| 47 |
Built
as L-749-79-31.
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| 10MAR47 |
Registered
to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAC. CofR No 1977.
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| 10OCT47 |
Export
CofA No E-14758 issued.
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| 13OCT47 |
Accepted
by Qantas as VH-EAC "Harry Hawker". (Harry Hawker was an Australian who
became famous as a test pilot and designer with Sopwith in the U.K. He later
gave his name to the famous Hawker aircraft company).
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| 22OCT47 |
Departed
Burbank on delivery to Australia.
|
| 26OCT47 |
Arrived
in Sydney. Captains Jackson, Howse and Yates.
|
| 30OCT47 |
Entered
service.
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| 20MAR50 |
Departed
London on the first Qantas service to Sydney via Colombo and Bombay. Capt
R.J. Ritchie.
|
| 20DEC50 |
Visited
Christchurch, New Zealand to commemorate the opening of the new airport.
Capt Jackson.
|
| 10FEB51 |
Wing tip
damaged in collision with BOAC L-749 G-ALAK.
|
| 25SEP51 |
Fuselage
painted with white top and red cheatline.
|
| 30SEP51 |
Repaint
completed.
|
| 24MAR52 |
Withdrawn
from service for conversion to L-749A-79 with higher all up weight.
|
| 29APR52 |
Returned
to service.
|
| 21OCT52 |
Operated
the first Qantas service from Frankfurt to Sydney.
|
| 02DEC52 |
Departed
Sydney on its first South African service.
|
| 14NOV53 |
Departed
Sydney on its first service to London via Bangkok. Capt Pollock.
|
| 29MAR54 |
Departed
Sydney on its first Tourist service to London.
|
| 03NOV54 |
Departed
Sydney on the inaugural Qantas L-749 service to Tokyo via Darwin, Manila
and Iwakuni.
|
| 08OCT55 |
Sold to
Aerovias Guest SA (Mexico) as XA-LIO. Total Time: 19,820. Departed Sydney
on delivery to Mexico City via Nadi, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco.
Speedpak fitted. Captains E. Robinson, M. Bamman and B. Fawcett
|
| 13OCT55 |
Cancelled
from Australian Register.
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| . |
Sold to
California Airmotive Corp.
|
| 63 |
Stripped
for parts at Burbank.
|
| JUL63 |
Broken
up by this date. Nose survived in a Burbank junk yard for some time afterwards.
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