Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-338C - July 18, 1967

First flown - August 31, 1967

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBV - September 7, 1967

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'City of Tamworth'

Departed Seattle on delivery to Qantas - September 7, 1967

Arrived Sydney at 1615 - September 9, 1967

Operated its first Qantas service - Sydney-Tokyo - September 26, 1967

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

Chartered by Ansett-ANA to cover an Easter peak - April 19, 1973

Overhaulled by HAECO in Hong Kong prior to sale - January - February 1976

Sale to British Caledonian did not eventuate - stored Sydney in all-white livery - June 2, 1976

Test flown after repainting in full Qantas livery prior to returning to service - September 30, 1976

Operated its final service - Sydney-Denpasar-Perth-Denpasar-Sydney - March 18 - 20, 1977

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 5, 1977

Had flown 30,483 hours 57 minutes and 11,537 cycles

Sold to Zambia Airways - becoming 9J-AEL - April 29, 1977

Sold to Trans Arabian Air Transport - becoming ST-ALP - February 13, 1989

Sold to Grumman Aerospace Corp for J-STARS conversion - June 1992

Arrived Southend - June 4, 1992

Had flown 62,750 hours and 20,446 cycles

Ferried Southend-Lake-Charles - June 14, 1992

Reregistered N4115J to Grumman Aerospace Corp - June 14, 1992

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - October 1995

Handed over to 93rd ACW, U.S.A.F. - becoming 92-3290 - as an E-8C P-2 - December 13, 1996

Current

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery at London's Heathrow Airport, March 1970.

(Image 4604-406. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the 'V-Jet' livery at Mexico City Airport, August 1970.

(Image 4604-144. H. Tenby Collection)

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1972.

(Image 4604-543. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Zurich Airport, April 1972.

(Image 4604-486. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1972.

(Image 4604-525. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1972.

(Image 4604-526. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-EBV. Qantas Australia - in the revised livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1975.

(Image 4604-544. G. Bennett Collection)

9J-AEL. Zambia Airways - in its full livery, location unknown, August 1985.

(Image 4604-471. R. N. Smith Collection)

ST-ALP. Trans Arabian Air Transport - in its full livery at Paris, November 1991.

(Image 4604-490. R. N. Smith Collection)

ST-ALP. Trans Arabian Air Transport - in its full livery, location & date unknown.

(Image 4604-489. R. N. Smith Collection)