Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-330C - October 1965

First flown - October 28, 1965

Delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABUA - November 10, 1965

Aircraft was named 'Europa'

Leased to German Cargo Airlines - April 21, 1977

Returned to Lufthansa - January 1985

Delivered to HAECO, Hong Kong for hushkitting - October 16, 1985

Sold to Transcorp - becoming VR-HTC - October 17, 1985

Aircraft was named 'Perth' and later 'Hong Kong Trader' and 'Kowloon Trader'

Entered service with Transcorp - October 28, 1985

Operated its last service for Transcorp - TC200/2001 Sydney-Noumea-Sydney - October 24, 1988

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HTC - October 28, 1988

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries

Aircraft was named 'Brisbane'

Operated its first Ansett Air Freight service in full T.N.T. livery - October 30, 1988

Withdrawn from use and stored at Perth Airport, December 21, 1990

Sold to Global Air, Bulgaria - becoming LZ-PVA - December 6, 1991

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 14, 1992

Departed Perth on delivery flight to Miami - January 17, 1992

Sold to Ansett Industries Australia - becoming HC-BTB - August 3, 1993

Leased to AECA Aeroservicios Equatorianos December 15, 1995

Returned to Ansett Industries - November 1996

Leased to Aries del Sur - November 1996

D-ABUA. Lufthansa - in the final livery at Hamburg Airport, June 1974.

(Image 4604-530. R. N. Smith Collection)

D-ABUA. German Cargo - in the full livery at Hamburg Airport, October 1982.

(Image 4604-506. R. N. Smith Collection)

D-ABUA. Transcorp - 'Perth' in the full livery at Hamburg Airport, August 1985.

(Image 4604-507. R. N. Smith Collection)

VR-HTC. Transcorp - 'Perth' in the full livery at Hong Kong Airport, December 1985.

(Image 4604-519. R. N. Smith Collection)

VR-HTC. Transcorp - 'Perth' in the full livery at Hong Kong Airport, December 1985.

(Image 4604-520. R. N. Smith Collection)

VR-HTC. Transcorp - 'Brisbane' in the full livery at Hong Kong Airport, April 1986.

(Image 4604-521. R. N. Smith Collection)

VR-HTC. Transcorp - 'Hong Kong Kowloon Trader' in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1986.

(Image 4604-522. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-HTC. T.N.T. - in basic Transcorp livery without titles at Melbourne Airport, November 1988.

(Image 4604-546. G. Bennett Photograph)

VH-HTC. T.N.T. - in the full livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, October 1989.

(Image 4604-547. G. Bennett Photograph)

LZ-PVA. Global Air - in the basic TNT livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1992.

(Image 4604-511. P. J. Gates Photograph)

LZ-PVA. Global Air - in the basic TNT livery at unknown airport, November 1992.

(Image 4604-512. R. N. Smith Collection)