266252PD: Qantas Boeing 707-138B jet VH-EBD on the tarmac at Perth Airport 9 Dec. 1963

Year

1963.

Warnings and disclaimer

Title from negative envelope. This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project supported by Lotterywest. All images may only be reproduced with the acknowledgement: Courtesy of Aerial Surveys Australia. Aircraft history: VH-EBD Boeing 707-138B. Construction number: 17699/54 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton as a 707-138 - June 11, 1959. First flown - July 15, 1959. Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBD - August 3, 1959, registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - August 4, 1959. Delivery route: Seattle-New York-London-Karachi-Calcutta-Singapore-Bangkok-Sydney. Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight at 2019 hours - August 12, 1959. Aircraft was named 'City of Brisbane' Departed Sydney on its first commercial service Sydney-San Francisco - October 14, 1959. Carried 'Round the World' commemorative airmail - Sydney-London via Southern Cross Route to mark the 40th anniversary of Qantas - November 16, 1960 This air mail originated in Winton, Queensland and was carried London-Sydney via the Kangaroo Route by VH-EBB - November 19, 1960. Departed Sydney on returned to Boeing for conversion to 707-138B standard - October 8, 1961. Returned to Qantas at completion of conversion - November 17, 1961. Positioned to San Francisco to operate a regular flight to Sydney - November 18, 1961. New 'V-Jet' livery applied to fin & rudder at Sydney - November 21 - 23, 1961. Operated inaugural Sydney-Noumea 707 service (Capt K. Nicholson) - December 7, 1961. Operated inaugural Brisbane-Honolulu service - September 7, 1963 Operated inaugural Sydney-Singapore service - October 4, 1963. Operated inaugural Sydney-Nadi-Papeete service - November 22, 1963. Operated inaugural Sydney-Vienna service - May 24, 1965 Operated its final Qantas revenue service Sydney-Vancouver-Sydney - November 19, 1967. Used for British Eagle pilot training - December 1967. Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 5, 1968 Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-AVZZ - January 6, 1968. Sold to British Eagle - January 6, 1968 Aircraft was named 'Enterprise' Departed Sydney on delivery flight to British Eagle - February 1, 1968 Withdrawn from use and stored when British Eagle declared bunkrupt - November 6, 1968. Leased to Laker Airways (Leasing) Ltd - January 23, 1969 Sold to Laker Airways - February 3, 1969 Sub-leased to Nigeria Airways - March 1970. Sub-leased to International Caribbean Airways, Barbados - December 13, 1970 Withdrawn from use and stored at Gatwick with titles removed - November 1978 Sold to Charlotte Aircraft & then IASCO - December 8, 1978 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N500JJ Sold to Sunnyside Holdings Inc, New York - November 14, 1979. Used by Sheik A.M. Baroom in basic Laker colors - June 1980. Withdrawn from use and stored at Le Bourget, Paris - November 1981. Aircraft was scrapped at Le Bourget, Paris - July 1983. Additional info courtesy: http://www.adastron.com/707/default.htm and http://www.aussieairliners.org (information supplied by D. Eyre Oct. 2008)

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• Boeing 707B (Jet transports) -- Photographs.
• Aeronautics, Commercial -- Freight -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
• Airplanes -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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