Built as a Lockheed L-1049G-82-153 Constellation - 1957

First flown - November 8, 1957

Accepted by Qantas at Burbank - November 19, 1957

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAP - November 20, 1957

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Departed San Francisco on proving flight to New York-Gander-London-return - November 23, 1957

Departed Burbank, California on delivery flight - December 3, 1957

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - December 5, 1957

Delivery route: San Francisco-Honolulu-Sydney

Aircraft was named 'Southern Zephyr'

Entered Qantas service on Sydney-Hong Kong route - December 30, 1957

Flew inaugural round-the-world service via the 'Kangaroo' route - January 14, 1958 to January 20, 1958

Total flying time on this flight - 128 hours

Operated its final Qantas revenue service Sydney-Johannesburg-Sydney - October 3, 1959

Sold to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation - October 23, 1959

Had flown 5,765 hours 16 minutes and 916 cycles to date

Departed Sydney on delivery flight to Ontario - October 25, 1959

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - November 5, 1959

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N9723C

Leased to Resort Airlines - 1959 to June 1960

Stored at Oakland, California when Resort Airlines ceased operations

Leased to Twentieth Century Airlines - August 1960 to 1961

Stored at Lockheed Aircraft Services facility at Ontario - late 1961

Used by Lockheed - June 1963 to 1970

Sold to California Airmotive / American Jet Industries - December 12, 1970

Stored at Fox Field, Lancaster, California - May 1971

Participated in an unlimited air race meeting at San Diego, California - July 18, 1971

Was withdrawn from further pylon racing after this event and returned to storage at Burbank

Prepared for a movie role - had a 'Concorde' like nose attached & 'Global' titles added - November 1971

Registered to Stereo Vision International Inc - October 2, 1972

Made several short flights in connection to proposed movie, which was abandoned - November 1972

Returned to California Airmotive - November 1972

Scrapped at Burbank - July 1974

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - January 1975

VH-EAP. Qantas - in the final livery at San Francisco Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1802-025.)