VH-EBR

 

VH-EBR

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City of Wollongong

VH-EBR
03NOV65
Rolled out as 707-338C "City of Wollongong"
VH-EBR
09DEC65
First flown
VH-EBR
28DEC65
Accepted by Qantas
VH-EBR
30DEC65
Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Departed Seattle at 1115 for modifications at Lockheed Aircraft Service, Ontario, California. Flight time 2 hrs 10 mins. Captain A.A.E. Yates
VH-EBR
01FEB66
Returned to Qantas. (TT:5:38)
VH-EBR
03FEB66
Departed Ontario at 1640 for San Francisco, Honolulu and Sydney. Captain A.A.E. Yates
VH-EBR
05FEB66
Arrived Sydney at 1618. (TT:24:10)
VH-EBR
08FEB66
Departed Sydney at 1747 for crew training at Avalon
VH-EBR
12FEB66
Departed Sydney at 1200 on its first service (to London via the Kangaroo Route)
VH-EBR
07MAR66
Departed Sydney at 0830 on a proving flight to South Africa
VH-EBR
09MAR66
Flew from Mauritius to Sydney in 10 hrs 4 mins. Captain Ron (Torchy) Uren.
VH-EBR
01AUG67
Dual Doppler fitted
VH-EBR
06AUG67
Returned to service
VH-EBR
FEB72
Photograph.
VH-EBR
05FEB72
Collided with tug at Melbourne after towbar sheared.
VH-EBR
29MAY74
Departed Sydney at 1700 on its last service (QF500 a freighter to San Francisco)
VH-EBR
31MAY74
Arrived Sydney from San Francisco as QF501 with 12 pallets. (TT:28261:00 Landings: 11311)
VH-EBR
10JUN74
Struck off Australian Register
9M-ATR
28JUN74
Sold to Malaysian Airline System, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and re-registered
9M-ATR
29JUN74
Departed Sydney at 1000 on delivery to Malaysian Airline System
9M-ATR
AUG74
Photographed at London Gatwick.
9M-MCR
29SEP75
Re-registered to MAS.
9M-MCR
JAN79
Photograph.
6O-SBN
29FEB80
Sold to Somali Airlines
6O-SBN
12MAR80
Delivered to Somali Airlines ex Kuala Lumpur
6O-SBN
14MAR80
Arrived Hamburg in Somali Airlines livery for overhaul.
6O-SBN
18APR80
Departed Hamburg for Mogadishu
6O-SBN
24NOV84
En route Mogadishu to Jeddah the aircraft was hijacked to Addis Ababa. Hijackers surrendered and aircraft released on 27NOV84
6O-SBN
25JAN85
Arrived Hamburg (AL223/18)
6O-SBN
15MAR85
Sold to Jet Avionics System, Miami (AL221/14)
6O-SBN
21MAR85
Ferried Hamburg to Stansted (AL223/18)
6O-SBN
07APR85
Noted parked at Stansted in full Somali colours (AL222/17)
6O-SBN
APR85
Sold to Omega Air (AL223/18)
G-BMJE
18NOV85
Registered to Omega Air Ltd (AL229/11)
N449J
18NOV85
Re-registered (same day) to Omega Air (AL229/11)
N449J
21NOV85
Noted at Miami in full Somali livery leased to Florida West Airlines (AL230/10)
N449J
25NOV85
Sold to Boeing Military Co (AL230/10)
N449J
JAN86
Registration cancelled
N449J
11JAN86
Noted at Davis Monthan.
N449J
21FEB92
Noted in the National Aircraft yard at Tucson, extensively parted out with nose removed (AL306/12).
N449J
08JUN10
The top of the fuselage was removed to enable the sale of the window panels to a customer in Belgium. The remainder of the airframe will probably survive only until scrap metal prices improve.
N449J
19OCT10
The last remaining sections of the airframe were torn apart for scrap.

 


 


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Issue
Date
Remarks
5
06NOV16
Added an image of the aircraft at Mauritius in March 1966.
4
31JAN13
Added an image of the aircraft in storage at Stansted.
3
20OCT10
Added an image of the final curtain for VH-EBR.
2
14JUN10
Added two images of the airframe being cut up at Tucson on 08JUN10.
1
27JUL06
Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list.

 

NOTES

1
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.
2
Please forward any errors or updates to the Webmaster.
3
These sources are gratefully acknowledged.