Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-338C - December 14, 1966

First flown - December 29, 1966

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBU - March 8, 1967

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'City of Broken Hill'

Departed Seattle on delivery to Qantas - March 28, 1967

Arrived Sydney - March 30, 1967

Operated its first Qantas service - Sydney-Christchurch - April 6, 1967

Was the first Qantas 707 to have the revised 'Qantas Australia' titles applied - May 11, 1967

Underwent wing life modification work with Lufthansa in Hamburg - August 1969

Was aircraft involved in the famous 'Mr Brown' extortion bid - May 26, 1971

'Mr Brown' demanded payment of $A 500,000 to reveal the location of an altitude sensitive 'bomb' on plane

Subsequent mid-air search failed to locate any device and aircraft landed safely at Sydney

Two men were later arrested and jailed over this extortion attempt

Was first Qantas aircraft to appear in the new ochre livery - November 4, 1971

Operated the final Qantas QF 533 London-New York service - Capt K. Nicholson - April 1, 1973

Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin-Brisbane with 247 passengers - December 28, 1974

Operated a Cyclone Tracy relief flight from Darwin-Sydney with 270 passengers - December 28, 1974

Aircraft was renamed 'City of Wollongong' - April 1975

Aircraft was renamed 'City of Parramatta' - July 1, 1975

Operated the inaugural Qantas QF25 service - Sydney-Port Moresby - September 18, 1975

Chartered by Prime Minister Malcom Fraser for vist to Peking, China - June 20, 1976

Operated its final service & inaugural QF21 / QF22 - Sydney-Tokyo-Sydney service - November 1 - 3, 1976

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 3, 1976

Had flown 32,283 hours 14 minutes

Sold to Air Niugini - becoming P2-ANH - November 3, 1976

Operated first Air Niugini service - Sydney-Port Moresby - January 2, 1977

Operated its final Air Niugini service - Port Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney - September 25, 1979

Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney - having flown 40,821 hours and 17,132 cycles

Sold to ITEL Capital Service Corp - October 1979

Leased to Air Niugini and operated in their full livery - December 1979

Leased to Air Niugini and operated in their full livery - February 18 to March 28, 1980

Returned to storage in Sydney

Departed Sydney on delivery to HAECO, Hong Kong for overhaul & modification - August 10, 1980

Leased to Air Niugini - September to October 8, 1980

Departed Sydney for Hong Kong and continued storage - November 1980

Sold to GATX Financial Services - March 9, 1981

Sold to International Air Leases, Miami, Florida - becoming N707MB - June 14, 1981

Cancelled from the New Guinea Aircraft Register - June 15, 1981

Registered 9Q-CDA to AMCO (Airline Management & Conculting & Operations) - September 12, 1981

Leased to Zaire Cargo - departing Miami on delivery - September 27, 1981

Returned to International Air Leases - becoming N707HW - April 1982

Leased to Arrow Air - in basic Zaire Cargo livery - May 11, 1982

Leased to TAISA (Transportes Aereos Internacionales SA), Lima, Peru - becoming OB-T-1264 - January 1983

Entered service with 'Train Cargo' titles - February 27, 1983

Returned to International Air Leases - December 1984

Reregistered N707HW to I.A.L. - January 1985

Sold to Shanghai Airlines - becoming B2426 - July 1985

Sold to Export Air Leasing Inc, Miami, Florida - becoming N707HW - December 1988

Sold to Comtran International - September 17, 1989

Leased to Anglo Cargo Airlines, England - becoming G-EOCO - October 11, 1989

Returned to Comtran International - February 1992

Sold to Omega Air Inc - May 1992

Sold to U.S.A.F. for conversion to E-8C Joint-STARS - May 17, 1992

Ferried to Davis Monthan in full Anglo Cargo livery - June 1992

Cancelled from the U.K. Aircraft Register - September 2, 1992

Departed Davis Monthan - as 67-30053 - for Lake Charles, LA for conversion - June 17, 1993

Handed over to 93rd ACW, U.S.A.F. - as 93-0597 - as an E-8C P-3 - November 25, 1997

Current

VH-EBU. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline - in the 'V'Jet' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1968.

(Image 4604-484. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-EBU. Qantas Australia - in the revised 'V'Jet' livery at Sydney Airport, November 1968.

(Image 4604-485. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-EBU. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Melbourne Airport, February 1972.

(Image 4604-542. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-EBU. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, May 1972.

(Image 4604-424. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-EBU. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery, location and date unknown.

(Image 4604-619. R. N. Smith Collection)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1978.

(Image 4604-476. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

(Image 4604-260. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

(Image 4604-477. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

(Image 4604-478. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - in its full livery at Sydney Airport, May 1979.

(Image 4604-480. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - with 'Singapore, Jakarta, Hawaii' titles at Sydney Airport, August 1979.

(Image 4604-217. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - with 'Singapore, Jakarta, Hawaii' titles at Sydney Airport, August 1979.

(Image 4604-481. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - with 'Singapore, Jakarta, Hawaii' titles at Sydney Airport, August 1979.

(Image 4604-482. R. N. Smith Photograph)

P2-ANH. Air Niugini - with 'Singapore, Jakarta, Hawaii' titles at Sydney Airport, September1979.

(Image 4604-483. R. N. Smith Photograph)

OB-T-1264. Train Cargo Peru - in its full livery at Miami Airport, January 1984.

(Image 4604-475. R. N. Smith Collection)

N707HW. Train Cargo Peru - in its full livery at Miami Airport, February 1985.

(Image 4604-473. R. N. Smith Collection)

B-2426. Shanghai Airlines - in its full livery, location unknown, June 1987.

(Image 4604-452. R. N. Smith Collection)

G-EOCO. Anglo Cargo - in its full livery, location unknown, November 1990.

(Image 4604-472. R. N. Smith Collection)

67-30053. Anglo Cargo - in its full livery at Phoenix, June 1993.

(Image 4604-213. R. N. Smith Collection)

93-0597. U.S. Air Force - in its full 'J-Stars' livery, location & date unknown.

(Image 4604-492. R. N. Smith Collection)