Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - September 1973

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - April 26, 1974

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A engines

First flown as VH-EBH - May 13, 1974

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBH - May 24, 1974

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - May 27, 1974

Ferried Seattle-San Francisco as QF053D (Capt C.G. Fox) - May 27, 1974

Operated first revenue service as QF4 San Francisco-Sydney (Capt L.W. Clark) - May 27, 1974

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - May 29, 1974

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

Named 'City of Newcastle' at Sydney - May 29, 1974

Renamed 'City of Parramatta' at Sydney - August 17, 1985

Sold to Allied Aerospace Corporation and leased back to Qantas - May 31, 1989

Flew final revenue service as QF28 Hong Kong-Melbourne-Sydney (Capt P.G. Compton) - September 18, 1990

Departed Sydney as QF531D on delivery to U.S.A. (Capt C.S. Viertel) - September 28, 1990

Ferry route: Sydney-Santa Barbara direct

Overhaulled and repainted into Virgin Atlantic livery by Tracor Aviation

Ferried Santa Barbara-Los Angeles as QF492 (Capt C.S. Viertel) - January 26, 1991

Ferried Los Angeles-Manchester as QF501D (Capt C.S. Viertel) - January 29, 1991

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - February 4, 1991

Aircraft had flown 62,470 hours with 17,470 cycles

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-VJFK - February 4, 1991

Registered to Virgin Atlantic Airways

Aircraft was named 'Boston Belle'

Sold to Concorde Management Leasing - February 5, 1991

Operated first Virgin Atlantic revenue service - February 28, 1991

Operated final Virgin revenue service Orlando-London (Gatwick) - July 1, 2001

Ferried London (Gatwick) to London (Heathrow) for repainting - July 2, 2001

Sold to Kabo Air, Nigeria

Cancelled from U.K. Aircraft Register - July 16, 2001

Entered onto Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-PDP - July 16, 2001

Departed London (Heathrow) on delivery flight - July 17, 2001

Observed stored in full Kabo Air livery at Jakarta Airport - May 26, 2004

Observed at Jeddah in service with Kabo Air - January 14, 2006

Observed at Jeddah now named 'Dr M.A. Dankabo Jarman Kano' - December 29, 2007

Current

G-VJFK. Virgin - in the original livery at London Gatwick Airport, March 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4630-008.)

G-VJFK. Virgin - in the original livery at Miami Airport, May 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4630-072.)

5N-PDP. Kabo - in the full livery at Johannesburg Airport, June 2006.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4630-156.)

5N-PDP. Kabo - in the full livery at Sharjah Airport, January 2008.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4630-197.)