Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-338C - August 8, 1968

First flown as VH-EAJ - September 12, 1968

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAJ - September 25, 1968

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Aircraft named 'City of Geelong'

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle - September 25, 1968

Departed Seattle on delivery flight via London - September 25, 1968

Departed London as QF170/003 migrant charter to Sydney via Athens - October 1, 1968

Arrived Sydney at 1610 hours at conclusion of delivery flight - October 3, 1968

Endangered by bushfires whilst on the ground at Avalon, Victoria during crew training - January 8, 1969

Quick actions by aircrew and engineers saved aircraft by moving it around airfield to escape the fires

Operated the inaugural Melbourne-Christchurch service - July 1, 1972

Aircraft renamed 'City of Broken Hill' - May 15, 1975

Operated its final revenue service Sydney-Brisbane-Auckland-Sydney - March 19, 1976

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 24, 1976

Had flown 27,874 hours and 9,387 cycles

Sold to British Caledonian Airlines - March 24, 1976

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-BDSJ - March 24, 1976

Aircraft named 'County of Fife'

Departed Sydney on delivery flight to U.K. via Papeete-Miami - March 25, 1976

Aircraft renamed 'Loch Tay'

Leased to Nigeria Airways in BCAL livery with Nigerian titles - November 15 - December 15, 1978

Sold to Uganda Airlines - October 5, 1981

Entered onto Ugandan Aircraft Register as 5X-UBC

Sustained damage in heavy landing at Brussels - February 18, 1982

Repaired and returned to service 5 days later

Observed at Amsterdam with small Ethiopian Airlines titles - May 29, 1988

Destroyed when it crashed whilst landing in fog at Rome's Flumicino Airport - October 17, 1988

VH-EAJ. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery over Washington State, September 1968.

(Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-710.)

VH-EAJ. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery over Washington State, September 1968.

(Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-711.)

VH-EAJ. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery at Mexico City Airport, May 1971.

(H. Tenby Collection. 4604-137.)

VH-EAJ. Qantas Australia - in the modified 'V-Jet' livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1973.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-362.)

G-BDSJ. British Caledonian - in the original livery at unknown airport, May 1977.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-212.)

G-BDSJ. British Caledonian - in the original livery at unknown airport, September 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-202.)

G-BDSJ. British Caledonian - in the original livery at London's Gatwick Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-365.)

5X-UBC. Uganda Airlines - in the full livery at unknown airport, September 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-364.)

5X-UBC. Uganda Airlines - in the full livery at unknown airport, December 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-363.)