Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - February 1978

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - August 21, 1978

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

First flown as VH-EBO - September 8, 1978

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBO - September 18, 1978

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - September 18, 1978

This was 50th Boeing aircraft delivered to Qantas

Aircraft named 'City of Elizabeth' at Seattle - September 18, 1978

Ferried as QF501D Seattle-San Francisco (Capt. L.W. Clark) - September, 1978

Operated its first revenue service as QF4 San Francisco-Honolulu-Sydney - September 18, 1978

Flight crew: Capts F. Fox, L.W. Clark, A.E. Bones

Arrived Sydney as QF4 at conclusion of delivery flight - September 20, 1978

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

Operated first sector of final revenue service as QF8 Singapore-Perth (Capt E.W. Cameron) - June 8, 1991

Operated final sector of last revenue service as QF65 Perth-Adelaide-Sydney (Capt A. Wardill) - June 9, 1991

Departed Sydney as QF501D for Singapore for maintenance - June 27, 1991

Returned to Allco Aerospace Ltd - June 1991

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 1, 1991

Aircraft had flown 49,657 hours and 12,353 cycles

Sold to Barclay Leasing Corporation - July 1, 1991

Sold to First Security Bank of Utah (U.S.A.) - July 1991

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N164UA - July 1991

Leased to United Airlines - August 1, 1991

Withdrawn from service and ferried to Marana, Arizona for storage - December 16, 2000

Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest -

Sold to Universal Asset Management Inc - March 26, 2002

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register -

Observed in a derelict condition with many parts missing at Marana, Arizona - March 5, 2005

Scrapped at Marana, Arizona

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

(Image 4630- R. N. Smith Photograph)