VH-EBN. Boeing 707-338C. c/n 18808-404.


Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-338C - December 21, 1964

First flown - January 29, 1965

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle - February 9, 1965

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBN - February 10, 1965

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Departed Seattle at 0834 on delivery flight to Australia (Capt A.A.E. Yates) - February 13, 1965

Arrived Sydney at 1400 hours at conclusion of delivery flight - February 15, 1965

Flight time: 15 hours 47 minutes

Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney

Aircraft named 'City of Parramatta'

Operated its first commercial service Sydney-London via Kangaroo Route - March 19, 1965

Departed Sydney for Ontario, California for modification by Lockheed Air Service - March 16, 1966

Ferried Ontario-Mexico City on completion of work to operate regular return service - April 5, 1966

Departed Sydney for Mexico City, thence to Wichita for modification by Boeing - July 24, 1967

Ferried to Sydney on completion of work by Boeing (Doppler Navigation Equipment) - August 24, 1967

Returned to service - September 3, 1967

Departed Sydney on the last Qantas service to Mexico City - November 27, 1967

Operated first Sydney-New York freighter service as QF950 - May 29, 1970

Transported the Qantas Avro 504 Dyak Sydney-Melbourne - June 22, 1970

Operated inaugural QF7 Sydney-London service via Perth-Bombay - March 29, 1974

Departed Sydney for Hong Kong for overhaul and sale to Singapore Airlines - July 16, 1974

Had flown 29,212 hours & 18,244 cycles

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 22, 1974

Sold to Singapore Airlines - September 1974

Entered onto Singapore Aircraft Register as 9V-BFW

Converted to pure freight for use by Singapore Airlines - 1977

Withdrawn from use and stored at Singapore without titles & logo - March 11, 1981

Sold to International Air Leases, Miami, Florida - April 10, 1981

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N707GB

Leased to TAMPA Colombia & entered service same day - May 20, 1981

Repainted in Arrow Air colors at Miami - July 16, 1981

Leased to TAMPA Colombia - April 13, 1983

Entered onto Colombian Aircraft Register as HK-3030X

Impounded at Miami by U.S. Customs for carrying cocaine - June 13, 1983

Returned to Arrow Air on termination of TAMPA lease - 1984

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N707GB - January 1984

Reregistered to Arrow Air

Leased to TAMPA - October 1, 1984

Sold to Skymaster Airlines, Brazil - November 25, 1998

Entered onto Brazialian Aircraft Register as PT-WSZ

Registered to Citizen Holdings Ltd & operated by Skymaster - December 23, 1998

Advertised for sale by Aviation Capital Leasing - January 6, 2005

Aircraft had flown 84,976 hours with 39,828 cycles

Still advertised for sale - September 29, 2007


VH-EBN. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in the 'V-Jet' livery at Seattle, February 1965.

(Qantas Heritage Collection. 4604-708.)

VH-EBN. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in the 'V-Jet' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1967.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-280.)

9V-BFW. Singapore Airlines Cargo - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 4604-529.)

9V-BFW. Singapore Airlines Cargo - in the full livery at Stockholm Airport, August 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-281.)

N707GB. Arrow Air - in the basic Singapore Airlines livery at Miami Airport, January 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-282.)

N707GB. Arrow Air - in the new Tampa livery at Miami Airport, March 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-283.)

N707GB. Tampa Colombia - in the new livery at Miami Airport, May 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-284.)

HK-3030-X. Tampa Colombia - in the new livery at Miami Airport, June 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-286.)

HK-3030X. Tampa Colombia - in the new livery at Miami Airport, January 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-287.)

HK-3030X. Tampa Colombia - in the new livery at Miami Airport, April 1990.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4604-288.)