Second of four aircraft ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - June 1969

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - June 22, 1971

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 engines

First flown as VH-EBB - July 22, 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBB - August 14, 1971

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - August 14, 1971

Aircraft named 'City of Melbourne' at Everett - August 14, 1971

Departed Seattle as QF053D on delivery flight - August 26, 1971

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - August 29, 1971

Flight crew: Capts A.R. Horne, E. Robinson

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Melbourne-Sydney

Operated first revenue service as QF743 Sydney-Perth-Singapore - November 11, 1971

Returned to Boeing (Everett) for wing modifications - September 9 - 25, 1972

Chartered by T.A.A. for Sydney-Melbourne service - June 1, 1973

Ferried Sydney-Darwin as QF007F to assist in Cyclone Tracy evacuation - December 28, 1974

Operated QF007K Darwin-Sydney with Cyclone Tracy evacuees - December 29, 1974

Aircraft carried 674 passengers and 23 crew which was a world record Boeing 747 uplift

Operated final revenue service as QF19/20 Sydney-Manila-Sydney - July 19, 1981

Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney in all-white livery, red tail and no titles

Aircraft had flown 34,224 hours with 13,969 cycles

Repainted into full Qantas livery and rolled out at Sydney - February 19, 1982

Returned to service as QF57 Sydney-Auckland - March 2, 1982

Sold to Guiness Peat Aviation Group Ltd, Ireland and leased to Qantas - July 7, 1984

Aircraft was un-named - May 9 - September 16, 1985

Operated final revenue service as QF3 Melbourne-Sydney - September 16, 1985

Entered heavy maintenance with Qantas Engineering at Sydney - September 17, 1985

Rolled out in full Air Lanka livery at Sydney - October 21, 1985

Departed Sydney as QF171P for Hong Kong (Capt K. Davenport) on delivery - October 22, 1985

Aircraft was named 'King Tissa'

Qantas lease was terminated in Hong Kong - October 23, 1985

Entered onto Sri Lankan Aircraft Register as 4R-ULG - October 23, 1985

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - October 25, 1985

Aircraft had flown 42,447 hours and 16,991 cycles

Sold to Lion Leasing - October 30, 1985

Ferried Hong Kong-Colombo on delivery to Air Lanka - October 30, 1985

Operated first revenue service with Air Lanka - November 2, 1985

Operated final Air Lanka revenue service Colombo-Rome-Frankfurt-Rome-Colombo - May 1, 1987

Ferried Colombo-Singapore in preparation for lease to Qantas - June 20, 1987

Accepted by Qantas at Singapore - July 3, 1987

Leased to Qantas by Aerospace Finance Limited - July 16, 1987

Ferried Singapore-Sydney as QF129D (Capt C. Viertel) - July 21, 1987

Cancelled from Sri Lankan Aircraft Register - July 21, 1987

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBB - July 21, 1987

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Entered maintenance with Qantas Engineering & rolled out in full Air Pacific livery - October 2, 1987

Aircraft was named 'Island of Viti Levu'

Returned to service as QF129 Sydney-Denpasar - October 2, 1987

Aircraft was sub-leased to Air Pacific to operate their services

Sub-lease to Air Pacific terminated - April 1988

Repainted into full Qantas livery and rolled out at Sydney - April 26, 1988

Aircraft renamed 'City of Newcastle' at Sydney - August 24, 1989

Operated final Qantas revenue service - April 1, 1991

Repainted in full Air Pacific livery and rolled out at Sydney - April 23, 1991

Operated first Air Pacific revenue service as FJ913 Sydney-Nadi - April 28, 1991

Operated final Air Pacific revenue service as FJ914 Nadi-Sydney - May 1, 1993

Departed Sydney as QF501D on delivery to Lucas Aviation for overhaul - June 22, 1993

Ferry route: Sydney-Santa Barbara direct

Ferried Santa Barbara-Marana as QF502D for storage in all-white livery - August 3, 1993

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - May 24, 1994

Aircraft had now flown 63,859 hours with 21,970 cycles

Sold to American International Airlines - May 24, 1994

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N706CK - May 24, 1994

Converted to freighter configuration - September 1994

Observed stored at Oscoda, Michigan without engines - September 2, 1997

American International Airlines renamed Kitty Hawk International - February 3, 1999

Aircraft remained stored at Oscoda, Michigan - August 20, 2000

Sold to Stewart Industries International - October 2000

Reregistered N4051L - August 29, 2003

Registered to Stewart Industries International

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - February 10, 2006

Aircraft permanently withdrawn from use at Oscoda, Michigan

VH-EBB. Qantas Australia - in the original livery at Sydney Airport.

(Image 4630- R. N. Smith Photograph)