VH-OGD. Boeing 767-338ER. c/n 24407-247.
Order for this aircraft announced by Qantas - March 25, 1988 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett - November 1, 1988 First flown as N6009F - November 18, 1988 Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2B6 engines Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OGD - December 5, 1988 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd Accepted by Qantas at Seattle (Everett) - December 5, 1988 Departed Seattle (Everett) as QF7634D on delivery flight (Capt P. Laing) - December 5, 1988 Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - December 7, 1988 Delivery route: Seattle (Everett)-Honolulu-Sydney Aircraft carried 'City of Maitland' titles on delivery Operated first revenue service - December 1988 Registered to NBB Queensland Lease Co. Ltd, Tokyo - March 2, 1989 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd as registered operator Aircraft officially named 'City of Maitland' at Sydney - May 2, 1990 Used as a standby aircraft for Australia Asia Airlines - May 31 to June 20, 1992 Operated for Australia Asia in basic Qantas livery without titles, logos and aircraft name Returned to full Qantas livery at Sydney - June 21, 1992 Operated Vietnam Airlines service Sydney-Ho Chi Minh City-Sydney - November 22-23, 1992 Used as a standby aircraft for Australia Asia Airlines - June 4 to June 13, 1993 Operated for Australia Asia in basic Qantas livery without titles, logos and aircraft name Returned to full Qantas livery at Sydney - June 14, 1993 Operated charted for Singapore Air Force Rockhampton-Sydney-Singapore - November 10, 1993 Operated Air Niugini service Brisbane-Port Moresby-Brisbane as PX004/003 - December 13, 2003 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd - August 5, 2005 Ferried Richmond-Sydney as QF6110 in the new 1997 livery with revised Kangaroo logo - July 22, 2007 Presented to the Press at Sydney for official launch of new Corporate image - July 24, 2007 Returned to service Sydney-Melbourne as QF415 - July 25, 2007 Operated final revenue service Cairns-Sydney as QF925 - September 12, 2009 Withdrawn from service at Sydney having flown 73,423 hours with 25,893 cycles Ferried Sydney-Victorville as QF6019 for long term storage - September 16, 2009 Stored at Victorville in basic Qantas livery without titles Agreement to purchase aircraft signed by Air Transport Services Group, Wilmington, Delaware - April 22, 2010 Aircraft to be leased to its subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management Sold to ATSG / CAM - June 15, 2010 Registration N319CM reserved for ATSG - August 17, 2010 Accepted by ATSG at Victorville, California - September 23, 2010 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 30, 2010 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N319CM - October 1, 2010 Registered to Air Transport Services Group, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Leased to Air Transport International (ATI) as registered operator Intended for freighter conversion - 2011 Observed stored at Victorville in basic Qantas livery as N319CM - December 24, 2010 Ferried Victorville-Wlmington - February 11, 2011 Ferried Wilmington-Tel Aviv for freighter conversion by Bedek Aviation - February 13 - 14, 2011 Aircraft now designated Boeing 767-338ER-BDSF (Bedeck Aviation Special Freighter Conversion) Observed at Tel Aviv undergoing conversion to freighter configuration - March 2011 Ferried Tel Aviv-Bangor-Roswell - August 12 - 13, 2011 Observed in all-white livery with large blue 'ATI' titles at Liege - September 25, 2011 Current with ATI - 2012 |
VH-OGD. Qantas The Spirit of Australia - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, March 1993. |
VH-OGD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1998. |
VH-OGD. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Coolangatta Airport, date unknown. |
VH-OGD. Qantas Spirit of Australia - in the new livery at Melbourne Airport, February 2008. |
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