Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - September 9, 1981

First Qantas 747 powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4 engines

First flown as N1785B - September 25, 1981

Test registration changed to N5700T and N6005C - October 1981

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBS - November 30, 1981

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Paine Field) - November 30, 1981

Flown as QF521/522 Seattle (Paine Field)-Vancouver-Seattle (Capt L.W. Clark) - December 2, 1981

Flight was for lease arrangements

Aircraft named 'Longreach' at Seattle (Paine Field) - December 2, 1981

Ferried Seattle (Paine Field)-Honolulu as QF501D (Capt. L.W. Clark) - December 2, 1981

Ferried Honolulu-Sydney as QF501D (Capt. A.R. Bones) - December 2, 1981

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - December 3, 1981

Delivery route: Seattle (Paine Field)-Honolulu-Sydney

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Brisbane-Port Moresby as QF25 - December 18, 1981

Operated inaugural Sydney-Peking-Sydney service as QF172/173 - September 1, 1984

Renamed 'City of Broken Hill' at Sydney - December 7, 1990

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - April 12 to April 24, 1997

Operated first Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - April 12, 1997

Operated last Air Pacific service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - April 24, 1997

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - September 17 to October 26, 1998

Operated first Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - September 17, 1998

Operated last Air Pacific service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - October 26, 1998

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - January 26 to February 12, 1999

Operated first Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - January 26, 1999

Operated last Air Pacific service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - February 12, 1999

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - October 26 to November 17, 1999

Operated first Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - October 26, 1999

Operated last Air Pacific service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - November 17, 1999

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - June 19 to July 11, 2001

Operated first Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - June 19, 2001

Operated last Air Pacific service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - July 11, 2001

Leased to Air Pacific in Qantas livery with Air Pacific titles - May 6 to June 4, 2002

Operated first Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi as FJ910 - May 6, 2002

Operated last Air Pacific service Nadi-Sydney as FJ911 - June 4, 2002

Operated final Qantas revenue service Perth-Sydney as QF566 - December 22, 2002

Ferried Sydney-Los Angeles as QF7571 for storage at Marana - January 7, 2003

Ferried Los Angeles-Marana as QF6019 - January 8, 2003

Placed in long term storage at Pinal Air Park, Marana

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 14, 2003

Aircraft had flown 85,178 hours and 17,175 cycles

Scrapped at Marana, Arizona

VH-EBS. Qantas Australia - in the original livery with 'Com Games' titles at Sydney Airport, December 1981.

VH-EBS. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the new livery at Sydney Airport, January 1996.