Rolled off Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-338C - November 21, 1967

First flown - December 28, 1967

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAB - January 10, 1968

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'City of Canberra'

Departed Seattle as QF051D on delivery flight (Capt. A. Yates) - January 10, 1968

Arrived Sydney at 0915 at conclusion of delivery flight - January 12, 1968

Delivery route: Seattle-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Nadi-Brisbane-Sydney

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Tokyo - February 10, 1968

Aircraft renamed 'Winton' - August 1971

Chartered by Australian Government for Official Visit to China by Prime Minister G. Whitlam - 1971

The title 'Australia' was increased in size to be the same as 'Qantas'

Chartered by Ansett-ANA for one day to cover peak Easter loads - April 25, 1973

Sold to ITEL Capital Services for lease to Young Cargo, Belgium - April 1977

Had flown a total of 32,350 hours

Returned to Qantas service to cover delayed delivery of B-747 VH-EBN

Painted in special 'Have A Qantastic Christmas' livery - November 1977

Operated final revenue service as QF58/352 Sydney-Christchurch-Sydney - December 18, 1977

Handed over to ITEL Capital Services Corp - December 23, 1977

Had flown 34,274 hours and 11,882 cycles

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 27, 1977

Entered onto Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-YCL - December 1977

Leased to Young Cargo

Departed Sydney on delivery to Belgium - December 28, 1977

Returned to ITEL - May 1979

Arrived Sydney on lease to Air Niugini in full livery - May 25, 1979

Entered onto New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-ANA - May 28, 1979

Sold to Air Niugini - December 1984

Operated last revenue service Port Moresby-Brisbane-Port Moresby - January 30, 1985

Withdrawn from use and stored at Port Morseby - February 1, 1985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 - becoming TF-AEC - July 13, 1985

Sub-leased to Surinam Airways - August 8 to September 7, 1985

Returned to TRATCO - September 1985

Leased to Air Maldives - December 1985 to February 1986

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

Cancelled from Icelandic Aircraft Register - March 23, 1986

Entered onto Egyptian Aircraft Register as SU-DAE - April 1, 1986

Sold to Nile Safaris Aviation - becoming ST-ALL - July 2, 1988

Sold to Avistar (Cyprus) Ltd - becoming 5B-DAY - May 31, 1990

Leased to Clipper International - May 1991

Used by United Nation for relief flights - with 'UN' titles - September 1991

Sold to Grumman Aerospace Corp for conversion to J-STARS production aircraft - May 28, 1992

Had flown 57,619 hours with 19,706 cycles

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N4131G - May 1992

Registered to Grumman Aerospace Corporation

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - October 1995

Delivered to USAF 93rd ACW - becoming 92-3289 - an E-8C P-1 - June 11, 1996

Noted at Warner Robins A.F.B. with 'WR' tail code - April 28, 2001

Current

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

(H. Tenby Collection. 4604-143.)

VH-EAB. Qantas Australia - in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at Vancouver Airport, July 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-404.)

VH-EAB. Qantas Australia - with modified titles for China visit at Bonn Airport, January 1975.

(H. W. Klein Photograph. 4604-576.)

VH-EAB. Qantas - in the 'Have A Qantastic Christmas' livery at Sydney Airport, December 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-577.)

VH-EAB. Qantas - in the 'Have A Qantastic Christmas' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1977.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 4604-xxx.)

VH-EAB. Qantas - in the 'Have A Qantastic Christmas' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-332.)

VH-EAB. Young - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, February 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-036.)

VH-EAB. Young - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, February 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-035.)

OO-YCL. Young - in the full livery at Brussels Airport, May 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-582.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, September 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-583.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, September 1979.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-584.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-595.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-592.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-593.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-594.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery with additional titles at Sydney Airport, May 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-596.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, September 1980.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-597.)

 

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1981.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-598.)

P2-ANA. Air Niugini - in the full livery at Port Moresby Airport, January 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-606.)

TF-AEC. Air Arctic Icelandic - in basic Air Niugini livery at unknown airport, August 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-607.)

TF-AEC. ZAS Airline of Egypt - in the full livery at unknown airport, March 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-608.)

SU-DAE. ZAS Airline of Egypt - in the full livery at Amsterdam Airport, April 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-609.)

ST-ALL. Nile Safaris Aviation - in the full livery at Marseille Airport, May 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-610.)

5B-DAY. Grumman Aerospace - in the metal livery with small titles at unknown airport, September 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-412.)