Construction completed at Boeing's Renton plant - July 24, 1964

First flown - August 25, 1964

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TJA - September 1, 1964

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - October 16, 1964

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi

Flight crew: Capt. D. A. Winch, Capt. K. J. Fox

Aircraft was named 'James Cook'

Entered T.A.A. service as TN534 Melbourne-Sydney - November 2, 1964

Involved in collision with CP Air DC-8 on take-off from Sydney Airport - January 29, 1971

Repaired and returned to service - April 10, 1971

Operated its final Trans-Australia revenue service - February 14, 1976

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Had flown 37,643 hours and 28,013 cycles

Sold to International Air Leases - October 7, 1976

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - November 11, 1976

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 19, 1976

Leased to Air Florida - becoming N91891 - December 13, 1976

Aircraft was reregistered N40AF - January 16, 1977

Returned to International Air Leases - July 1977

Sold to Continental Airlines - becoming N18480 - July 19, 1977

Was withdrawn from service and stored at Mojave - July 19, 1991

Aircraft scrapped - August 1993

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - October 8, 1996

VH-TJA. TAA T-Jet - in the experimental silver tail livery at Sydney Airport, April 1967.

(Image 4610-274. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TJA. TAA T-Jet - in the revised 'white tail' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1967.

(Image 4610-142. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TJA. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in its final livery at Canberra Airport, February 1974.

(Image 4610-143. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TJA. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1976.

(Image 4610-241. E. D. Daw Photograph)

N91891. Air Florida - in the original livery at Miami Airport, December 1976.

(Image 4610-183. R. N. Smith Collection)

N40AF. Air Florida - in the original livery at Miami Airport, February 1977.

(Image 4610-119. R. N. Smith Collection)