| 47 |
Built
as L-749-79-33 for KLM but completed as L-749-79-31 for Qantas.
|
| 10MAR47 |
Registered
to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAB. CofR No 1196.
|
| 08OCT47 |
Export
CofA No E-14755 issued.
|
| 09OCT47 |
Accepted
by Qantas as VH-EAB "Lawrence Hargrave". (Lawrence Hargrave was an Australian
researcher and experimenter who proved many of the basic principles of flight
during the late 1880s).
|
| 22OCT47 |
Departed
Burbank on delivery to Australia.
|
| 25OCT47 |
Arrived
Sydney. (Capts. McMaster, Connolly and Henderson).
|
| NOV49 |
Operated
several Melbourne Cup charters (Sydney-Melbourne-Sydney) for TAA.
|
| 19AUG51 |
Departed
Sydney for Darwin where the aircraft was based until 03SEP51 operating flights
to Iwakuni, Japan.
|
| 03SEP51 |
Fuselage
painted with white top and red cheatline. Aircraft returned to service 08SEP51.
|
| 27OCT51 |
Withdrawn
from service for conversion to L-749A-79 with higher all up weight.
|
| 31DEC51 |
Returned
to service.
|
| 11DEC52 |
Right
hand rudder damaged in collision with KLM L-749 PH-TDK at Karachi.
|
| 16DEC52 |
Departed
Sydney on the first South African service.
|
| 16FEB54 |
Diverted
to Mangalore due Essendon weather.
|
| MAR54 |
Departed
Sydney on a Royal flight Sydney-Adelaide-Kalgoorlie-Perth.
|
| NOV54 |
Departed
Sydney on the first Tokyo service.
|
| 18FEB55 |
UK CofA
issued as G-ANUR.
|
| 24FEB55 |
Departed
Sydney on its last Qantas service (to Tokyo).
|
| 26FEB55 |
Sold to
BOAC as G-ANUR.
|
| 28FEB55 |
Cancelled
from the Australian Register. Departed Sydney on delivery to BOAC. Carried
Qantas colours with registration G-ANUR.
|
| 05MAR55 |
Delivered
to BOAC at London Heathrow. Named "Basildon". Used in a 60 seat tourist
configuration.
|
| 12JUL55 |
Entered
service with BOAC.
|
| 27JUL55 |
Operated
its first BOAC service to Sydney.
|
| 10SEP55 |
Port undercarriage
collapsed during maintenance at Heathrow.
|
| 58 |
Withdrawn
from service by this date.
|
| JUL59 |
Leased
to Skyways.
|
| 60 |
Fitted
with a large rear cargo door by BOAC during early 1960.
|
| 12SEP60 |
Received
minor damage at Delhi but repaired.
|
| 02JUL62 |
Sold to
Skyways.
|
| 01SEP62 |
Taken
over by Euravia (London) Ltd. Used as a freighter or 82 seater.
|
| 15NOV63 |
Painted
in Euravia colours at Luton.
|
| 30JUL65 |
Delivered
Luton to Gatwick on lease to ACE Freighters.
|
| 12AUG65 |
Entered
service with ACE Freighters.
|
| 11SEP66 |
Last service
with ACE Freighters.
|
| 14SEP66 |
Returned
to Euravia (Britannia Airways) after ACE Freighters ceased operations on
this date.
|
| 23FEB67 |
Cancelled
from UK Register on sale to Nelson Puente, Puerto Rico.
|
| 04MAR67 |
Flown
across the Atlantic on delivery.
|
| 06MAY67 |
Sold to
Woodrow W. Tilton.
|
| 24MAY67 |
Registered
N1949.
|
| 25MAY67 |
Sold to
American National Bank of Jacksonville and leased to Woodrow W. Tilton same
day.
|
| 06JAN68 |
Sold to
Woodrow W. Tilton. Earlier reported having been transferred to Peru International
Management Corp. Same day sold as CX-BHC to Laura Puente trading as Aerolineas
Uruguayas.
|
| 29JAN68 |
Cancelled
from US Register.
|
| MAY68 |
Believed
to have been delivered from Miami.
|
| 68-69 |
Aerolineas
Uruguayas ceased operations.
|
| JAN70 |
Last reported
stored at Montevideo. Presumably subsequently scrapped.
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