Ordered new by Trans World Airlines (T.W.A.)

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - April 1971

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 engines

First flown as N93117 - May 16, 1971

Accepted by T.W.A. at Seattle (Everett) - May 24, 1971

Aircraft allocated fleet number '17117'

Returned to GATX Leasing Corporation (USA) - April 21, 1987

Leased to Tower Air (USA) - April 21, 1987

Returned to GATX Leasing Corporation on termination of lease - October 1987

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd - December 12, 1987

Aircraft was operated in basic T.W.A. livery with 'On Lease To Qantas' decals

Aircraft was manned by Tower Air technical crews and Qantas cabin crews

Operated first Qantas revenue service as QF18 Los Angeles-Honolulu-Nadi-Melbourne - December 12, 1987

Utilised on Melbourne-Fiji-USA services only

Operated last revenue service as QF17 Melbourne-Nadi-Honolulu-Los Angeles - February 20, 1988

Returned to Tower Air on termination of lease - February 20, 1988

Returned to GATX Leasing Corporation (USA) - February 1988

Leased to El Al Israeli Airlines - March 1, 1988

Returned to GATX Leasing on termination of lease - May 3, 1988

Leased to Evergreen International Airlines (USA) - May 4, 1988

Sub-leased to Tower Air - June 6, 1988

Returned to Evergreen International on termination of sub-lease - December 5, 1988

Returned to GATX Leasing Corporation on terminatiopn of lease - December 8, 1988

Sold to Citicorp North America Corporation (USA) - December 8, 1988

Leased to Trans World Airlines (TWA) - December 8, 1988

Sold to United Aviation Services Incorporated (USA) - December 28, 1989

Withdrawn from service by T.W.A. at Kansas City, Missouri - October 25, 1992

Aircraft had flown 77,413 hours with 14,144 cycles to date

Returned to United Aviation Services on termination of lease

Ferried to Norton Air Force Base, California for storage - November 30, 1992

Sold to First Security Bank of Utah - February 1993

Leased to Family Airlines (USA) - March 24, 1993

Repossessed by First Security Bank of Utah when Family Airlines ceased operations - August 9, 1993

Seen stored in basic Family Airlines livery at Mojave, California - February 6, 1996

Registered to N93117 AAR Engine Group Inc, Wood Dale, Illinois - October 1997

Scrapped on site at Mojave, California - October 26, 1998

N93117. Qantas Australia - in basic TWA livery.

(R. N. Smith Collection. )