Construction completed at Boeing Long Beach plant - December 1998

First flown as N717XC - December 16, 1998

Used for test purposes before being placed in storage - June 1999

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VQB - December 19, 2000

Delivered to Impulse Airlines at Newcastle -

Entered Impulse service -

Transferred to Qantaslink but operated by Impulse - May 27, 2001

Transferred to Jetstar - May 25, 2004

Withdrawn from Jetstar service - July 12, 2005

Reregistered as VH-NXB - September 2, 2005

Registered to MDFC Spring Co

Delivered to National Jet Systems operating as QantasLink - September 28, 2005

Entered service with QantasLink as QF1914 Perth-Karratha - October 3, 2005

Registered operator National Jet Systems Pty Ltd - October 11, 2005

Current

VH-VQB. Impulse Airlines - in the cockatoo livery at Brisbane Airport.

(Image 4660-005. P. J. Gates Photograph)

VH-VQB. Impulse Airlines - in the cockatoo livery at Sydney Airport, May 2001.

(Image 4660-065. R. N. Smith Photograph)