VH-EBH. Boeing 707-138B. c/n 18067-201.
Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138B - March 10, 1961 First flown as N93134 - April 13, 1961 Accepted by Qantas at Seattle - July 29, 1961 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBH - July 30, 1961 Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Departed Seattle on positioning flight to San Francisco (Capt A.A.E. Yates) - August 5, 1961 Operated its first commercial service San Francisco-Sydney - August 5, 1961 Established record for Honolulu-Sydney sector (Capt E. Robinson) - 9 hours 40 minutes Established record for Seattle-Sydney sector - 14 hours 36 minutes Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - August 6, 1961 Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Sydney Aircraft was named 'City of Darwin' Delivered in an interim livery and repainted with the new 'V-Jet' tail livery after its arrival in Sydney Operated the inaugural 707-138B service Sydney-Vancouver - September 1, 1961 Operated its final Qantas service Sydney-Christchurch-Sydney - June 30, 1968 Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney Airport Sold to British West Indian Airways Ltd (B.W.I.A.), Trinidad - August 21, 1969 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - September 18, 1969 Entered onto Trinidad & Tobago Aircraft Register as 9Y-TDC - September 1969 Departed Sydney on delivery flight to B.W.I.A. - September 28, 1969 Sustained serious damage when nosewheel failed to lower for landing at Toronto, Canada - March 23, 1973 Advertised for sale by B.W.I.A. - April 1977 Withdrawn from use and stored at Port of Spain, Trinidad - November 18, 1977 Sold to Euro Air Financing - March 18, 1978 Entered onto Cayman Islands Aircraft Register as VR-CAN - March 1978 Delivered to Ohio Air Center for VIP conversion and resale Registered to Universal Leasing - 1978 Advertised for sale by Omni Aircraft Trading - August 1979 Leased to Air Guinee and flown with full titles for one week - September 1979 Returned to Euro Air Financing at Miami - September 28, 1979 Observed at Stansted Airport with Hughes International stickers - May 4, 1980 Stored at Stansted - August, 1980Observed in storage at Marana - September 23, 1981 Observed in storage at Marana - July 28, 1986Observed in storage at Marana - cocooned & complete - February 21, 1992 Observed at Marana with wings & tail removed - March 5, 2005 Nose section observed being transported for incorporation into a simulator - January 21, 2008 |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - on the production line at Seattle, 1961. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-675.) |
VH-EBH. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - final livery at Vancouver Airport, December 1967. (G. Bennett Collection. 4604-535.) |
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9Y-TDC. BWIA International - in the original livery at unknown airport, August 1970. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-189.) |
9Y-TDC. BWIA International - in the original livery with revised titles, November 1971. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-239.) |
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9Y-TDC. BWIA International - in the original livery revised titles & hushkitting, December 1976. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-240.) |
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VR-CAN. Euro Air Financing - in the original livery at unknown airport, April 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-237.) |
VR-CAN. Air Guinee - in Euro Air Financing livery at unknown airport, September 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-236.) |
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VR-CAN. Euro Air Financing - in modified livery without titles at Marana, January 1982. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-241.) |
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