Built at the Vickers-Armstrong Hurn factory

First flown - February 22, 1957

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TVL - March 1, 1957

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Arrived at Melbourne's Essendon Airport on delivery - March 1, 1957

Known ferry crew: Capt R. Andrews; F/O McCallum; Navigator C.O. White; Radio Operator Hobbs

Aircraft was named 'George Evans'

Operated its first revenue service - March 21, 1957

Set a speed record between Adelaide-Perth of 4 hours 25 minutes (Capt L.W. Manning) - July 23, 1957

Set a speed record between Longreach-Brisbane of 112 minutes (Capt D. Lawrence) - September 1, 1957

Withdrawn from T.A.A. service and placed in storage - December 30, 1968

Returned to service with T.A.A. - February 27, 1969

Operated its final revenue service - August 19, 1969

Placed in storage at Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 24, 1971

Sold to Les Arthur for Toowoomba Aviation Museum - November 1971

Dismantled and trucked by low-loader to Toowoomba - November 13, 1971

Sold to Jensens Metals, Toowoomba - 1978

Sold to J. Aspromourgus and transported to Wildmans Timber Yard - April 1989

Had flown 30,275 hours and 21,474 cycles

VH-TVL. TAA Trans Australia Airlines - in the original livery at Hurn, February 1957.

(Image 0129-329. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA The Nation's Jetline - revised dayglow livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-035. B. Dannecker Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-015. J. Hopton Photograph)

VH-TVL. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 0129-184. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, November 1965.

(Image 0129-124. G. Wilkes Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, November 1965.

(Image 0129-271. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Brisbane Airport, September 1967.

(Image 0129-330. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA - the remains of this graceful aircraft at Toowoomba, November 1979.

(Image 0129-349. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA - the remains of this graceful aircraft at Toowoomba, July 1987.

(Image 0129-331. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TVL. TAA - the remains of this graceful aircraft at Toowoomba, date unknown.

(Image 0129-348. P. J. Gates Collection)