VH-EAH. Boeing 707-338C. c/n 19628-716.

Was also registered as: HL-7433; TF-IUD; 5A-DTF; N780JS.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways - ?

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - April 29, 1968

First flown at Renton as VH-EAH - May 24, 1968

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAH - June 12, 1968

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

The aircraft was named 'City of Perth'

Accepted by B. Langevad for Qantas at Seattle (Renton) - June 12, 1968

This was the 32nd Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 32nd Boeing 707 delivered to Qantas

Departed Seattle on delivery on the delivery flight to Australia - June 12, 1968

Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 16:08 local) on completion of the delivery flight - June 14, 1968

Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Nadi - Sydney

Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland - July 07, 1968

The aircraft was renamed 'City of Launceston' - October 24, 1971

Utilised on Cyclone Tracey relief flight and evacuated 327 passengers from Darwin - December 27, 1974

Utilised on Cyclone Tracey relief flight and evacuated 154 passengers from Darwin - January 01, 1975

Operated its final revenue service Jakarta - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - June 02, 1978

The aircraft had flown 34,077 hours with 13,623 cycles

Sold to ITEL Capital Investment for lease to Korean Air Lines

Accepted by Korean Air Lines in Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - July 10, 1978

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 11, 1978

Entered onto the Korean Aircraft register as HL-7433 - July 1978

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to Soel, Korea - July 14, 1978

Sold to GATX Booth - December 1980

Leased to Korean Air Lines as the registered operator

Operated its final Korean Air revenue service - ?

Cancelled from the Korean Aircraft Register - September 1987

Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-IUD - September 25, 1987

Registered to Tempair International Airlines

Sold to Tempair International Airlines - October 25, 1987

Sold to Oil Production Maintenance, Vienna, Austria - December 1987

Cancelled from the Icelandic Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Libyan Aircraft Register as 5A-DTF - ?

Used by Libyan Arab Cargo

Stored at Tripoli, Libya in an all-white livery - November 1995

Sold to Northrop Grumman for use in Joint STARS program

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N780JS - ?

This aircraft was not used in the J-STARS program but scrapped for parts at Melbourne, Florida

 

 

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1968.

(Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 4605-163.)

The 'City of Perth' Coat of Arms.

(Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 1950-167.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1968.

(Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 4605-164.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1971.

(Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 4605-282.)

The 'City of Launceston' Coat of Arms.

(Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 1950-174.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1971.

(Qantas Heritage Collection Copyright Image 4605-283.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at London Heathrow Airport, April 1971.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-352.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1972.

(G. Bennett Collection Copyright Image 4604-563.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at London Heathrow Airport, May 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-206.)

VH-EAH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Launceston' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-564.)

HL-7433. Korean Air Lines - in the standard livery with additional 'I Love New York' titles at an unknown airport, March 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4605-399.)

HL-7433. Korean Air Lines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4604-353.)