First of two Boeing 747-438s ordered new by Qantas - September 1, 1989

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - May 1, 1991

Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524G2 engines

First flown as VH-OJK - May 21, 1991

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OJK - June 17, 1991

Registered to Double Bay Lease Co. Ltd & Neutral Bay Lease Co. Ltd

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as registered operator

Aircraft named 'City of Newcastle' at Seattle - June 17, 1991

Ferried Seattle-Vancouver-Seattle as QF7411D (Capt D. Massey-Green) - June 17, 1991

Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - June 17, 1991

Operated first revenue service Seattle (Seatac)-Cairns as QF531 (Capt D. Massey-Green) - June 17, 1991

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight as QF531P - June 21, 1991

Delivery route: Seattle-Cairns-Sydney

Aircraft repainted at New Iberia - June 2003

Aircraft renamed 'Newcastle' - June 15, 2003

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - September 21, 2005

Operated final revenue service Los Angeles-Sydney as QF12 - December 26 - 28, 2009

Withdrawn from use and prepared for ferry flight to United States for storage

Ferried Sydney-Victorville direct as QF6019 for storage - January 18, 2010

Advertised for sale by Planemart.com - January 1, 2011

Aircraft had flown 83,760 hours with 10,876 cycles to date

Observed stored at Victorville in basic Qantas livery - January 21, 2011

The reported sale to Cargolux for conversion to freighter configuration did not eventuate

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 5, 2011

Observed at Victotville as 5N-MHB for Max Air (NGL), Katsina, Nigeria

Entered onto the Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-MHB - October 2011

Test flown at Victorville as 5N-MHB - October 22, 2011

Departed Victorville on ferry flight to Kano, Nigeria - October 22, 2011

Arrived at Kano, Nigeria at conclusion of ferry flight - October 23, 2011

Operated by Maxair for Hadj flights

Current with Max Air - 2012

VH-OJK. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, March 2006.