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VH-EBT
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VH-EBT |
19293 |
City of Bendigo |
| VH-EBT |
21NOV66
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Rolled out as 707-338C "City of Bendigo". First Qantas aircraft fitted with advanced autopilot and autothrottle. |
| VH-EBT |
29DEC66
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First flown |
| VH-EBT |
27JAN67
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd |
| VH-EBT |
26FEB67
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Departed Seattle on delivery via Honolulu and Nadi. Captain A. Stapleton |
| VH-EBT |
28FEB67
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Arrived Sydney at 1117. (TT:33:36) |
| VH-EBT |
06MAR67
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Departed Sydney at 1330 for crew training at Avalon |
| VH-EBT |
17MAR67
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Departed Sydney at 2110 on its first service (a full freighter service to Noumea) |
| VH-EBT |
01JUL70
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Departed Sydney at 0828 on the first scheduled flight into Tullamarine, Melbourne |
| VH-EBT |
01JUL70
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Departed
Tullamarine, Melbourne at 1701 as QF530 to San Francisco. The first
scheduled commercial departure from Tullamarine.  |
| VH-EBT |
04MAY71
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While taxying on to the International apron at Brisbane Airport, a wingtip of VH-EBT pierced the cockpit windows of TAA Boeing 727 VH-TJD |
| VH-EBT |
29JAN73
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| VH-EBT |
29DEC74
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Operated a Darwin relief flight with 246 evacuees after Cyclone Tracy |
| VH-EBT |
14APR78
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Departed Sydney at 0925 on its last Qantas service (QF27 to Hong Kong) |
| VH-EBT |
15APR78
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Returned to Sydney as QF28. Captain Street |
| VH-EBT |
17APR78
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Struck off Australian Register. (TT:37492:14 Landings: 14033 including 3652 touch & goes) |
| G-BFLE |
18APR78
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Re-registered to British Midland |
| G-BFLE |
17MAY78
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Sold to ITEL Corp for lease to British Midland Airways Ltd, Castle Donington, UK . Departed Sydney at 1330 same day in Kuwait Airways livery and fifth pod on delivery to Kuwait via Kuala Lumpur |
| G-BFLE |
19MAY78
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Sub-leased to Kuwait Airways |
| G-BFLE |
04JUL78
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Returned to British Midland |
| G-BFLE |
14JUL78
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Operated from Brussels to East Midlands |
| G-BFLE |
15JUL78
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Noted
at Amsterdam in full Pakistan International Airlines livery as a
freighter  |
| G-BFLE |
05APR79
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Returned to BMA |
| G-BFLE |
15APR79
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Subleased to Air Algerie in PIA colours with Air Algerie titles |
| G-BFLE |
19APR79
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Noted at Orly in PIA colours with Air Algerie titles |
| G-BFLE |
JUN79
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Noted
at Orly in in Air Algerie colours. |
| G-BFLE |
05OCT79
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Returned to BMA at East Midlands |
| G-BFLE |
31OCT79
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Ferried from East Midlands to Heathrow in full Gulf Air colours named "Falcon Freighter" |
| G-BFLE |
01NOV79
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Entered
service with Gulf Air operating four freight services each week
between Heathrow and Bahrain
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| G-BFLE |
30MAR80
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Returned to BMA on completion of Gulf Air lease |
| G-BFLE |
02APR80
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Arrived at Lasham in Gulf Air livery |
| G-BFLE |
15APR80
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Departed Lasham in DETA livery |
| G-BFLE |
18APR80
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Subleased to DETA Mozambique Airlines and delivered East Midlands-Rome-Maputo |
| G-BFLE |
28SEP80
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Arrived
Hamburg for maintenance with DETA logo on tail and LAM - Linhas
Aereas Mocambique on fuselage. |
| G-BFLE |
08OCT80
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Departed Hamburg for East Midlands |
| G-BFLE |
03NOV80
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Operated the inaugural LAM flight into Paris CDG |
| G-BFLE |
30MAR81
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Returned to BMA after LAM lease |
| G-BFLE |
14APR81
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Rolled
out at East Midlands in Ariana Afghan titles and tail logo. |
| G-BFLE |
15APR81
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Delivered to Ariana |
| G-BFLE |
01MAY81
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Noted at Frankfurt in full Ariana colours. |
| G-BFLE |
26MAY81
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Returned to BMA after Ariana lease |
| G-BFLE |
31MAY81
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Noted at Newcastle operating a Britannia flight |
| G-BFLE |
25JUL81
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Departed East Midlands on lease to Somali Airlines |
| G-BFLE |
26SEP81
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Returned to British Midland |
| G-BFLE |
28NOV81
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Departed East Midlands for Tel Aviv to be reconfigured for 211 passengers |
| G-BFLE |
04FEB82
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Returned to East Midlands |
| G-BFLE |
27MAR82
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Operated an El Al flight into Heathrow |
| G-BFLE |
APR82
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| G-BFLE |
14SEP82
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Operated an El Al flight into Heathrow |
| G-BFLE |
JAN83
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| G-BFLE |
30NOV84
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Operated last service for BMA (Tenerife-Manchester) and stored at East Midlands. (TT: 50683:00 Landings: 18601) (AL219/15) |
| G-BFLE |
AUG85
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Sold by Chemco Leasing to ATASCO then to Radix Air Corp (AL227/11) |
| G-BFLE |
21AUG85
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Ferried to Tel Aviv as G-BFLE for hush kit mod. Registration cancelled same day. (AL227/11) |
| N861BX |
22NOV85
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Sold to ATASCO Leasing (AL230/10) |
| N861BX |
DEC85
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Registered
to ATASCO Leasing Inc, New York NY (AL231/10) Also reported registered to Radix Air Corp |
| N861BX |
14JAN86
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Noted
at Kansas City in Burlington Air Express livery (AL231/10) |
| N861BX |
MAR86
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Registered to Meridian Trust Co, Reading PA and operated by Burlington (AL234/10) |
| N861BX |
02APR93
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Sold to Burlington Express (AL318/13) |
| N861BX |
04JUN93
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Sold to Buffalo Airways (AL321/11) |
| N861BX |
02JUN94
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Sold to Grumman Aerospace Corp, Melbourne FL for Joint-STARS conversion (AL334/16) |
| N2178F |
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Registered to Grumman Aerospace |
| 94-0284 |
99
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USAF E-8C Joint-STARS P-5 (5th Production Aircraft) |
| 94-0284 |
JUL10
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Photographed
in service with the USAF named "Problem Child"
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Camera icon is linked to a photo.
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Issue
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Date
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Remarks
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07FEB19
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Added an image of the aircraft in Air Algerie colours at Orly in June 1979. Thanks to Fernando Mesquita of the Facebook Boeing 707 Fan Club. |
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03OCT11
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Added a photo of the aircraft operating the first scheduled commercial service from Melbourne's new Tullamarine Airport on 01JUL70. Thanks to Phil Vabre of the Civil Aviation Historical Society. |
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25OCT10
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Aircraft is named "Problem Child" in USAF service. |
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list. |
NOTES |
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There
are four numbers in the second column of each header. These are: 1. The Constructor's Number (c/n or Manufacturer's Serial Number) 2. The Line Number (The order in which final assembly began) 3. Cumulative Line Number (The order in which the aircraft were rolled out) 4. Engineering Block Number (Customer Number) Note: During early production, the Line Number was often the same as the Cumulative Line Number. Source: "The Boeing 707 & 720" Air-Britain 1972. |
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Please forward any errors or updates to the Webmaster. |
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These sources are gratefully acknowledged. |