Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138 - July 24, 1959

First flown - September 8, 1959

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBG - September , 1959

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight - arriving Sydney - September 24, 1959

Aircraft was named 'City of Hobart'

Operated its first commercial service Sydney-San Francisco - October 6, 1959

Operated inaugural Brisbane-London service via Kangaroo Route - October 29, 1959

Returned to Qantas at Seattle on completion of conversion - January 10, 1962

Repositioned to Vancouver to operate regular flight to Sydney - January 12, 1962

Departed Vancouver as a regular commercial service - January 13, 1962

Underwent repaint of fin & rudder to 'V-Jet' colors at Sydney - January 15 to 19, 1962

Performed a flypast at Albury Air Show enroute Avalon - Sydney - September 11, 1964

Operated inaugural 707 Sydney-Hong Kong service - December 2, 1964

Operated its final Qantas service - Sydney-Auckland-Sydney - January 31, 1968

Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney Airport

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 8, 1968

Sold to British Eagle - becoming G-AWDG - March 13, 1968

Departed Sydney on delivery to British Eagle in their full livery - March 13, 1968

Stored at Stansted Airport when British Eagle ceased operations - November 6, 1968

Sold to Laker Airways, England - January 29, 1969

Aircraft was named 'Phoenix'

Operated in Laker colors with International Caribbean titles - 1978

Sold to Charlotte Aircraft - December 8, 1978

Sold to IASCO - October 1979

Sold to Trafalgar Leasing Inc, New York - becoming N600JJ - November 14, 1979

Delivered to Page Airways, Orlando, Florida for refurbishing - December 1979

Observed at Le Bourget, Paris in basic Laker colors - April 20, 1980

Observed at Le Bourget, Paris in green-white-gold livery for Sheikh A. Baroom - April 14, 1981

Sold to Aviation Management Consortium, Saudi Arabia - June 1, 1987

Registered to Skyways Aircraft Leasing inc, Texas - August 1987

Reregistered as N707KS to Aviation Management Consortium - December 20, 1987

Registered to First City Bank, Houston, Texas - April 1990

Reregistered as N707SK to First City Bank, Houston, Texas - April 1992

Sold to Republique du Congo - becoming 9Q-CLK - March 1998

Last reported with Wimbi Dira Airways, Democratic Republic of the Congo

VH-EBG. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original livery at Melbourne Airport, August 1961.

(Image 4604-394. J. Goldfinch Collection)

VH-EBG. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in revised 'V-Jet' color at Mexico City Airport, June 1965.

(Image 4604-127. H. Tenby Collection)

G-AWDG. British Eagle - in the full livery prior to delivery at Sydney Airport, March 1968.

(Image 4604-101. G. Wilkes Collection)

G-AWDG. British Eagle - in the full livery at Stansted Airport, December 1968.

(Image 4604-154. R. N. Smith Collection)

G-AWDG. Laker - in the full livery at London's Gatwick Airport, October 1971.

(Image 4604-397. R. N. Smith Collection)

G-AWDG. Laker - in the full livery, January 1972.

(Image 4604-383. E. D. Daw Collection)

G-AWDG. Laker - in the full livery at Orly Airport, August 1972.

(Image 4604-150. R. N. Smith Collection)

G-AWDG. Laker - in the full livery at Stansted Airport, September 1978.

(Image 4604-188. R. N. Smith Collection)

N600JJ. Trafalgar Leasing - in the basic Laker livery at Le Bourget Airport, May 1980.

(Image 4604-149. R. N. Smith Collection)

N600JJ. Sheikh A. Baroom - in the new gold livery at Le Bourget Airport, September 1982.

(Image 4604-148. R. N. Smith Collection)

N600JJ. Sheikh A. Baroom - in the modified livery with small titles, May 1985.

(Image 4604-146. R. N. Smith Collection)

N600JJ. Sheikh A. Baroom - in the modified livery with small titles, September 1985.

(Image 4604-234. R. N. Smith Collection)

N07KS. Skyways Aircraft Leasing - in the original livery without titles at unknown airport, May 1988.

(Image 4604-233. R. N. Smith Collection)

N07SK. Skyways Aircraft Leasing - in the modified livery without titles, May 1992.

(Image 4604-232. R. N. Smith Collection)

N07SK. Skyways Aircraft Leasing - in the modified livery without titles, June 1993.

(Image 4604-411. R. N. Smith Collection)

9Q-CLK. Republique du Congo - in the new livery at Johannesburg Airport, August 2007.

(Image 4604-617. R. N. Smith Collection)