Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138 - July 8, 1959

First flown - August 21, 1959

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBF - September 4, 1959

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle - September 4, 1959

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - September 7, 1959

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight at 1045 - September 10, 1959

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney

Aircraft named 'City of Adelaide'

Operated its first commercial service Sydney-London via U.S.A. - October 8, 1959

Departed Sydney on returned to Boeing for conversion to 707-138B standard - November 5, 1961

Returned to Qantas at completion of conversion - December 20, 1961

Departed Seattle on redelivery flight to Qantas - December 23, 1961

Set a flight record Singapore-Sydney of 6 hours 55 minutes (Capt K. McKnight) - October 17, 1962

Operated its final revenue service Sydney-London via Southern Cross Route - December 23, 1967

Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney Airport

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 29, 1968

Had flown a total of 25,993 hours 58 minutes

Sold to F. B. Ayer & Associates for lease to Standard Airways - March 15, 1968

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N792SA - March 1968

Departed Sydney on delivery to Standard in the full livery - March 26, 1968

Withdrawn from use and stored at JFK Airport when Standard ceased operations - August 1969

Leased to Air Commerz, Hamburg, Germany - January 31, 1971

Entered onto German Aircraft Register as D-ADAQ

Delivered to Air Commerz at Hamburg - March 24, 1971

Stored at Dusseldorf, Germany when Air Commerz ceased operations - September 1, 1972

Returned to F.B. Ayer & Associates - and stored at Marana - January 31, 1973

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N792SA

Flown to Stansted, U.K. for overhaul - April 1976

Entered onto Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-JBP - July 8, 1976

Leased to Turk Hava Yollari, Turkey - July 10, 1976

Departed Stansted on delivery to Turk Hava Yollari - July 10, 1976

Aircraft was named 'Seyhan'

Withdrawn from use - December 1977

Cancelled from Turkish Aircraft Register - January 3, 1978

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N792FA - January 7, 1978

Returned to Pan Ayer SA, Geneva, Switzerland - January 7, 1978

Flown to Israeli Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv, Israel for overhaul - February 21, 1978

Leased to El Al, Israel in their full livery - April 1 to November 1, 1978

Leased to Bouraq Indonesian Airlines in their full livery - November 1978 to March 1979

Flown to Long Beach, California for storage in basic Bouraq livery - August 1979

Stored at Burbank, California in basic Bouraq livery without titles - May 2, 1981

Flown to Miami for storage - May 5, 1983

Flown to Marana for storage - May 7, 1983

Observed in long-term storage at Marana minus engines - February 8, 1985

Registered to FBA Inc. - April 1986

Reportedly seized by the IRS, and to be parted out - February 11, 1989

Observed at Marana extensively parted out - March 26, 1990

Scrapped - October 1993

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - on delivery flight at San Francisco, September 8, 1959.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-130.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - on delivery flight at San Francisco, September 8, 1959.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-182.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in the original livery at Vancouver Airport, November 1959.

(H. Tenby Collection. 4604-124.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - with '40th Anniversary' titles, location & date unknown.

(E. Coates Collection. 4604-523.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - with '40th Anniversary' titles at Brisbane Airport.

(G. Bennett Collection. 4604-533.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - with '40th Anniversary' titles at Brisbane Airport.

(G. Bennett Collection. 4604-534.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in the original livery at Sydney, date unknown.

(Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-674.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - with the modified 'V-Jet' tail titles at Sydney, May 1965.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-181.)

VH-EBF. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - with the modified 'V-Jet' tail titles, September 1967.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-183.)

N792SA. Standard - in the original livery with modified titles at San Francisco, January 1969.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-184.)

N792SA. Standard - in the original livery with modified titles, March 1969.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-524.)

D-ADAQ. Air Commerz - in the full livery at Hamburg Airport, May 1971.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-505.)

D-ADAQ. Air Commerz - in the full livery at Hamburg Airport, April 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-185.)

N792SA. Air Commerz - in the full livery at Marana, February 1973.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-186.)

TC-JBP. THY Turkish Airlines - in the full livery, location & date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-517.)

TC-JBP. THY Turkish Airlines - in the full livery at unknown location, July 1976.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-153.)

TC-JBP. THY Turkish Airlines - in the full livery at unknown location, June 1977.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-187.)

N792SA. El Al - in the full livery at Zurich Airport, July 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-152.)

N792FA. Bouraq - in the basic livery but without titles at Burbank, December 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-262.)

N792FA. Bouraq - in the basic livery but without titles at Marana, February 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-151.)

N792FA. Bouraq - in the basic livery but without titles in storage at Marana, June 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-442.)

N792FA. Bouraq - finally being parted out at Marana, October 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-434.)