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VH-EBH. Boeing 747-238B. c/n 20842-238. Was also registered as: G-VJFK; 5N-PDP. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - September 1973 It was allocated to Boeing Block Number 'RB008' Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - April 26, 1974 Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A engines First flown as VH-EBH - May 13, 1974 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBH - May 24, 1974 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Accepted by R. Barkla for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - May 24, 1974 This was the 42nd Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 8th Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - San Francisco (Captain C. G. Fox) as QF053D - May 27, 1974 Operated its first revenue service San Francisco - Sydney (Captain L. W. Clark) as QF4 - May 27, 1974 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - May 29, 1974 Delivery route: Seattle - San Francisco - Honolulu - Nadi - Sydney The aircraft was named 'City of Newcastle' at Sydney - May 29, 1974 It was renamed 'City of Parramatta' at Sydney - August 17, 1985 It was sold to Allied Aerospace Corporation and leased back to Qantas Airways - May 31, 1989 Operated its final service Hong Kong - Melbourne - Sydney (Capt P. G. Compton) as QF28 - September 18, 1990 Departed Sydney on the ferry flight to the United States (Captain C. S. Viertel) as QF531D - September 28, 1990 Ferry route: Sydney - Santa Barbara direct The aircraft was overhaulled and repainted into the Virgin Atlantic livery by Tracor Aviation Ferried Santa Barbara - Los Angeles (Captain C. S. Viertel) as QF492 - January 26, 1991 Ferried Los Angeles - Manchester (Captain C. S. Viertel) as QF501D - January 29, 1991 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 04, 1991 The aircraft had flown 62,470 hours with 17,470 cycles Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-VJFK- February 04, 1991 Registered to Virgin Atlantic Airways The aircraft was named 'Boston Belle' Sold to Concorde Management Leasing - February 05, 1991 Leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways as the registered operator Operated its first Virgin Atlantic revenue service - February 28, 1991 Operated its final Virgin revenue service Orlando - London (Gatwick) - July 01, 2001 Ferried London (Gatwick) - London (Heathrow) for repainting - July 02, 2001 Sold to Kabo Air, Nigeria Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - July 16, 2001 Entered onto the Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-PDP- July 16, 2001 Departed London (Heathrow) on the ferry flight to Nigeria - July 17, 2001 It was observed stored in the Kabo Air livery at Jakarta Airport - May 26, 2004 It was observed at Jeddah in service with Kabo Air - January 14, 2006 It was observed at Jeddah now named 'Dr M. A. Dankabo Jarman Kano' - December 29, 2007 Believed to have been leased to Bangladesh Biman - March 2008 It was observed stored at Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta) - November 05, 2008 The aircraft was used for seasonal Hadj flights from Nigeria Withdrawn from use and stored at Kano - ? The Nigerian Government placed a ban on the use of aircraft over 25 years for safety reasons - June 2012 Believed to have been scrapped at Kano |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 07, 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-787.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 07, 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-788.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 23, 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-789.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 17, 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-786.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-791.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-943.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-053.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-411.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-984.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-054.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-413.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-414.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 21, 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-412.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 21, 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-793.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 06, 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-790.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 10, 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-773.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 10, 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-055.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 10, 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-056.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 10, 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4631-589.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4630-415.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 1981. (N.Louis Collection Copyright Image 4631-461.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas Australia - 'City of Newcastle' in the 'ochre' livery with additional 'Official Carrier Commonwealth Games Brisbane 1982' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1982. (N. Louis Collection Copyright Image 4631-462.) |
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VH-EBH. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'City of Parramatta' in the standard livery at Vancouver Airport, April 1990. (J. Kimberley Copyright Image 4631-371.) |
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VH-EBH. Virgin - in the original livery at Los Angeles Airport, January 1991. (M. Rathke Copyright Image 4630-416.) |
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VH-EBH. Virgin - in the original livery at Los Angeles Airport, January 1991. (M. Rathke Copyright Image 4630-449.) |
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VH-EBH. Virgin - in the original livery at Manchester Airport, February 1991. (G. Ditchfield Copyright Image 4630-417.) |
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G-VJFK. Virgin - in the original livery without the nose logo at London Gatwick Airport, May 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-985.) |
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G-VJFK. Virgin - in the original livery at London Gatwick Airport, May 31, 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4631-465.) |
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G-VJFK. Virgin - in the original livery at London Gatwick Airport, March 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-008.) |
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G-VJFK. Virgin - 'Boston Belle' in the original livery at Miami Airport, May 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-451.) |
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G-VJFK. Virgin - 'Boston Belle' in the original livery at Miami Airport, May 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-072.) |
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G-VJFK. Virgin Atlantic - 'Boston Belle' in the standard livery with additional 'No Way BA / AA' titles at Miami Airport, April 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-986.) |
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5N-PDP. Kabo - 'Dr M. A. Dankabo Jarman Kano' in the standard livery at Johannesburg Airport, June 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4630-156.) |
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5N-PDP. Kabo - 'Dr M. A. Dankabo Jarman Kano' in the standard livery at Sharjar Airport, January 2008. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 4630-197.) |