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VH-EBI
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VH-EBI |
18068 |
Winton |
| VH-EBI |
29JUN61
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Rolled
out as 707-138B "Winton" 
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| VH-EBI |
07AUG61
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First flown |
| VH-EBI |
14AUG61
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Accepted by Qantas |
| VH-EBI |
16AUG61
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Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd |
| VH-EBI |
17AUG61
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Departed Seattle at 0657 on delivery to San Francisco |
| VH-EBI |
17AUG61
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Departed
San Francisco for Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney. San Francisco-Sydney: 13 hrs 44 mins (record) Honolulu-Sydney: 9 hrs 28 mins (unofficial record) Captains A.A.E. (Bert) Yates and Fred Fox |
| VH-EBI |
19AUG61
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Arrived
Sydney at 0611. (TT: 20:18). This aircraft was delivered in the
interim livery as were VH-EBH to VH-EBK inclusive. |
| VH-EBI |
16SEP61
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Departed
Sydney at 1955 to the UK via the Southern Cross route, partially
repainted in the V-Jet livery. |
| VH-EBI |
14NOV61
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Departed Sydney at 2157 on the inaugural jet flight to Tokyo (via Manila and Hong Kong). (Ref: PAT 103) |
| VH-EBI |
31MAR65
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Operated the inaugural service from Sydney to London via Vienna (Ref: PAT 116) |
| VH-EBI |
03APR65
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Operated the inaugural service from Brisbane to Manila and Hong Kong (Ref: PAT 121) |
| VH-EBI |
31MAY65
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Operated the first Australian troop charter to Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. |
| VH-EBI |
01JUN65
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Arrived Sydney as QF120 (Capt Morris) from Saigon after carrying Australian troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
| VH-EBI |
05JUN65
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Arrived Sydney as QF120 (Capt Morris) from Saigon after carrying Australian troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
| VH-EBI |
07JUN65
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Arrived Sydney as QF120 (Capt Radford) from Saigon after carrying Australian troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
| VH-EBI |
09JUN65
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Arrived Sydney as QF120 (Capt Harden) from Saigon after carrying Australian troops to Vietnam. (Source: NAA 9341/1 & 2) |
| VH-EBI |
03SEP68
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Departed
Sydney at 1001 on its last Qantas service (to Auckland). Withdrawn
from service and parked at Sydney. |
| N105BN |
07JUN69
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Sold to Braniff International Airways Inc via Regency Income Corp. |
| N105BN |
24JUN69
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Departed
Sydney at 1500 on delivery to Dallas via Honolulu. Delivered in
the Braniff cherry red livery. Note: Some reports state that the
aircraft departed on 28JUN69. VH-EBI was struck off the Australian
Register on 25JUN69 |
| N105BN |
28JUN69
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Arrived
Dallas on delivery to Braniff 
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| N105BN |
26SEP73
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Withdrawn from service and stored |
| N105BN |
74
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Traded in to Boeing |
| N105BN |
JAN75
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Registered to Great American Insurance Company by this date |
| N105BN |
01NOV75
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Delivered to Boeing |
| N105BN |
JAN76
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Registered to Boeing by this date |
| N105BN |
18AUG76
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Delivered to Atlas Air System of Miami |
| N105BN |
17SEP76
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Sold to Montana Flugdienst GMBH of Austria |
| OE-IRA |
02OCT76
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Noted at Stansted in Braniff green livery minus titles |
| OE-IRA |
26OCT76
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Noted crew training at Shannon in full Montana livery |
| OE-IRA |
30OCT76
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Delivered to Montana at Vienna |
| OE-IRA |
07NOV76
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Noted
in service with Montana |
| OE-IRA |
JUN77
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Leased briefly to Aer Lingus |
| OE-IRA |
03JUL77
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Operated
a Laker flight into Gatwick. |
| OE-IRA |
14JUL77
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Operated an Aer Lingus flight into Heathrow |
| OE-IRA |
23JUL77
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Operated an Aer Lingus flight into Heathrow |
| OE-IRA |
07AUG77
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Operated an Air India flight into Stansted |
| OE-IRA |
18OCT77
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Operated a TAP flight into Heathrow |
| OE-IRA |
29OCT77
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Operated a Laker flight into Gatwick |
| OE-IRA |
18JUL78
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Operated a JAT flight into Toronto |
| OE-IRA |
07APR78
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Operated an Aer Lingus flight into Birmingham |
| OE-IRA |
08APR78
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Operated an Aer Lingus flight into Glasgow |
| OE-IRA |
26JUL78
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Operated an Aer Lingus flight into Manchester |
| OE-IRA |
02AUG78
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Operated an Aer Lingus flight into Glasgow |
| OE-IRA |
21AUG78
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Operated a JAT charter into Prestwick |
| OE-IRA |
01NOV78
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Wet leased to Alitalia in Montana livery marked "Operated by Alitalia" |
| OE-IRA |
31MAR79
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Returned to Montana |
| OE-IRA |
APR80
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Photographed
in Montana livery |
| OE-IRA |
AUG80
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Leased to Central Airways of Nigeria for Hadj flights between Nigeria and Jeddah. Named "City of ILORIN" |
| OE-IRA |
SEP80
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While operating Hadj flights of behalf of Nigeria Airways the right wing tip was damaged |
