Ordered new by Qantas - August 4, 1986

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - April 6, 1987

Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524D4 engines

First flown as N6005C - April 14, 1987

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - April 30, 1987

Aircraft named 'City of Darwin' at Everett - April 30, 1987

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBY - May 1, 1987

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Ferried Seattle (Everett) - Seattle (SeaTac) as QF501D - May 1, 1987

Operated supplementary passenger service Seattle-Sydney as QF501 - May 1, 1987

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - May 3, 1987

Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Sydney

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Tokyo (Narita) as QF21 - May 4, 1987

Aircraft renamed 'City of Mildura' at Sydney - August 30, 1994

Leased to Japan Airlines (J.A.L.) for joint JAL / Qantas services to Japan - April 1, 1992

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

Operated final JAL revenue service as JL771 Tokyo-Sydney - April 1, 1994

Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines for Hadj flights - April 13, 1994

Operated in basic J.A.L. livery with Garuda titles and tail logo

Departed Sydney on delivery to Garuda Imdoneasian Airlines at Jakarta as QF8532 - April 13, 1994

Returned to Qantas on termination of Garuda lease - July 3, 1994

Entered Qantas Engineering for repainting - July 1994

Returned to Qantas service as 'City of Mildura' - August 19, 1994

Registered to Qantas Airways, Ltd - May 11, 2005

Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines for Hadj flights in basic Qantas livery - November 2006

Departed Sydney on delivery to Garuda at Medan as QF6009 - November 25, 2006

Arrived Melbourne (Avalon) as QF6010 on termination of Garuda lease - February 5, 2007

Ferried Avalon-Sydney as QF6196 - February 16, 2007

Ferried Sydney-Hong Kong as QF6105 - February 16, 2007

Returned to Qantas service Hong Kong-Cairns as QF238 - February 16, 2007

Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as QF6001 - December 29, 2008

Operated last revenue service Melbourne-Auckland-Los Angeles as QF025 - December 29, 2008

This was the last passenger service operated by a Qantas 747-338 'Classic'

Ferried Los Angeles-Marana, Arizona as QF6012 for storage - December 29, 2008

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - July 8, 2010

Aircraft had flown 86,555 hours with 15,771 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 N177SG - August 27, 2010

Registered to Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City

Aircraft remains stored at Marana in basic Qantas livery

Observed at Newburg, New York in basic Qantas livery as N177SG - November 13, 2010

Ferried Newburgh-Ouagadougou (Burkino Faso) - November 17 - 18, 2010

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - November 18, 2010

Entered onto the Burkino Faso Aircraft Register as XT-SAG - November 18, 2010

Leased to CentrAfrique Air Express from Al Sayegh Airlines for Hadj flights - November 19, 2010

Observed stored at Sharjah, UAE in basic Qantas livery without titles - April 2011

Observed stored at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in basic Qantas livery without titles - August 3, 2011

VH-EBY. Japan Airlines Qantas - in the basic JAL livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1992.

VH-EBY. Japan Airlines Qantas - in the basic JAL livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1992.

VH-EBY. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, October 2005.