Fourth of six Boeing 767-238s ordered new by Qantas - September 1983

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - October 16, 1985

Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E engines

First flown as N6018N - November 16, 1985

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAM - December 12, 1985

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

Accepted by Qantas at Everett - December 12, 1985

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia as QF7674 - December 12, 1985

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - December 14, 1985

Delivery route: Seattle-Honolulu-Sydney

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Brisbane-Auckland as QF141 - December 24, 1985

Ferried as QF1767/2767 Sydney-Williamtown-Sydney for naming ceremeny - February 4, 1986

Aircraft named 'City of Lake Macquarie' at RAAF Base Williamtown - February 4, 1986

Offered for sale by Qantas - March 4, 2003

Aircraft had flown 56,131 hours with 24,224 cycles to date

Operated last revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as QF490 - April 10, 2004

Departed Sydney as QF6023 for storage in U.S.A. in basic livery without titles or tail logo - April 18, 2004

Arrived Mojave - April 19, 2004

Ferried route: Sydney-Honolulu-Mojave

Sold to Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Incorporated - April 19, 2004

Sold to West Dover LLC, New York - April 19, 2004

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - April 22, 2004

Advertised for sale by Blue Star Aviation, Kansas City

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N771WD - May 7, 2004

Registered to West Dover LLC

Ferried Mojave-Miami in basic Qantas livery - June 9, 2004

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - June 9, 2004

Entered onto Eritrean Aircraft Register as E3-AAQ - June 9, 2004

Leased to Eritrean Airlines

Observed at Frankfurt in full Eritrean Airlines livery as E3-AAQ - July 31, 2004

Current

 

VH-EAM. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport.

E3-AAQ. Eritrean Airlines - in the full livery Amsterdam Airport, August 2004.

E3-AAQ. Eritrean Airlines - in the full livery at Frankfurt Airport, January 2006.