Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - April 1974

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - April 2, 1975

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7F(W) engines

First flown as N1785B - April 21, 1975

First aircraft to be fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBJ - May 30, 1975

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - May 30, 1975

Named 'City of Geelong' at Seattle (Everett) - May 30, 1975

Ferried Seattle-San Francisco as QF053D (Capts L.W. Clark, F. Fox) - May 31, 1975

Operated first revenue service as QF4 San Francisco-Sydney - June 1, 1975

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - June 3, 1975

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

Ferried Sydney-Seattle non-stop as QF052D for maintenance (Capt A. Terrell) - February 14, 1977

Leased to Air New Zealand in full Qantas livery with small Air N.Z. stickers - October 2 - 13, 1986

Operated final Air N.Z. service as TE5 Los Angeles-Honolulu-Auckland-Sydney - October 13, 1986

Returned to Qantas service as QF7 Sydney-Perth-Singapore - October 13, 1986

Sold to Allco Aerospace Ltd and leased back to Qantas - February 1, 1989

Underwent heavy maintenance / repainting into Air Pacific livery by Air France - April 4, 1989

Rolled out in full Air Pacific livery at Paris (Orly) - May 1989

Departed as non-revenue delivery flight QF744 Paris-Bombay-Sydney - May 4, 1989

Leased to Air Pacific

Operated first Air Pacific revenue service as FJ911 Sydney-Nadi - May 6, 1989

Aircraft renamed 'Island of Viti Levu' at Sydney - May 23, 1989

Operated final Air Pacific revenue service Nadi-Sydney - April 13, 1991

Departed Sydney as QF501D for Singapore for maintenance (Capt D.K. Oliver) - April 30, 1991

Returned to Allco Aerospace Ltd in Singapore - April 30, 1991

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 1, 1991

Aircraft had flown 58,012 hours with 16,803 cycles

Sold to Barclays Leasing Inc (USA) - May 1, 1991

Sold to Potomac Capital Investment Corp (USA) - May 2, 1991

Sold to First Security Bank of Utah (USA) - May 1991

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N158UA - May 1991

Leased to United Airlines - June 1, 1991

Sold to Provident Commercial Group inc (USA) - December 27, 1991

Operated last United Airlines revenue service - December 15, 2000

Ferried to Marana, Arizona for storage

Ferried Marana-Honolulu-Singapore on return to lessor - March 11, 2001

Observed stored at Marana in basic United livery without titles - October 7, 2001

Sold to ART21054 LLC - October 25, 2002

Registered to ART21054 LLC, San Francisco, California - October 25, 2002

Departed Marana on ferry flight to Gander, Ireland - January 19, 2003

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - February 2003

Entered onto Afghanistan Aircraft Register as YA-EAH - February 2003

Operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines in basic United livery without titles

Sold to J. Taylor Investments Inc - December 8, 2003

Entered onto Swaziland Aircraft Register as 3D-BOX - December 2003

Leased to Libyan Arab Airlines - December 8, 2003

Entered onto Armenian Aircraft Register as EK-74702 - February 15, 2004

Operated by IRS Airlines (Nigeria) in basic United livery for Hadj flights

Leased to Air Van Airlines (Armenia) - January 30, 2005

Observed stored at Sharjah - March 9, 2005

Air Van ceased operations - November 2005

Observed stored at Jakarta in all-white livery as EK-74702 - February 27, 2006

Leased to Grand Comoros - December 1, 2006

Observed in Kabul as J2-KCD in Grand Comoros livery - December 12, 2006

Reregistered J2-LBB and leased to Iran Air and observed as such at Teheran - August 8, 2007

Current with Iran Air

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

(Image 4630- R. N. Smith Photograph)