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VH-EAL. Boeing 767-238ER. c/n 23306-125. Was also registered as: N770WD; N250MY. |
This aircraft was the third of six Boeing 767-238s ordered new by Qantas Airways - September 1983 It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'VE063' Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - August 22, 1985 Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E engines First flown as 'N6009F' - September 13, 1985 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAL - September 27, 1985 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Accepted by R. Walker for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - September 30, 1985 This was the 64th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 3rd Boeing 767 delivered to Qantas Departed Everett (Paine Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF7673 - September 30, 1985 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - October 02, 1985 Delivery route: Everett - Honolulu - Majuro - Sydney It operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Tokyo (Narita) as QF201 - November 03, 1985 The aircraft was named 'City of Geelong' at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - November 13, 1985 Operated a CP Air service Sydney - Nadi - Sydney as CP302/301 - December 06, 1985 It was offered for sale by Qantas Airways - March 04, 2003 It had flown 57,300 hours with 24,527 cycles to date It operated its last revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF559 - December 28, 2003 The aircraft was withdrawn from service and the titles and logos were removed Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to the United States for storage as QF6023 - January 15, 2004 It arrived at Marana (Arizona) on completion of the ferry flight - January 16, 2004 Ferried route: Sydney - Honolulu - Marana Sold to Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Incorporated - January 18, 2004 The registration marks 'N769QT' were reserved but were not taken up Sold to West Dover LLC, New York - January 18, 2004 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 29, 2004 Entered onto United States Aircraft Register as N770WD - March 09, 2004 Registered to West Dover LLC, New York Advertised for sale by Blue Star Aviation, Kansas City Ferried Marana - Las Vegas - Shannon in the basic Qantas livery for maintenance - September 11, 2004 Ferried Shannon - Tucson after undergoing maintenance with Shannon Aerospace - November 12, 2004 Ferried Tucson - Mojave - December 21, 2004 Leased to Sky Link Airways, Baltimore, Washington - February 03, 2005 It was observed stored at Marana in the basic Qantas livery - March 05, 2005 Sky Link Airways was renamed Maxjet Airways Incorporated - 2005 Leased to Maxjet Airways International, Dulles, Virginia as the registered operator - July 08, 2005 Registered to Maxjet Airways Incorporated - July 21, 2005 Ferried Marana - Tucson - Washington in the Maxjet dark livery as MXJ001 - July 22, 2005 Ferried Greensboro - Goodyear as MXJ900 - September 09, 2005 Reregistered N250MY - October 31, 2005 It was observed at Goodyear in a revised lighter Maxjet livery - October 2005 Ferried Goodyear - Greensboro as MXJ900 - October 27, 2005 Registered as N707WD to KMW Leasing LLC, Las Vegas - December 27, 2005 Registered as N250MY to KMW Leasing LLC, Las Vegas - April 17, 2006 It operated its final Maxjet revenue service Stansed - Las Vegas - December 23, 2007 Maxjet ceased operations and the aircraft was stored at Las Vegas - December 24, 2007 Ferried Las Vegas - Marana for storage - January 2008 It was observed at Miami in the 'Maxjet' livery as N250MY - August 9, 2008 It was observed at Miami with the 'Maxjet' livery being removed - October 03, 2008 It was observed stored at Miami in an all-white livery - February 07, 2009 The intended lease to Air Seychelles did not eventuate Ferried Miami - Victorville for storage - March 12, 2009 Offered for immediate sale or lease by Blue Star Aviation - May 05, 2009 It was quoted that the aircraft had flown 68,797 hours with 27,528 cycles to date Leased to Swift Aviation Group, Phoenix - April 26, 2010 Ferried Victorville - Phoenix Sky Harbour in an all-white livery - April 26, 2010 Test flown Phoenix - Phoenix after overhaul - August 18, 2010 Current with Swift Aviation Group to operate ACMI charter services in all-white livery without titles Leased to Ezjet Air Services Inc, Georgetown, Guyana - August 2012 It was observed at Washington (Dulles) in an all-white livery with Ezjet titles and tail logo - November 03, 2012 Ezjet ceased operations - November 07, 2012 Ferried Port of Spain - Buffalo on return to Swiftair as SWQ701 - November 07, 2012 Ferried Buffalo - Oscoda - November 09, 2012 Current status - ? |
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VH-EAL. Qantas - 'City of Geelong' in the original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-280.) |
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VH-EAL. Qantas - 'City of Geelong' in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 15, 1986. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4650-544.) |
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VH-EAL. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Geelong' in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 27, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4650-281.) |
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VH-EAL. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'City of Geelong' in the original livery with additional '75 Years Birthday' decal at Brisbane Airport, November 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-110.) |
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N250MY. MaxJet - in the standard livery at New York JFK Airport, April 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-099.) |
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N250MY. MaxJet - in the standard livery at New York JFK Airport, September 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-100.) |