Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - February 1979

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - September 9, 1979

Powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-524B2 engines

First flown as VH-EBQ - November 28, 1979

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - December 10, 1979

Aircraft named 'City of Bunbury' at Seattle - December 10, 1979

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBQ - December 11, 1979

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Ferried as QF501D Seattle-San Francisco (Capt. L.W. Clark) - December 11, 1979

Operated first revenue service San Francisco-Sydney (Capt L.W. Clarke) as QF4 - December 11, 1979

Arrived Sydney as QF4 at conclusion of delivery flight - December 13, 1979

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Honolulu-Sydney

Engines retrofitted to Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4 at Sydney - May 16 - 21, 1982

Returned to service Sydney-Brisbane-Manila as QF19 - May 23, 1982

Repainted into new Qantas livery at Sydney after maintenance - December 1985

Returned to service Sydney-Auckland as QF43 - December 25, 1985

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific stickers - November 29 to December 8, 1997

Operated first Air Pacific revenue service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - January 9, 1997

Operated last Air Pacific revenue service Nadi-Sydney as FJ913 - December 8, 1997

Operated final Qantas service and withdrawn from use at Sydney - July 27, 1998

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 4, 1998

Entered onto Fiji Aircraft Register as DQ-FJI - December 4, 1998

Rolled out at Sydney in full Air Pacific livery - December 4, 1998

Aircraft named 'Island of Vanua Levu' - December 4, 1998

Leased to Air Pacific - December 7, 1998

Operated first Air Pacific revenue service Sydney-Nadi as FJ912 - December 7, 1998

Operated final Air Pacific revenue service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - August 7, 2000

Returned to Qantas - August 7, 2000

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBQ - August 10, 2000

Operated first Qantas service in basic Air Pacific livery Sydney-Jakarta as QF41 - August 17, 2000

Repainted into full Qantas livery at Amarillo, Texas - October 2000

Aircraft renamed 'City of Bunbury' - October 2000

Operated final Qantas revenue service Perth-Sydney as QF566 - November 9, 2002

Ferried Sydney-Longreach, Qld as QF6191 - November 11, 2002

Flight crew: Capts P. Ellis, R. Hodder, M. Fitzgerald, P. Weston; F/E J. Bower

Donated to Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach, Queensland - November 16, 2002

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - December 12, 2002

Aircraft had flown 92,125 hours with 18,020 cycles

On display at Qantas Founders Outback Museum in full Qantas livery

Current

VH-EBQ. Qantas Australia - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, January 1980.

VH-EBQ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the new livery at Sydney Airport, May 1986.

VH-EBQ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the new livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1989.

VH-EBQ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in basic Air Pacific livery at Sydney Airport, August 2000.

VH-EBQ. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in basic Air Pacific livery at Sydney Airport, October 2000.