VH-EAD Charles Kingsford Smith
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| Type: | L-749-79-31
Constellation L-749A-79 Constellation (converted) |
| MSN: | 2573 |
| Subsequent Identities: | XA-LIP N9733Z |
History:
| 47 | Built as L-749-79-31. |
| 10MAR47 | Registered to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAD. CofR No 1198. |
| 10OCT47 | Accepted by Qantas as VH-EAD "Charles Kingsford Smith". |
| 17OCT47 | Export CofA No E-14759 issued. |
| 25OCT47 | Departed Burbank on delivery to Australia. |
| 27OCT47 | Arrived Sydney. |
| 06NOV47 | Entered service. |
| 01DEC47 | Operated the inaugural Qantas L-749 service from Sydney to London. Captains K.G. Jackson and A.A.E. Yates. |
| 05DEC47 | Arrived London. Flying Time 59 hours 7 minutes. |
| 30AUG50 | Departed Sydney on first regular service through Djakarta to London. |
| 26FEB51 | Withdrawn from service for conversion to L-749A-79 with higher all up weight. |
| 09MAR51 | Returned to service. |
| 17JUL51 | Fuselage painted with white top and red cheatline. |
| 21JUL51 | Repaint completed. |
| 25JUL52 | Departed Sydney on proving flight to South Africa. Capt K.G. Jackson. |
| 07AUG52 | Returned to Sydney from South Africa. |
| 01SEP52 | Departed Sydney on the inaugural South African service via Melbourne, Perth, Cocos Islands, Mauritius and Johannesburg. Capt J. Connolly. Flying Time: 39 hours 17 minutes. |
| 09SEP52 | Returned to Sydney. Flying Time: 34 hours 41 minutes. |
| 02MAR53 | Wing tip collided with rudder of Butler DC-3 at Sydney. |
| 25AUG54 | Departed Sydney on its first Tourist service to London. |
| 15DEC54 | Departed Sydney on its first service to Tokyo. |
| 22SEP55 | A Qantas memo of this date states: "VH-EAD Planned departure 1/11 at 1000L EM732.043D Captain B Fawcett, F/O L Bray, S/O H G Carter, N/O Seymour, R/O Dillon, E/O A T Strong, E/O B Costello." (Source: Qantas Heritage Collection via Colin Lock) |
| 20OCT55 | Operated the last scheduled Qantas L-749 service (to Johannesburg). |
| 25OCT55 | Returned to Sydney. |
| 31OCT55 | Sold to Aerovias Guest SA (Mexico). Total Time: 19,963. |
| 02NOV55 | Added to Mexican register as XA-LIP. Departed Sydney on delivery to Mexico City. |
| 05NOV55 | Arrived Mexico City. |
| 07NOV55 | Cancelled from the Australian Register. |
| JUN62 | Sold to California Airmotive Corp and re-registered N9733Z. |
| SEP62 | Noted stored at Burbank. |
| AUG63 | Stored at Long Beach by this date. |
| JAN65 | Flown to Fox Field, Lancaster, California by this date. |
| AUG66 | Engineless and derelict by this date. |
| NOV71 | Only the fuselage remained lying on the ground by this date. Scrapped shortly afterwards. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 25FEB16 |
Revised
presentation of type.
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| 4 | 29DEC15 |
Added
a reference to the planned delivery to Aerovias Guest. Thanks
to Colin Lock.
Added another image from the Qantas Heritage Collection. |
| 3 | 26DEC15 |
Added
3 images from the Qantas Heritage Collection.
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| 2 | 17SEP00 |
Original
issue
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