Ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - September 28, 1978

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - June 4, 1980

Powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-524B2 engines

First flown as N1728B - June 24, 1980

Test registration changed to N8296V prior to delivery

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBR - September 30, 1980

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Aircraft named 'City of Dubbo' at Seattle - September 30, 1980

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - October 1, 1980

This was 20th Boeing 747 accepted by Qantas

Ferried as QF501D Seattle-Honolulu (Capt. L.W. Clark) - October 1, 1980

Ferried as QF501D Honolulu-Sydney (Capt. A.R. Bones) - October 1, 1980

Arrived Sydney as QF501D at conclusion of delivery flight - October 2, 1980

Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Sydney

Operated first revenue service as QF3 Melbourne-Sydney-Honolulu-San Francisco - October 11, 1980

Engines retrofitted to Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4 at Sydney - April 18-23, 1982

Renamed 'City of Hobart' at Sydney - August 24, 1985

Repainted into new Qantas livery at Paris (Orly) after maintenance - May 1989

Ferried Paris-Amsterdam as QF501D - May 26, 1989

Returned to service as QF6 Amsterdam-Sydney - May 26, 1989

Renamed 'City of Mt Gambia' at Sydney - August 1, 1990

Leased to Air Pacific in basic Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - May 2 to July 31, 1993

Operated its first Air Pacific service as FJ914 Sydney-Nadi - May 5, 1993

Operated its last Air Pacific service as FJ913 Nadi-Sydney - July 31, 1993

Returned to Qantas service as QF29 Sydney-Denpasar

Operated its final Qantas service as QF178 Seoul-Brisbane-Sydney - June 26, 1996

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 2, 1996

Entered onto Fiji Aircraft Register as DQ-FJE - August 2, 1996

Leased to Air Pacific - August 2, 1996

Aircraft named 'Island of Viti Levu'

Operated first revenue service with Air Pacific as FJ910 Sydney-Nadi - August 3, 1996

Offered for sale by Qantas having flown 88,306 hours and 16,522 cycles - March 4, 2003

Operated final revenue service with Air Pacific as FJ810 Nadi-Los Angeles - June 30, 2003

Returned to Qantas in Los Angeles - June 30, 2003

Ferried Los Angeles-Marana as FJ1810 - June 30, 2003

Withdrawn from use and placed in long term storage at Pinal Air Park, Marana - June 30, 2003

Sold to Evergreen Air Centre Inc for spare parts - October 2003

Scrapped at Marana, Arizona

 

VH-EBR. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the final livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1996.

(Image 4630-054. R. N. Smith Collection)

DQ-FJE. Air Pacific - in the old livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1998.

(Image 4630-071. R. N. Smith Collection)