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.