VH-EBD Boeing 747-238B

VH-EBD. Boeing 747-238B. c/n 20012-171.

Was also registered as: N747BN; N608PE.

This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - June 1969

It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'RB004'

It rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - October 26, 1971

First flown as VH-EBD - November 23, 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBD - December 08, 1971

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

It was accepted by K. Gould for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - December 08, 1971

This was the 38th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 4th Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas

The aircraft was named 'City of Perth' at Everett - December 08, 1971

Departed Everett (Paine Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF053D - December 09, 1971

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - December 12, 1971

Flight crew: Captains L. W. Clark, C. G. Fox

Delivery route: Seattle - San Francisco - Honolulu - Sydney

Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Perth - Singapore as QF727 - December 19, 1971

Acquired the '150 Years Anniversary Swan' logo to celebrate the founding of Western Australia - December 1978

Operated its last revenue service Sydney - Auckland - Sydney as QF51/44 - February 13, 1980

Withdrawn from service at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - February 14, 1980

The aircraft had flown 31,791 hours with 10,297 cycles

Entered heavy maintenance with Qantas Engineering in preparation for intended sale to Eastern Airlines

Rolled out in the standard Eastern livery at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as 'VH-EBD / N371EA' - March 17, 1980

The sale to Eastern Airlines did not eventuate - April 01, 1980

Repainted into the standard Qantas livery and rolled out - April 28, 1980

Returned to service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Nadi as QF93 - May 14, 1980

Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Christchurch - Sydney (Captain R. Probert) as QF55/46 - March 18, 1985

The aircraft had flown 44,193 hours with 14,457 cycles

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland as QF141 - March 21, 1985

Sold to Boeing Equipment Holding Company and handed over at Auckland - March 21, 1985

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N747BN - March 21, 1985

Ferried Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the standard Qantas livery as BOE4 - March 21, 1985

Placed in storage at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 16, 1985

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on delivery to People Express as BOE608 - September 18, 1985

Delivery route: Sydney - Honolulu - Wichita

Reregistered as N608PE - September 21, 1985

Sold to People Express - September 27, 1985

Sold to Connecticut National Bank - December 1985

Leased to People Express as the registered operator

Absorbed into the Continental Airlines fleet when People Express merged with Continental - February 01, 1987

Repainted into the standard Continental livery - 1987

It was observed stored at Mojave in the basic Continental livery with no titles - October 19, 1991

Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airways - May 15, 1992

Returned from lease and observed stored at Norton A.F.B., California - November 13, 1992

Registered to State Street Bank & Trust Company, Connecticut - February 14, 1994

Sold to the AFES Group - March 25, 1994

Scrapped at Norton Air Force Base, California - September 1994

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register (registration expired) - April 09, 2013

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'W.A. Swan' logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-083.)

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'W.A. Swan' logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'W.A. Swan' logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 15, 1979.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'W.A. Swan' logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 17, 1979.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'W.A. Swan' logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 17, 1979.

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VH-EBD. Eastern - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 06, 1980.

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VH-EBD. Eastern - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 10, 1980.

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VH-EBD. Eastern - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 10, 1980.

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VH-EBD. Eastern - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 10, 1980.

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VH-EBD. Eastern - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 10, 1980.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 21, 1980.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 16, 1982.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery with the additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Brisbane Airport, March 1982.

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VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 22, 1983.

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N747BN. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1985.

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N747BN. Qantas Australia - 'City of Perth' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1985.

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N608PE. PeoplExpress - in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, March 1986.

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N608PE. PeoplExpress - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1986.

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N608PE. Continental - in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, April 1987.

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N608PE. Continental - in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, June 1987.

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N608PE. Continental - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1988.

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N608PE. Continental - in the standard livery with the additional 'yellow ribbon' at Los Angeles Airport, September 1991.

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N608PE. Continental - in the basic livery at Mojave Airport, November 1991.

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N608PE. Garuda Indonesia - in the basic all-white livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, June 1992.