VH-EBT. Boeing 747-338. c/n 23222-602.


First of three Boeing 747-338s ordered new by Qantas - November 18, 1983

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - September 17, 1984

Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524D engines

Was the first aircraft to appear in the new 1984 corporate livery

First flown as N1784B - October 6, 1984

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBT - November 14, 1984

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - November 14, 1984

Ferried Seattle (Everett) to Seattle (SeaTac) as QF501P (Capts C. Viertal, A. Bones) - November 14, 1984

Operated supplementary passenger service Seattle-Sydney as QF501 - November 14, 1984

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - November 16, 1984

Delivery route: Seattle (SeaTac)-Honolulu-Sydney

Flight crew: Capts C. Viertal, A. Bones

Aircraft was named 'City of Canberra' at Sydney - November 16, 1984

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Auckland as QF43 (Capt D.C. Richards) - November 24, 1984

Renamed 'City of Wagga Wagga' at Sydney - August 3, 1989

Leased to Japan Airlines (JAL) for joint JAL / Qantas services to Japan - May 22, 1992

Aircraft operated in full J.A.L. livery with Qantas titles on rear fuselage

Operated first J.A.L. revenue service Sydney-Tokyo - May 23, 1992

Operated final J.A.L. revenue service Tokyo-Brisbane - March 28, 1994

Ferried Bisbane-Sydney as QF212 and returned to Qantas at end of lease - March 29, 1994

Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines for Hadj flight - April 12, 1994

Operated Hadj flights in basic J.A.L. livery with Garuda titles & tail logo

Ferried Sydney-Jakarta as QF8530 on delivery to Garuda - April 12, 1994

Returned to Qantas at Sydney after Garuda lease - June 24, 1994

Rolled out at Sydney in full Qantas livery as 'City of Wagga Wagga' - July 17, 1994

Operated Perth-Sydney as QF580 and withdrawn from service - January 29, 2007

Returned to srvice Sydney-Perth as QF575 - March 30, 2007

Operated final revenue service Perth-Sydney as QF585 - April 14, 2007

Departed Sydney in basic Qantas livery without titles on delivery to U.S.A. - May 24, 2007

Ferry route: Sydney-Honolulu-Rome (Griffis, New York)

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - May 30, 2007

Sold to Midair USA Incorporated, Rome, New York - June 20, 2007

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N747ZZ - June 21, 2007

Registered to Midair USA Incorporated

Currently stored at Rome, New York for reported lease to Transaero, Russia

Lease did not eventuate and aircraft was scrapped at Rome, New York State - May 2010

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - September 1, 2010


VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles over Washington State, November 1984.

VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles over Washington State, November 1984.

VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles over Washington State, November 1984.

VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles over Washington State, November 1984.

VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles over Washington State, November 1984.

VH-EBT. Qantas - the heart of the aircraft - the powerful Rolls Royce RB211-524 engine

VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles at Sydney Airport, April 1985.

VH-EBT. Qantas - in the new livery with revised titles at unknown airport, October 1991.

VH-EBT. JAL Qantas - in the JAL livery with dual titles at Brisbane Airport, June 1992.

VH-EBT. Garuda Indonesia - in the all-white livery at Halim Airport, June 1994.