VH-EBU. Boeing 747-338. c/n 23223-606.
Second of three Boeing 747-338s ordered new by Qantas - November 18, 1983 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - December 6, 1984 Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524D4 engines First flown as N5573P - December 21, 1984 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBU - January 24, 1985 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - January 24, 1985 Ferried Seattle-Los Angeles as QF501P (Capts C. Viertal, A. Bones) - January 25, 1985 Operated supplementary passenger service Los Angeles-Sydney as QF501 - January 25, 1985 Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - January 27, 1985 Delivery route: Seattle-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Sydney Flight crew: Capts C. Viertal, A. Bones Operated first revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as QF28 - February 2, 1985 Operated first internation service Melbourne-Sydney-Singapore-Bahrain-London as QF1 - February 3, 1985 Operated British Airways service London-Brussels-London as BA384 - September 2, 1985 Aircraft renamed 'City of Warrnambool' at Sydney - September 20, 1989 Entered maintenance at Sydney for repainting into special Aboriginal livery - October 19, 1995 Rolled out at Sydney in 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery - November 14, 1995 Returned to service to mark Qantas 75th Anniversary Sydney-Tokyo as QF21 - November 16, 1995 Ferried Sydney-Avalon as QF6195 for long term storage - February 1, 2005 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - May 1, 2008 Currently derelict at Avalon, Victoria minus engines and many parts Aircraft is in basic blue fuselage livery with red tail |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the new livery with original titles at Sydney Airport, May 1985. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the new
livery with original titles at Sydney Airport, November 1985. |
VH-EBU. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, June 1986. |
VH-EBU. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full
livery at Sydney Airport, June 1992. |
VH-EBU. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1992. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming'
livery at Los Angeles Airport, December 1995. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1997. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery at unknown airport, January 1997. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1997. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1997. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1998. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1998. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming'
livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1999. |
VH-EBU. Qantas - in the 'Nalanji Dreaming'
livery at Paris LBG Airport, February 2004. |
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