Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - June 1969

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - October 26, 1971

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 engines

First flown as VH-EBD - November 23, 1971

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBD - December 8, 1971

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - December 8, 1971

Aircraft named 'City of Perth' at Everett - December 8, 1971

Departed Seattle as QF053D on delivery flight to Australia - December 9, 1971

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - December 12, 1971

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

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Brisbane

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Perth-Singapore as QF727 - December 19, 1971

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

Withdrawn from service at Sydney - February 14, 1980

Aircraft had flown 31,791 hours with 10,297 cycles

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

Rolled out in full Eastern livery at Sydney Airport as VH-EBD / N371EA - March 17, 1980

Intended sale to Eastern Airlines did not eventuate - April 1, 1980

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

Returned to service Sydney-Nadi as QF93 - May 14, 1980

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

Aircraft had flown 44,193 hours with 14,457 cycles

Ferried Sydney-Auckland as QF141 - March 21, 1985

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

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N747BN

Ferried Auckland-Sydney as BOE4 in full Qantas livery - March 21, 1985

Placed in storage at Sydney Airport

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 16, 1985

Departed Sydney as BOE608 on delivery to People Express - September 18, 1985

Delivery route: Sydney-Honolulu-Wichita

Sold to People Express - September 27, 1985

Reregistered as N608PE

Sold to Connecticut National Bank and leased to People Express - December 1985

Absorbed into Continental Airlines fleet when People Express merged - February 1, 1987

Repainted into full Continental livery - 1987

Observed in storage at Mojave in 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

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - in original livery with W.A. swan logo at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - in the original livery with W.A. swan logo at Sydney Airport, January 1979.

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - in original livery with W.A. swan logo at Sydney Airport, May 1979.

VH-EBD. Eastern - in full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

VH-EBD. Eastern - in full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1980.

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - in full livery with 'Com. Games' titles at Sydney Airport, January 1982.

VH-EBD. Qantas Australia - in full livery with 'Com. Games' titles at Brisbane Airport, March 1982.

N747BN. Qantas Australia - in full livery at Sydney Airport, April 1985.

N608PE. Peoplexpress - in the full livery at Los Angeles Airport, March 1986.

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

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

N608PE. Garuda Indonesia - in the all-white livery at unknown airport, July 1992.