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A BRIEF HISTORY OF VH-EBA
Manufacturer's Serial
Number: 17696
Line Number: 29
City of Canberra
| VH-EBA |
11FEB59
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Rolled out as a Boeing 707-138 named “City of Canberra” |
| N31239 |
20MAR59
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First flown with the U.S. registration N31239 (1 hr 17 mins). |
| VH-EBA |
07JUN59
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. The first jet aeroplane on the Australian Register |
| VH-EBA |
16JUL59
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Accepted
by Qantas. (Total Time: 231 hours 16 minutes) Renamed "City of Melbourne" |
| VH-EBA |
17JUL59
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Departed Seattle on delivery flight to San Francisco (1:46) Honolulu (5:04) Nadi (6:26) Sydney (4:58) |
| VH-EBA |
20JUL59
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Arrived Sydney at 1625. Flight time 18:34. Captains A.E. (Bert) Yates, Ian Ralfe and Fred Fox. (TT: 249:50) |
| VH-EBA |
25JUL59
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Crew training at Avalon |
| VH-EBA |
14AUG59
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Crew training completed |
| VH-EBA |
19AUG59
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Departed Sydney at 1612 on its first service, a proving flight to San Francisco and New York. Flight number EM-774P/775P-005 |
| VH-EBA |
29AUG59
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Departed Sydney on its first revenue service (to San Francisco) |
| VH-EBA |
05SEP59
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Departed Sydney on the inaugural jet service to London via Nadi, Honolulu, San Francisco and New York |
| VH-EBA |
31JUL61
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Departed Sydney on the regular service to San Francisco from where it returned to Boeing in Seattle for conversion to 707-138B with turbofan engines |
| VH-EBA |
16SEP61
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Arrived in Sydney after conversion to 707-138B |
| VH-EBA |
16SEP61
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Painted in V-Jet livery |
| VH-EBA |
29SEP61
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Returned to service on the first 707-138B flight to Vancouver |
| VH-EBA |
25AUG67
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Departed Sydney on its last Qantas service (to Auckland) |
| CF-PWV |
03NOV67
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Sold to Pacific Western Airlines of Canada |
| N138TA |
25OCT78
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Registered to Tiger Air for conversion to VIP interior |
| N138TA |
16OCT83
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Sold to Airmark Corp |
| N220AM |
SEP84
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Re-registered to Airmark Corp |
| N220AM |
JAN86
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Registered to Community Transport Inc, San Antonio TX |
| N138MJ |
OCT86
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Re-registered to Community Transport Inc, San Antonio TX |
| HZ-123 |
17SEP87
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Noted at Heathrow having been sold to the Royal Saudi Air Force for use by Prince Bandar, Saudi Ambassador to the USA. |
| HZ-123 |
c.2000
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Withdrawn from service and parked at Southend. |
| VH-XBA |
07JUL06
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Registered to Qantas Foundation Memorial Ltd., Longreach, Qld. |
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Issue
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Date
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Remarks
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1
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22JUL06
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Original issue. |