a sad image of VH-EBF after being extensively parted out at Marana. Thanks to Peter Gates for this photo. |
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24APR05
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Added an image of VH-EBF carrying the special 40th Anniversary tail markings. Thanks to Jennifer Gradidge for this photo. |
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22APR05
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Added
two more images of 138s post-Qantas. VH-EBH in Misr Overseas Airways livery as SU-FAB VH-EBI in exceutive configuration as VR-CAN |
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15APR05
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Having yesterday added an image of the former VH-EBC in less than favourable circumstances, we now have an image of what the aeroplane looked like before the accident. Thanks again to Henry Tenby. |
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14APR05
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Added an image of the former VH-EBC with her nose buried in a hangar at Vancouver after her accident while in service with Canadian Pacific as N791SA. Thanks to Henry Tenby. |