VH-EBI
|
18068
227
227
509
|
Winton
|
VH-EBI |
29JUN61
|
Rolled
out as 707-138B "Winton"
|
VH-EBI |
07AUG61
|
First
flown |
VH-EBI |
14AUG61
|
Accepted
by Qantas |
VH-EBI |
16AUG61
|
Registered
to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd |
VH-EBI |
17AUG61
|
Departed
Seattle at 0657 on delivery to San Francisco |
VH-EBI |
17AUG61
|
Departed
San Francisco for Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney.
San Francisco-Sydney: 13 hrs 44 mins (record)
Honolulu-Sydney: 9 hrs 28 mins (unofficial record)
Captains A.A.E. (Bert) Yates and Fred Fox  |
VH-EBI |
19AUG61
|
Arrived
Sydney at 0611. (TT: 20:18). This aircraft was delivered in the
interim livery as were VH-EBH to VH-EBK inclusive. |
VH-EBI |
16SEP61
|
Departed
Sydney at 1955 to the UK via the Southern Cross route, partially
repainted in the V-Jet livery.  |
VH-EBI |
14NOV61
|
Departed
Sydney at 2157 on the inaugural jet flight to Tokyo (via Manila
and Hong Kong). (Ref: PAT 103) |
VH-EBI |
31MAR65
|
Operated
the inaugural service from Sydney to London via Vienna (Ref: PAT
116) |
VH-EBI |
03APR65
|
Operated
the inaugural service from Brisbane to Manila and Hong Kong (Ref:
PAT 121) |
VH-EBI |
31MAY65
|
Operated
the first Australian troop charter to Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. |
VH-EBI |
01JUN65
|
Arrived
Sydney as QF120 (Capt Morris) from Saigon after carrying Australian
troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
VH-EBI |
05JUN65
|
Arrived
Sydney as QF120 (Capt Morris) from Saigon after carrying Australian
troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
VH-EBI |
07JUN65
|
Arrived
Sydney as QF120 (Capt Radford) from Saigon after carrying Australian
troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
VH-EBI |
09JUN65
|
Arrived
Sydney as QF120 (Capt Harden) from Saigon after carrying Australian
troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
VH-EBI |
03SEP68
|
Departed
Sydney at 1001 on its last Qantas service (to Auckland). Withdrawn
from service and parked at Sydney.  |
N105BN |
07JUN69
|
Sold
to Braniff International Airways Inc via Regency Income Corp. |
N105BN |
24JUN69
|
Departed
Sydney at 1500 on delivery to Dallas via Honolulu. Delivered in
the Braniff cherry red livery. Note: Some reports state that the
aircraft departed on 28JUN69. VH-EBI was struck off the Australian
Register on 25JUN69  |
N105BN |
28JUN69
|
Arrived
Dallas on delivery to Braniff
|
N105BN |
26SEP73
|
Withdrawn
from service and stored |
N105BN |
74
|
Traded
in to Boeing |
N105BN |
JAN75
|
Registered
to Great American Insurance Company by this date |
N105BN |
01NOV75
|
Delivered
to Boeing |
N105BN |
JAN76
|
Registered
to Boeing by this date |
N105BN |
18AUG76
|
Delivered
to Atlas Air System of Miami |
N105BN |
17SEP76
|
Sold
to Montana Flugdienst GMBH of Austria |
OE-IRA |
02OCT76
|
Noted
at Stansted in Braniff green livery minus titles |
OE-IRA |
26OCT76
|
Noted
crew training at Shannon in full Montana livery |
OE-IRA |
30OCT76
|
Delivered
to Montana at Vienna |
OE-IRA |
07NOV76
|
Noted
in service with Montana  |
OE-IRA |
JUN77
|
Leased
briefly to Aer Lingus |
OE-IRA |
03JUL77
|
Operated
a Laker flight into Gatwick.  |
OE-IRA |
14JUL77
|
Operated
an Aer Lingus flight into Heathrow |
OE-IRA |
23JUL77
|
Operated
an Aer Lingus flight into Heathrow |
OE-IRA |
07AUG77
|
Operated
an Air India flight into Stansted |
OE-IRA |
18OCT77
|
Operated
a TAP flight into Heathrow |
OE-IRA |
29OCT77
|
Operated
a Laker flight into Gatwick |
OE-IRA |
18JUL78
|
Operated
a JAT flight into Toronto |
OE-IRA |
07APR78