| OE-IRA |
06OCT80
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Arrived Dublin for repairs and return to Montana. Left hand side marked "In Service with Central Airways" |
| OE-IRA |
22OCT80
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Central titles removed and aircraft departed Dublin for Vienna |
| OE-IRA |
APR81
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Leased to Central Airways and once again named "City of ILORIN" |
| OE-IRA |
81
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Returned to Montana. Noted in Montana livery with Central Airways red and white chequered tail |
| OE-IRA |
27JUL81
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Operated Montana's last service (JFK to Vienna) before cessation of operations the following day. Aircraft stored at Vienna with Central titles and name "City of ILORIN" on left hand side and Montana titles on right hand side. |
| OE-IRA |
OCT81
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Registration cancelled and aircraft stored at Vienna without titles (AL187/12) |
| OE-URA |
14NOV82
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Arrived
at Stansted from Vienna for maintenance having been sold to Air
Lease Egypt. |
| OE-URA |
17DEC82
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Departed for Cairo |
| SU-FAB |
25MAR83
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Noted
at Orly on lease to Egypt Air (AL199/16) |
| SU-FAB |
FEB84
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Used
by Misr Overseas Cargo |
| SU-FAB |
JUL85
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To West Coast Airlines |
| SU-FAB |
DEC85
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Based
at Manston, UK with West Coast Airlines (AL230/9) |
| SU-FAB |
04APR86
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Ferried
from Manston to Hurn. Contribution from Ian Gurney: "I was a BA copilot on 707s and a man called Mike Davis phoned me up one day and asked if I would get a crew together and take SU-FAB from Manston to Bournemouth, Hurn. When I asked who the skipper should be he said 'You'! Thus I flew my first heavy command with copilot Sam Small and engineer Brian Morgan. The aircraft had been at Manston for some time. It was still in pax config and the interior was a complete mess with white aluminium oxide powder coming out from between the tuning knobs of the VHF radios. The cabin stank and the seats were covered in a green mold. Luckily it was a cold clear day with excellent visibility. When we took off, the gear wouldn't come up. Only one comm radio worked, no nav aids worked and the nav kit, a Loran C I think, didn't work either (we later discovered most of its boxes had been pinched from the lower 41). So we eye-balled our way along the south coast. The strong northerly and light weight made me land on the 1800m northerly runway at Hurn. When we got on the ground, the nose wheel steering was almost immoveable. We departed Manston R/W 09 at 1425Z and arrived Hurn R/W 35 at 1515Z. Quite a first flight for me! Mike Davis owned Air Crew Leasing and he was buying old 707s and flying them to Davis Monthan for the Boeing Military Co who were using the tail feathers and engineers panel etc., to mod KC-135s to take the larger fan engines." |
| N245AC |
JUN86
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Registered to Air Crew Leasing Inc, Washington, DC (AL237/11) |
| N245AC |
26JUN86
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Repainted as N245AC at Bournmouth (AL237/11) |
| N245AC |
30JUN86
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Sold to Boeing Military (AL238/11) |
| N245AC |
AUG86
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Registration cancelled |
| N245AC |
91
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Broken up at Tucson |
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11MAY23
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Added an image of OE-IRA thanks to Peter Gates. |
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13
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16OCT22
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Added an image of VH-EBI on delivery to Sydney thanks to Eric Allen. |
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12
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02JUN20
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Highlighted an anomaly with the date of departure from Sydney on delivery to Braniff in June 1969. |
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11
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31MAY20
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Added an image of N105BN. Thanks to Eric Allen. |
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10
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27DEC18
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Added an image of the aircraft at Nadi during its delivery flight. Thanks to Bob Price. |
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9
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16AUG17
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Added an image of the aircraft being rolled out at Renton. |
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8
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30JUN17
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Added an image of the aircraft as OE-IRA thanks to Peter Gates. |
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7
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04MAR16
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Added an image of the aircraft as SU-FAB with Egypt Air. Thanks to Peter Gates. |
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6
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16OCT15
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Added an image of the aircraft as OE-URA. |
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5
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06OCT07
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Added the date and times for the ferry flight of SU-FAB. See 04APR86. |
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4
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27SEP07
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Added an anecdote from Ian Gurney. See 1985. |
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26JUN07
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Added references to Vietnam troop charters in May & June 1965. |
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03FEB07
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Added reference to interim livery on delivery. |
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-138B list. |
NOTES |
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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. |
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These sources are gratefully acknowledged. |