VH-EBV. Boeing 747-338. c/n 23224-610.


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

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - March 5, 1985

Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524D4 engines

First flown as N6005C - March 21, 1985

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBV - April 15, 1985

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - April 15, 1985

Ferried Seattle (Everett) - Seattle (SeaTac) as QF501P - April 15, 1985

Operated supplementary passenger Seattle (SeaTac)-Sydney as QF501 - April 15, 1985

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - April 17, 1985

Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Sydney

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as QF2 - April 22, 1985

Operated first internation service Melbourne-Sydney-Singapore-Bahrain-London as QF1 - April 25, 1985

Aircraft named 'City of Melbourne' at Melbourne - May 2, 1985

Aircraft renamed 'Geraldton' at Sydney - October 13, 1989

Aircraft renamed 'City of Geraldton' at Sydney - March 28, 1991

Operated special charter for Department of Defence for 80th Gallipoli Anniversary - April 20, 1995

Aircraft renamed 'Spirit of Anzac' for this flight

Flew Sydney-Singapore-Istanbul carrying WWI veterans as QF1915 - April 20, 1995

Operated last 747-300 service Sydney-Perth-Harare-Perth-Sydney as QF/UM23/24 - October 26, 2000

Operated last revenue service Auckland-Sydney QF44 - June 9, 2003

Ferried Sydney-Avalon as QF6193 for storage - June 13, 2003

Returned to service Sydney-Auckland as QF43 - March 28, 2005

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd - May 11, 2005

Departed Sydney for lease to Garuda Indonesian Airways as QF6015 - December 3, 2005

Leased to Garuda in basic Qantas livery with Garuda titles and tail logo for Hadj flights

Ferried Medan-Sydney as QF6010 on termination of Garuda lease - February 13, 2006

Returned to Qantas service

Operated last revenue service Los Angeles-Auckland-Melbourne as QF026 - December 27-29, 2008

Ferried Melbourne-Sydney as QF6019 - December 29, 2008

Departed Sydney for last time as QF6020 on ferry flight to U.S.A. - January 20, 2009

Arrived Marana for storage - January 21, 2009

Ferry route: Sydney-Honolulu-Marana

Placed in open storage at Marana in basic Qantas livery without titles and logo

Observed stored at Marana without engines in the maintenance area - March 22, 2010

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - July 8, 2010

Aircraft had flown 90,108 hours with 17,512 cycles

Sold to SAYEGH Group Aviation - August 11, 2010

Sold to Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City - August 11, 2010

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N175SG - August 25, 2010

Registered to Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City

Aircraft remains stored at Marana in basic Qantas livery

Ferried Marana-Tucson-Stewart for Al Sayegh Airlines Hafj flights - October 6, 2010

Ferried Stewart-Rasal Khaimah - October 29, 2010

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - November 3, 2010

Entered onto the Burkina Faso Aircraft Register as XT-DMA - November 3, 2010

Leased to Centrafrique Air Express for Hadj flights - November 3, 2010

Observed at Ras al Khaimah in basic Qantas livery with 'MA' on nose gear door - November 28, 2010

Observed at Ras al Khaimah - March 2011


VH-EBV. Qantas - in the full livery with original titles at Sydney Airport, October 1985.

VH-EBV. Qantas The Sprit of Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, January 1987.

VH-EBV. Qantas The Sprit of Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1994.

VH-EBV. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, June 1995.

XT-DMA. Al Sayegh Airlines - in the basic Qantas livery at Stewart Airport, October 2010.