VH-EAA Boeing 707

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-338C - October 26, 1967

First flown as VH-EAA - November 20, 1967

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAA - December 8, 1967

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Aircraft named 'City of Toowoomba'

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle - December 8, 1967

Departed Seattle as QF052D on delivery flight to Australia via London - December 8, 1967

Departed London as QF702/002 (freighter) London-Colombo-Sydney - December 10, 1967

Arrived Sydney at 0915 at conclusion of delivery flight (Capt A.A.E. Yates) - December 12, 1967

Departed Sydney for London to have wing life modifications performed by BOAC - January 19, 1972

Returned to Sydney following modification work - February 25, 1972

Departed Melbourne for scenic flight to Antarctica as QF144/009 (Capt K. Davenport) - February 20, 1977

Sold to ITEL Capital Services Corp - April 27, 1977

Had flown 34,398:49 hours with 10,698 cycles

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - April 27, 1977

Leased to Young Cargo, Belgium - May 6, 1977

Entered onto Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-YCK

Departed Sydney in full Young livery on delivery to Ostend - May 6, 1977

Returned to ITEL at end of lease - June 1979

Entered onto New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-ANB - June 27, 1979

Registered to Air Niugini as registered operator

Departed Tel Aviv, Israel on delivery to Air Niugini following overhaul - September 11, 1979

Operated first Air Niugini revenue service Sydney-Port Moresby - September 28, 1979

Sold to GATX Booth but continued on lease to Air Niugini - December 1980

Sold to Air Niugini - December 1984

Withdrawn from use and stored at Port Morseby - February 1, 1985

Sold to TRATCO - April 1, 1985

Arrived at Brussels, Belgium for storage - April 13, 1985

Leased to Air Artic Iceland - July 1, 1985

Entered onto Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-AEB

Sub-leased to Kenya Airways - July 4 to September 9, 1985

Returned to TRATCO - September 1985

Leased to Air Maldives - November 1985 to February 1986

Sold to Zakani Aviation Services (ZAS), Egypt - February 1986

Cancelled from Icelandic Aircraft Register - April 18, 1986

Leased to African Express Airways - April 18, 1986

Entered onto Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-AXA

Departed Stansted on delivery to African Express in partial Air Niugini livery - April 21, 1986

Returned to Zakani Aviation Services - January 1987

Sold to Croix Holdings Inc, San Antonio, Texas - February 1987

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N733Q

Rolled out at Miami in full CF Air Freight livery - February 26, 1987

Leased to CF Air Freight - March 1, 1987

Reregistered as N526SJ

Sold to Jetran Inc, San Antonio, Texas but continued on lease to CF Air Freight - August 1988

Sold to Capital Air Inc, San Antonio, Texas but continued on lease to CF Air Freight - December 1988

Sold to Grumman Aerospace Corp for conversion to J-STARS test aircraft - June 1990

Converted to E-8C FSD-3 Test Bed and owned by Northrop Grumman

Transferred to U.S.A.F. - becoming 90-0175 - an E-8C

Redesignated TE-8C J-STARS trainer

VH-EAA. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery at Mexico City Airport, May 1968.

(H. Tenby Collection. 4604-142.)

VH-EAA. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery at London's Heathrow Airport, January 1971.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-574.)

VH-EAA. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Airport, date unknown.

(Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-712.)

VH-EAA. Qantas Australia - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1975.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-013.)

VH-EAA. Young - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-575.)

VH-EAA. Young - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-327.)

VH-EAA. Young - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-386.)

OO-YCK. Young - in the full livery at unknown airport, October 1977.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-580.)

OO-YCK. Young - in the full livery at unknown airport, June 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-581.)

P2-ANB. Air Niugini - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, February 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-603.)

P2-ANB. Air Niugini - in the full livery with 'South Pacific Festival' titles at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-585.)

P2-ANB. Air Niugini - in the full livery with 'South Pacific Festival' titles at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-508.)

P2-ANB. Air Niugini - in the full livery with 'South Pacific Festival' titles at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-587.)

P2-ANB. Air Niugini - in the full livery with 'South Pacific Festival' titles at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-599.)