Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - September 1973

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - February 15, 1974

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A engines

First flown as VH-EBG - February 28, 1974

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - March 19, 1974

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBG - March 19, 1974

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Aircraft named 'City of Hobart' at Everett - March 19, 1974

Ferried Seattle-San Francisco as QF053D (Capt C.G. Fox) - March 20, 1974

Operated first revenue service as QF4 San Francisco-Sydney (Capt L.W. Clark) - March 20, 1974

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - March 22, 1974

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

Renamed 'City of Fremantle' at Sydney - August 20, 1985

Operated final revenue service as QF204 Tokyo-Sydney (Capt J.B. Rawlinson) - November 10, 1987

Entered heavy maintenance with Qantas in preparation for lease to El Al - November 1987

Rolled out in full El Al livery at Sydney - April 29, 1988

Sold to Boeing Equipment Holdings - May 6, 1988

Sold to Bankers Trust Company - May 6, 1988

Departed Sydney as QF500D on delivery to U.S.A. (Capt C.S. Viertel) - May 6, 1988

Ferry route: Sydney-Los Angeles direct

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 7, 1988

Aircraft had flown 48,145 hours with 15,022 cycles

Accepted by El Al at Los Angeles - May 7, 1988

Entered onto Isreali Aircraft Register as 4X-AQX - May 7, 1988

Cancelled from Israeli Aircraft Register - September 6, 1988

Leased to Qantas Airways - September 6, 1988

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBG - September 7, 1988

Registered to El Al Israel Airlines

Repainted in Amsterdam by Martinair in full Qantas livery - September 1988

Ferried Amsterdam-Athens as QF724D - September 14, 1988

Returned to Qantas service as QF724 Athens-Bombay-Singapore-Melbourne-Sydney - September 15, 1988

Aircraft remained un-named

Operated final revenue service as QF25 Brisbane-Honolulu-Vancouver - May 20, 1989

Ferried Vancouver-Los Angeles as QF26 - May 20, 1989

Ferried Los Angeles-Amsterdam as QF501D for return to El Al - May 21, 1989

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - May 22, 1989

Aircraft had flown 54,217 hours with 15,771 cycles

Repainted in Amsterdam into full El Al livery

Entered onto Isreal Aircraft Register as 4X-AXQ - June 1989

Ferried Amsterdam-Tel Aviv on delivery to El Al - June 2, 1989

Withdrawn from service and stored at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv - October 2004

Observed at Tel Aviv in basic El Al livery with parts missing - February 6, 2005

Scrapped at Tel Aviv - August 2007

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

(Image 4630- R. N. Smith Photograph)