Ordered new by American Airlines

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - August 24, 1970

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A engines

First flown as N9669 - October 28, 1970

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N9669 - October 1970

Accepted by American Airlines at Seattle (Everett) - November 27, 1970

Sold to Citicorp Industrial Credit Corp and leased to American Airlines - May 11, 1984

Returned to Citicorp Industrial Credit Corp - July 1984

Leased to National Airlines - July 27, 1984

Returned to Citicorp Industrial Credit Corp - September 1985

Ferried Kansas City-Phoenix, Arizona for storage - September 6, 1985

Reregistered N14939 - August 7, 1986

Registered to Citibank, Harrison, New York

Observed at Phoenix being painted as LX-NCV for Cargolux - August 17, 1986

Lease to Cargolux, Luxembourg was not taken up

Observed at Orlando, Florida in full Highland Express livery - June 5, 1987

Arrived Prestwick, Scotland at conclusion of delivery flight to Highland Express - June 9, 1987

Aircraft was named 'Highlander'

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-HIHO - June 19, 1987

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - June 1987

Operated first revenue service with Highland Express - July 4, 1987

Highland Express ceased operations - December 11, 1987

Repossessed by Citicorp and placed in storage at Brussels, Belgium - January 1988

Aircraft leased to Qantas Airways Ltd

Arrived Singapore as QF500D at conclusion of ferry flight (Capt C. Viertal) - March 2, 1988

Ferry route: Brussels-Bahrain-Singapore

Aircraft entered maintenance and repaint in full Air Pacific livery at Singapore - March 2, 1988

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EEI - March 11, 1988

Registered to Citibank North America

Arrived Sydney as QF500D at conclusion of delivery flight from Singapore - April 13, 1988

Aircraft was named 'Island of Viti Levu'

Operated first revenue service with Air Pacific as FJ911 Sydney-Nadi - April 27, 1988

Leased to Aer Lingus and sub-leased to Qantas - November 15, 1989

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - November 21, 1989

Entered onto Irish Aircraft Register as EI-CAI - November 21, 1989

Arrived Sydney after operating final revenue service as QF21 - March 19, 1990

Returned to Citicorp on termination of lease - March 19, 1990

Cancelled from Irish Aircraft Register - March 23, 1990

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EEI - March 23, 1990

Ferried Sydney-Auckland as QF500D (Capt C. Viertal) - March 23, 1990

Entered heavy maintenance with Air New Zealand Engineering - March 23, 1990

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 23, 1990

Aircraft had flown 43,900 hours with 12,284 cycles

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-VMIA - March 23, 1990

Leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways

Arrived London (Gatwick) at conclusion of delivery flight from Auckland - May 6, 1990

Aircraft named 'Miami Maiden'

Sold to Virgin Atlantic Airways - June 1993

Aircraft renamed 'Spirit of Sir Freddie' at Miami - July 1993

Operated final revenue service as VS30 Bridgetown-London (Gatwick) - January 14, 2000

Ferried London (Gatwick)-Kemble, England as VS804 - January 19, 2000

Withdrawn from use and prepared for scrapping

Cancelled from U.K. Aircraft Register - January 28, 2000

Aircraft had flown 84,293 hours with 18,397 cycles

Scrapped at Kemble - March 2000

N14939. Highland Express - in the full livery at Miami Airport, June 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4630-024.)

VH-EEI. Air Pacific Qantas - in the Air Pacific livery at Sydney Airport, August 1988.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 4630-311.)