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VH-VZB. Boeing 737-838. c/n 34196-2523. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - ? It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'YL562' Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - May 06, 2008 First flown as 'N1786B' - May 18, 2008 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines and fitted with winglets Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VZB - May 20, 2008 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney The aircraft was named ‘Lake Macquarie' Accepted by A. Cooper for Qantas Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) - May 30, 2008 This was the 158th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 38th Boeing 737 delivered to Qantas Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF6020 - May 30, 2008 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - June 02, 2008 Delivery route: Seattle (Boeing Field) - Honolulu - Nadi - Melbourne Operated its first revenue service as Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) as QF673 - June 06, 2008 Registered to QF BNP 2008-1 Pty Ltd, Sydney - October 16, 2008 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd as the registered operator Involved in a loss of separation incident near Hay - August 30, 2013 To view the ATSB report on this incident please click 'HERE' Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - December 18, 2014 Operated its last service in the original livery Brisbane - Townsville as QF978 - March 08, 2018 Entered the Flying Colours facility for repainting into the new corporate livery Returned to service Townsville - ? - ? Current with Qantas Airways |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 16, 2009. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4620-832.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 26, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-696.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 20, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-237.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 01, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-218.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 20, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-512.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 11, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-510.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 28, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-307.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 28, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-511.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 17, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-505.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 09, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-965.) |
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VH-VZB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Lake Macquarie' in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 01, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-939.) |