Ordered new by Martinair (Holland) as passenger / freighter aircraft with nose cargo door

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - July 25, 1988

Rolled out in a hybrid Martinair / Qantas livery with full Qantas titles and tail logo

Powered by General Electric CF6-50E2 engines

First flown as N6009F - September 15, 1988

Accepted by Martinair at Seattle (Everett) - September 26, 1988

Aircraft named 'Prins Claus' at Seattle

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-MCF - September 26, 1988

Registered to Gelderse Luchtvaartmaatsch-Appij, Schiphol

Departed Seattle on delivery to Amsterdam - September 26, 1988

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd - October 1, 1988

Aircraft was manned by Martinair technical crews and Qantas cabin crews

Ferried Amsterdam-London (Heathrow) as QF500D on delivery to Qantas - October 1, 1988

Operated first Qantas revenue service as QF704 London-Sydney - October 1, 1988

Operated last revenue service as QF5 Sydney-Singapore-Bahrain-Frankfurt-Rome - May 29, 1989

Ferried Rome-Amserdam as QF500D on termination of lease - May 30, 1989

Entered service with Martinair Holland - June 1989

Leased to Qantas Airways as a freighter in full Martinair livery - April 20, 1990

First freighter revenue service QF560 Amsterdam-Bahrain-Singapore-Sydney - April 25, 1990

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - April 26, 1990

Departed Sydney on last revenue freighter service - May 23, 1990

Route: QF567 Sydney-Christchurch; QF568 Christchurch-Nadi-Honolulu-Anchorage-Manchester

Ferried Manchester-Amsterdam as QF586P on termination of lease - May 24, 1990

Returned to Martinair service - May 1990

Leased to Singapore Airlines in full Martinair livery - November 7, 1991

Returned to Martinair on termination of lease - April 6, 1992

Returned to Martinair service - April 1992

Operated final Martinair service as MP78 Tianjin-Nanjing-Bangkok-Sharjah-Amsterday - October 27, 2007

Observed at Amsterdam in all-white livery without titles - December 13, 2007

Observed at Amsterdam in all-white livery with registration N134AP - March 1, 2008

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - April 23, 2008

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N134AP - April 25, 2008

Registered to Pafco 24134 Statutory Trust, New York

Repainted with registration TC-AKZ for Ankair (Turkey) at Amsterdam - May 30, 2008

Ferried as VVF8925 Amsterdam-Istanbul (Sabiha Gokeen) as TC-AKZ - May 31, 2008

Delivered to ACT Airlines (Turkey) in all-white livery without titles

Current

PH-MCF. Qantas Australia - in the full livery.

(R. N. Smith Collection. )