VH-EBL. Boeing 707-138B. c/n 18739-385.
Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138B - July 2, 1964 First flown as VH-EBL - August 6, 1964 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBL - August 19, 1964 Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Departed Seattle at 1630 on delivery flight to Australia - August 19, 1964 Arrived Sydney at 1630 hours concluding its delivery flight (Capt F. Fox) - August 21, 1964 Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Sydney Flying time on delivery flight was 15 hours 3 minutes Aircraft was named 'City of Geelong' and later 'Winton' Operated its first commercial service - Sydney-London via Kangaroo Route - September 4, 1964 Operated the inaugural 707-138B service Sydney-Christchurch (Capt R. Uren) - April 10, 1965 Aircraft was renamed 'Winton' for the Qantas 45th Anniversary promotion - December 10, 1965 Aircraft may have carried this name for 1 day only Operated the final Qantas 707-138B service on Sydney-Vancouver route - April 21, 1968 Operated its final service Sydney-London via Southern Cross Route - May 10, 1968 Withdrawn from use and stored engineless at Sydney Airport Painted in Braniff's lime green livery at Sydney Airport Sold to Braniff International Airways via Regency Income Corporation - June 7, 1969 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N107BN - June 1969 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 18, 1968 Departed Sydney at 1000 hours on delivery flight to Braniff International - June 19, 1969 Delivery route: Sydney-Honolulu-San Francisco-Dallas Aircraft was repainted into the Braniff red livery - date unknown Withdrawn from use and stored - October 14, 1973 Sold to Boeing Airplane Company - June 1975 Sold to Commercial Air Transport Sales - April 1976 Leased to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Jakarta, Indonesia - July 15, 1976 Aircraft was named 'Princess Bali'Sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines - May 1979 Entered onto Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MBA - May 1979 Withdrawn from use and stored at Jakarta without titles - October 1980 Sold to Omega Air - December 1986 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N46D - February 1987 Registered to Omega Air Ferried to Shannon, Ireland for storage - March 1987 Aircraft was in the process of being parted out - October 1988 Broken up and scrapped - July 31, 1993 |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-685.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-686.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-699.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-700.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-683.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-684.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-682.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-693.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-691.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-696.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-692.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-694.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-698.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-687.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-690.) |
VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in original 'V-Jet' livery over Washington, August 1964. (Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-688.) |
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VH-EBL. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in final 'V-Jet' livery at Mexico City, December 1964. (H. Tenby Collection. 4604-129.) |
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N107BN. Braniff International - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, June 1969. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-267.) |
N107BN. Braniff International - in the original livery at unknown airport, December 1969. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-268.) |
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N107BN. Braniff International - in the new livery, location & date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-316.) |
N107BN. Braniff International - in the new modified livery at unknown airport, March 1973. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-269.) |
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N107BN. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in the full livery at Manila Airport, October 1976. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-270.) |
PK-MBA. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in the full livery at Jakarta Airport, December 1979. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-420.) |
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N46D. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - being parted out at Shannon Airport, October 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-432.) |
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