|
Operated
an Aer Lingus flight into Birmingham |
OE-IRA |
08APR78
|
Operated
an Aer Lingus flight into Glasgow |
OE-IRA |
26JUL78
|
Operated
an Aer Lingus flight into Manchester |
OE-IRA |
02AUG78
|
Operated
an Aer Lingus flight into Glasgow |
OE-IRA |
21AUG78
|
Operated
a JAT charter into Prestwick |
OE-IRA |
01NOV78
|
Wet
leased to Alitalia in Montana livery marked "Operated by Alitalia" |
OE-IRA |
31MAR79
|
Returned
to Montana |
OE-IRA |
AUG80
|
Leased
to Central Airways of Nigeria for Hadj flights between Nigeria and
Jeddah. Named "City of ILORIN" |
OE-IRA |
SEP80
|
While
operating Hadj flights of behalf of Nigeria Airways the right wing
tip was damaged |
OE-IRA |
06OCT80
|
Arrived
Dublin for repairs and return to Montana. Left hand side marked
"In Service with Central Airways" |
OE-IRA |
22OCT80
|
Central
titles removed and aircraft departed Dublin for Vienna |
OE-IRA |
APR81
|
Leased
to Central Airways and once again named "City of ILORIN" |
OE-IRA |
81
|
Returned
to Montana. Noted in Montana livery with Central Airways red and
white chequered tail |
OE-IRA |
27JUL81
|
Operated
Montana's last service (JFK to Vienna) before cessation of operations
the following day. Aircraft stored at Vienna with Central titles
and name "City of ILORIN" on left hand side and Montana
titles on right hand side. |
OE-IRA |
OCT81
|
Registration
cancelled and aircraft stored at Vienna without titles (AL187/12) |
OE-URA
|
14NOV82
|
Arrived
at Stansted from Vienna for maintenance having been sold to Air
Lease Egypt.  |
OE-URA |
17DEC82
|
Departed
for Cairo |
SU-FAB |
25MAR83
|
Noted
at Orly on lease to Egypt Air (AL199/16)  |
SU-FAB |
FEB84
|
Used
by Misr Overseas Cargo  |
SU-FAB |
JUL85
|
To
West Coast Airlines |
SU-FAB |
DEC85
|
Based
at Manston, UK with West Coast Airlines (AL230/9)  |
SU-FAB |
04APR86
|
Ferried
from Manston to Hurn.
Contribution from Ian Gurney: "I was a BA copilot on 707s and
a man called Mike Davis phoned me up one day and asked if I would
get a crew together and take SU-FAB from Manston to Bournemouth,
Hurn. When I asked who the skipper should be he said 'You'! Thus
I flew my first heavy command with copilot Sam Small and engineer
Brian Morgan. The aircraft had been at Manston for some time. It
was still in pax config and the interior was a complete mess with
white aluminium oxide powder coming out from between the tuning
knobs of the VHF radios. The cabin stank and the seats were covered
in a green mold. Luckily it was a cold clear day with excellent
visibility. When we took off, the gear wouldn't come up. Only one
comm radio worked, no nav aids worked and the nav kit, a Loran C
I think, didn't work either (we later discovered most of its boxes
had been pinched from the lower 41). So we eye-balled our way along
the south coast. The strong northerly and light weight made me land
on the 1800m northerly runway at Hurn. When we got on the ground,
the nose wheel steering was almost immoveable. We departed Manston
R/W 09 at 1425Z and arrived Hurn R/W 35 at 1515Z. Quite a first
flight for me! Mike Davis owned Air Crew Leasing and he was buying
old 707s and flying them to Davis Monthan for the Boeing Military
Co who were using the tail feathers and engineers panel etc., to
mod KC-135s to take the larger fan engines." |
N245AC |
JUN86
|
Registered
to Air Crew Leasing Inc, Washington, DC (AL237/11) |
N245AC |
26JUN86
|
Repainted
as N245AC at Bournmouth (AL237/11) |
N245AC |
30JUN86
|
Sold
to Boeing Military (AL238/11) |
N245AC |
AUG86
|
Registration
cancelled |
N245AC |
91
|
Broken
up at Tucson |